Inclusion, Access, and Accessibility of Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions: Exploring the Ethiopian Context
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| author | Beyene, Wondwossen Mulualem Mekonnen, Abraham Tulu Giannoumis, George Anthony |
| author_facet | Beyene, Wondwossen Mulualem Mekonnen, Abraham Tulu Giannoumis, George Anthony Beyene, Wondwossen Mulualem Mekonnen, Abraham Tulu Giannoumis, George Anthony |
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| contents | Inclusion, Access, and Accessibility of Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions: Exploring the Ethiopian Context Beyene, Wondwossen Mulualem Mekonnen, Abraham Tulu Giannoumis, George Anthony Foreign Countries Students with Disabilities Equal Education Access to Education Higher Education Barriers Visual Impairments College Students School Personnel Accessibility (for Disabled) Student Diversity Educational Resources Access to Computers Academic Libraries Library Role Library Services Library Materials Braille Technological Literacy Poverty Attitudes toward Disabilities The right of persons with disabilities for equal access to education and educational resources is enshrined by international and country-specific anti-discrimination laws. Taking the Ethiopian context as an example, this paper sought to identify barriers of access to educational resources and explored ways for removing them. Seventeen students with visual impairments studying at Hawassa University were selected for semi-structured interviews. Moreover, five individuals working at the disability centre and the university library were interviewed. The results of the interviews were analysed thematically using the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health (ICF) as a framework. Access and accessibility problems that emanate from the learners' diverse background, lack of educational resources in alternative formats, lack of institutional tools (policy, procedure, guidelines, etc.) to bridge the gap between law and practice, and the digital divide were among the problems identified and discussed. At the end, the paper showed how libraries, revitalised as learning and information commons, could help to ensure the accessibility of educational resources and help learners with disabilities to acquire skills that may help them in their studies and their future undertakings. |
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| spellingShingle | Inclusion, Access, and Accessibility of Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions: Exploring the Ethiopian Context Beyene, Wondwossen Mulualem Mekonnen, Abraham Tulu Giannoumis, George Anthony Foreign Countries Students with Disabilities Equal Education Access to Education Higher Education Barriers Visual Impairments College Students School Personnel Accessibility (for Disabled) Student Diversity Educational Resources Access to Computers Academic Libraries Library Role Library Services Library Materials Braille Technological Literacy Poverty Attitudes toward Disabilities Inclusion, Access, and Accessibility of Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions: Exploring the Ethiopian Context Beyene, Wondwossen Mulualem Mekonnen, Abraham Tulu Giannoumis, George Anthony Foreign Countries Students with Disabilities Equal Education Access to Education Higher Education Barriers Visual Impairments College Students School Personnel Accessibility (for Disabled) Student Diversity Educational Resources Access to Computers Academic Libraries Library Role Library Services Library Materials Braille Technological Literacy Poverty Attitudes toward Disabilities The right of persons with disabilities for equal access to education and educational resources is enshrined by international and country-specific anti-discrimination laws. Taking the Ethiopian context as an example, this paper sought to identify barriers of access to educational resources and explored ways for removing them. Seventeen students with visual impairments studying at Hawassa University were selected for semi-structured interviews. Moreover, five individuals working at the disability centre and the university library were interviewed. The results of the interviews were analysed thematically using the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health (ICF) as a framework. Access and accessibility problems that emanate from the learners' diverse background, lack of educational resources in alternative formats, lack of institutional tools (policy, procedure, guidelines, etc.) to bridge the gap between law and practice, and the digital divide were among the problems identified and discussed. At the end, the paper showed how libraries, revitalised as learning and information commons, could help to ensure the accessibility of educational resources and help learners with disabilities to acquire skills that may help them in their studies and their future undertakings. |
| title | Inclusion, Access, and Accessibility of Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions: Exploring the Ethiopian Context |
| topic | Foreign Countries Students with Disabilities Equal Education Access to Education Higher Education Barriers Visual Impairments College Students School Personnel Accessibility (for Disabled) Student Diversity Educational Resources Access to Computers Academic Libraries Library Role Library Services Library Materials Braille Technological Literacy Poverty Attitudes toward Disabilities |
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