Benefits and opportunities

Benefits

Implementation of accessibility standards should ensure consistency of presentation for all students in their course materials. While there is a threshold that must be met for a student to receive a specific type of assistance, there are many others who will benefit

from compliance with accessibility guidelines.

Opportunities

Information and communication technologies provide educational experiences that should be inclusive for all students. The online environment allows for greater choice of time, place and pace of learning. Increased flexibility and independence allows students opportunities to:

communicate with lecturers, tutors and peers ;
participate in discussion groups, email and chat ;
submit work electronically; and
access online learning resources

This web site aims to comply with W3C standards, including XHTML 1.0 , CSS 2 , and conforms to W3C 's "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0", available at http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505 , level Double-A.