Learning Disabilities and e-Information: Navigating the Electronic Hypermaze
Author:   Peter Williams (University College London, UK)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
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9781789731521


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Peter Williams (University College London, UK)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.411kg
ISBN:  

9781789731521


ISBN 10:   1789731526
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Definitions, models, needs Chapter 2. Issues inherent in researching learning disabilities Chapter 3. The web and people with learning disabilities Chapter 4. Methods to test Website usability Chapter 5. Website usability - eliciting the issues Chapter 6. The use of images Chapter 7. Investigating the attributes elicited in consort Chapter 8. 'Serial access' to information Chapter 9. 'Random','direct' and 'iterative' access Chapter 10. Examining website preferences Chapter 11. A shrinking world: mobile devices and usability Chapter 12. Testing the usability of a mobile app Chapter 13. Facilitating information access Chapter 14. Conclusion

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This book presents important new evidence about the benefits of digital technologies for people with learning disabilities providing much-needed new insights of value to carers, learning practitioners and social policy-makers. -- Barrie Gunter


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Peter Williams is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Information Studies, University College London, UK. He has spent the last 25 years investigating the role and impact of digital technology – in particular the Internet - in the health service, media and education. He recently completed a British Academy Fellowship on 'The Digital Lives of People with Learning Disabilities', extending and complementing his PhD thesis which examined web site design for the same cohort. Peter is the author/co-author of three books and over 130 journal articles and book chapters.

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