Shohreh Hadian is hoping to help UVic operate with its eyes closed. By concentrating on visually impaired students, she researched how universities offer Web-based courses and identified important barriers to accessibility.

"Online learning is attractive to disabled students," Hadian says. "They benefit from this environment because they can take courses from home at their own pace."

Hadian, who graduates this month with a master's degree in computer science, has found that one of the key components to online education is accessibility.

"If you don't have access to something, you can't use it," she says. "For example, if you have to wait a long time for things like pictures to download, or if you have recurring problems with the server, then that hinders the learning process."

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By Lynda Hills

Article source: University of Victoria