Abstract
Literature has shown that learning, including eLearning and distance education, plays an important role in promoting well-being among the elderly. Currently elderly participants constitute less than 10 % of MOOC participants and very limited research has been conducted on the accessibility of MOOCs for elderly users. This paper presents the findings from a case study focusing on the accessibility of a MOOC demo course for the elderly. Different accessibility issues were found from automated testing and user testing. Although the elderly participants expressed general positive attitude towards using MOOCs to learn new knowledge, it is important for MOOC providers to address the accessibility issues and make their courses accessible to elderly users.
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Bong, W., & Chen, W. (2016). How accessible are MOOCS to the elderly?: A case study on a MOOC demo course. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 9758, pp. 437–444). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_60
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