The Development And Implementation Of Website Accessibility For Older People

The development and wide application of computer networks and multimedia technology based on modern information technology has caused a tremendous impact on education, and it influences elder education as such. Universities for older people at all levels and some social welfare institutions taking the form of online education expand the number of older people and protect their right to education, and meet the growing spiritual and cultural demand for older people. Taking the form of online education will help older people to re-integrate into society and meet the emotional needs. Any person, at any time, can obtain learning and educational opportunities via online education ways. However, the features and advantages of online education may not be able to automatically become a better reality, and may not successfully bring older people to learn. Web site's designers and developers are not arousing enough attention to web accessibility in building process of various types of learning Web site for older people. Older learners have lots of access difficult with ageing-related functional impairments. Therefore, it is very necessary to study accessibility of learning websites for older people. The main research of the thesis is as follows.(1)This article defines website accessibility, older people, learning website for older people as well as accessibility of learning website for older people. Then, it reviews on accessibility policies, standards and situations of design and application of domestic and foreign website for older people (including older learning website) and find that it lacks research in this area, so as to provide some basis theory for further research.(2)The support theory and reality basis on design and development of learning website for older people. Firstly, the article discusses relations between accessibility learning website for older people and education for all, lifelong education, learning society, inclusive education, the constructing harmonious society from different angle. Secondly, the article sets forth accessibility evaluation of 35 website for older people based on software tool and manual assessment in our county, and analyzes the situation of learning website for older people, so as to provide practical basis for design and development of learning website for older people.(3)The construction of accessibility design guidelines of learning website for older people. Firstly, this article analyzes relation between design of learning website and perception change of older people. Secondly, it explores cognitive decline with age, including memory, thinking, intelligence and learning, and their'impact on accessibility website design. Finally, it discusses relationship between motor skill diminishment and accessibility website design. Based on further research, the author proposes an accessibility design guidelines of learning website for older people.(4)The accessibility design and development of learning website for older people. Firstly, this article brings out design principle, design model of learning website accessibility for older people. Secondly, Taking "website of the third age university" for example, the working Principle and characteristics of instrument to use Microsoft Visual Studio.NET and a combination of SQL Server database, ASP.NET, C#, ADO.NET and other technical are theoretical basis. It expounds structural design and technology and methods to specifically achieve of learning website for older people. Finally, it evaluates website's accessibility status of the third age university by manual evaluation and automated tools. These can show that learning website for older people is possible to achieve accessibility.The research is the preliminary of exploration of development and implementation of website accessibility for older people. It can help developers of learning website for older people intensify web accessibility design idea, improve development technique and level of learning website for older people, then can promote older people to integrate information society and share information civilization.