In recent years, global crises like COVID-19 have accelerated the trend towards digital and online learning, bringing significant benefits and opportunities for various educational fields, including music education and other artistic ventures. This rapid digital transformation has created new ways to teach and learn music, making it more accessible to a broader audience from the comfort of their homes. However, it raises an important question: are these platforms inclusive and accessible to people with impairments? This research addresses this significant gap in accessibility and ensures inclusive music e-learning environments. Focusing on people with visual impairments, we examine their needs and limitations when using e-learning platforms to learn music. By applying principles of non-excluding design, the study highlights key accessibility challenges in music education platforms faced by visually impaired users. Through a comprehensive literature review, qualitative interviews with visually impaired users and musicians, and a developer survey, we identify major barriers and perspectives associated with accessibility in software development. Our work includes analysing qualitative interviews and survey results to propose Web Accessibility Guidelines for musical e-learning platforms. Additionally, we develop a toolkit/plugin using these guidelines to enhance digital navigation and content accessibility, thereby improving the learning experience for visually impaired users in music education.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-532108 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Nimmakayala, Rahul |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | IT ; IT mDV 24 008 |
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