caa a22 4500 463209966 CHVBK 20180405153137.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11251-006-9009-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11251-006-9009-y Price Linda Institute of Educational Technology, Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK aut Lecturers' vs. students' perceptions of the accessibility of instructional materials [Elektronische Daten] [Linda Price] This goal of this study was to examine the differences between lecturers and students' perceptions of the accessibility of instructional materials. The perceptions of 12 mature computing distance education students and 12 computing lecturers were examined using the knowledge elicitation techniques of card sorting and laddering. The study showed that lecturers had pedagogical views while students tended to concentrate on surface attributes such as appearance. Students perceived instructional materials containing visual representations as most accessible. This has two implications for the professional development of computing lecturers designing instructional materials. First, lecturers need to appreciate the differences between expert and novice views of accessibility and how students will engage with the materials. Second, lecturers need to understand that learners perceive instructional materials containing visual representations as more accessible compared to ‘text only' versions. Hence greater use of these may enable students to engage more readily in learning. Given that print is the ubiquitous teaching medium this is likely to have implications for students and lecturers in other disciplines. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Instructional materials nationallicence visual representations nationallicence teacher-student differences nationallicence deep and surface learning nationallicence dual coding theory nationallicence Instructional Science Kluwer Academic Publishers 35/4(2007-07-01), 317-341 0020-4277 35:4<317 2007 35 11251 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-006-9009-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-006-9009-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Price Linda Institute of Educational Technology, Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Instructional Science Kluwer Academic Publishers 35/4(2007-07-01), 317-341 0020-4277 35:4<317 2007 35 11251 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer