Accessibility, usability, quality performance, and readability evaluation of university websites of Turkey: a comparative study of state and private universities

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dc.contributor.authorAkgül, Yakup
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-19T21:16:50Z
dc.date.available2021-02-19T21:16:50Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentALKÜ
dc.description.abstractToday, the web constitutes an essential segment of higher education institutions. Using their websites, universities can effectively, efficiently, and satisfactorily provide information and services to their target groups, regardless of disabilities. As the number of disabled students in higher education rises, universities have to make the necessary design modifications to ensure web content accessibility. This paper presents an evaluation of accessibility, usability, quality performance, and readability aspects of all Turkish state and private university websites. The majority did not meet WCAG 2.0 accessibility criteria. Out of 110 state university websites and 69 private university websites, only 10 state and four private university websites attained conformance Level A. These results indicate low usability, quality performance, and readability that highlights the need for Turkish universities to devote more resources for making their websites more accessible, usable, high-quality performance, and readable for all their potential users.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10209-020-00715-w
dc.identifier.issn1615-5289
dc.identifier.issn1615-5297
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-020-00715-w
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/568
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000524401800002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorAkgül, Yakup
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelberg
dc.relation.ispartofUniversal Access In the Information Society
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectUniversity websites
dc.subjectWeb accessibility
dc.subjectTurkish universities
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectWeb usability
dc.subjectReadability indices
dc.subjectReadability assessment
dc.titleAccessibility, usability, quality performance, and readability evaluation of university websites of Turkey: a comparative study of state and private universities
dc.typeArticle

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