I did not have a specific topic in my initial post, but I did write that I wanted to look at how computers have impacted gaming such as in chess and poker. However, I have decided that I want to research accessibility in web development, and I am making this change for a couple of reasons. The first is that while the original topic sounds interesting to me, it is interesting to me in a way that I would like to watch a 10–15-minute YouTube video on the topic not dive into a full research project on the topic. Second, accessibility in web development in something that I care a great deal about and is very important in my future line of work. It is an area where it seems not enough is done, and I want to learn if that is true, and if it is true, why is it true.
At this point, I have not really found any research on the topic outside of the blog post that I did for the week 6 blog. That was the week that I decided that accessibility testing in web development would become my new research topic. The study, What Methods Software Teams Prefer When Testing Web Accessibility, looked at several different methods developers have available to them to test how accessible a website is for people with disabilities and asked developers to rate their own skills at creating accessible websites with these tools as well as to rate the quality of the tools themselves.
I believe the Computer Science Collection is one database that will be helpful in my research. With the large number of journals is covers, dating back over 40 years, that much information has to contain information about accessibility. A cursory search of the word accessibility returned nearly 9,000 magazines with relevant information published as recently as three weeks ago.
The Computer Source database returned a number of results that seemed relevant to a search of web accessibility including studies that look at the metrics of web accessibility at the time and where to go from there. The article seems to be about a decade old, but their research could be used to show where web accessibility was at a decade ago and where it is today.
Sage Premier’s database also has many of relevant-looking articles concerning web accessibility. The top hit looks at the accessibility of research-intensive universities in the UK. Information like that can really be used to highlight how seriously web accessibility is taken. If, for example, top universities do not take it seriously despite laws that state they must, then it would be truly interesting to see what the rest of the world is doing.
Reference
Bai, A., Stray, V., & Mork, H. (2019, June 10). What Methods Software Teams Prefer When Testing Web Accessibility. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ahci/2019/3271475/
Hello Lance,
I think that you made a great decision in narrowing and deciding your topic for research proposal based on things that you enjoy. I think anytime that you can use an opportunity to further your knowledge and skills for your future that is a wonderful thing to do and can only benefit you. I hope that as you try to narrow it down and decide on something it is something you enjoy and can use in the future.
Lance,
Think you made a great decision on switching to accessibility in web development. I am very eager to see how your research goes, because I am in web development as well. I think the Computer Science Selection is a great database for this topic and should provide you with plenty of resources.
Lance, great post, I look forward to seeing the result of your research. Especially with the databases your using, I believe your research will be a good one
Looks like you have lots of good studies to review in Bay, Stray, and Mork’s (2019) citations. But, if you do check any out, make sure you take notes so you can use it in the Week 12 assignment that will be coming out soon.
Lance,
This is a really great topic and I am interested in your findings. Accessible web pages are not highlighted enough. I found using the Boolean searches in the Sage database helped me a lot. Another thing that Dr. Loggins and I discussed recently was checking “academic journal” on the other databases to ensure I was getting the best search results possible. Maybe that will help you narrow down your articles as well?
Hi Lance,
Is gaming something you enjoy doing? Web development is something that has always been interesting to me, to the point I actually tried the degree for it. There is a lot of coding behind the scenes. Sage Premier was a good datatbase to find some information.