This study examines the efficacy of blended learning—an approach that seeks to combine traditional and online methods in a way that leverages the strengths of both—using a field experiment spanning nearly four months. An information-processing model of learning suggests that information accessibility plays a key role in learners’ interaction with the available information source and can thereby...

extension of information together with the need for its use in a suitable and appropriate time is one of the important goals in this century – the information century. the user query that is accessibility to the requested text information in a short time must be satisfied using effective techniques. this is performable under text compression and retrieval, which have been treated separately bef...

This paper presents a case study of accessibility evaluation which reports the main drawbacks concerning the accessibility of Web sites of French and Belgium local administrations. We measure the accessibility of information published on Web pages, acceptance of standards of accessibility (i.e. W3C's WAI) and availability of services provided on-line. Our results allow the identification of the...

to discover the current situation and characteristics of web citations accessibility, the present study examined the accessibility of 4,253 web citations in six key iranian lis journals published from 2006 to 2010. the proportion percentage of web citations increased from 11% in 2006 to 30% in 2010. the most widely cited top level domains in urls include the .edu and .org with respectively 37% ...

Providing comprehensive accessibility is the major challenge for tourism service providers to address people with disabilities (and older people) as growing consumer groups. Information about accessibility of tourism objects (accommodation, sights, streets, parks, etc.) is equally important as barrier-free tourism information systems to support the booking and decision making process. Consequen...

Traditional research on situation models has examined the accessibility of locations and objects during narrative experiences. These studies have described a ubiquitous gradient effect: Spatial locations and objects in reader focus are more accessible than locations farther from this focus, with accessibility decreasing as a function of distance. How might readers' expectations about character ...

Background: Pipeline maintenance is becoming an important issue in modern construction and building information model (BIM) research. An understanding of pipeline accessibility considerations in terms of operation and maintenance is essential for planning and management. Previous studies have highlighted the complexity of multi-pipes including mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) pipelines...

accessibility to all levels of information technology has experienced rapid progress in recent years, particularly in the health sector. rapid penetration into this technology has led to changes in lifestyles and changes in the working procedures of institutions. in 2014, the number of internet users reached 3 billion, and this number is predicted to exceed 8 billion in 2018. statistics estimat...

Making the information society accessible to all requires both physical accessibility and cognitive accessibility (Bevan 1999c). Just as physical accessibility means providing the right physical interface, so cognitive accessibility means matching the functionality, terminology, information and interface to the needs of the individual user. The emphasis in systems design has traditionally been ...