Accessibility, usability, and security evaluation of universities’ prospective student web pages: a comparative study of Europe, North America, and Oceania

Macakoğlu, Şevval Seray; Peker, Serhat; Medeni, Ihsan Tolga

doi:10.1007/s10209-022-00869-9

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“…Websites should address issues such as accessibility, usability, and security, as well as provide information to all stakeholders fairly. As a result, this research paper offers web developers recommendations for improving the accessibility, usability, and security of university websites and prospective student web pages [12]. These findings strongly show that accessibility is associated with e-service satisfaction.…”

Section: E-service Quality and E-trustmentioning

confidence: 61%

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2022

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Under the pressure of e-commerce, the delivery service is a fast-growing industry. In the long history of the postal sector, 2019 was a defining moment. As the sector's traffic, revenue, business models, and infrastructure continued to shift beyond recognition, trends that had been developing gradually for decades gained traction. The global economy has been reshaped by the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. Governments took extreme measures in reaction to the fast increase in reported instances. In 2020, the pandemic had an unprecedented impact on the global economy, global trade, and cross-border supply networks, with a level of contraction not seen since World War II. ii. At the same time, because postal services have remained to work during most global lockdowns, their importance to people has grown. In addition, in several countries, ecommerce sales have surged, thus boosting demand for postal services. This paper determined Delone and McLean's Information system success model to measure the effect of system quality, e-trust on the reuse intention of the website-based delivery service in Mongolia. Data were collected by surveying 150 customers who had experience, using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 20.0 statistic package program. The statistical results supported all four proposed hypotheses. The study confirmed that electronic service quality of system quality were significant predictors of e-trust.

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Section: E-service Quality and E-trustmentioning

confidence: 61%

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“…To evaluate mobile responsiveness, we used the Google Mobile-Friendly Test [29]. A previous evaluation of Turkish university and hospital websites was conducted by Akgül [30] and Macakoglu [31]. The GT Matrix [32] was selected for the quality performance test because it is readily available online and widely used for quality testing.…”

Section: Tools and Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on the analysis of the website under study, it was determined that the website contains numerous images that take a considerable amount of time to load. Having a fast-loading webpage is crucial because internet users tend to leave a website if it takes too long to load [31]. The user experience of a website plays a crucial role in determining whether a user will revisit it [46].…”

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Accessibility, usability, readability, and security analysis of company websites

Akgül¹,

Uymaz²,

Baba³

2023

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The use of web technologies has transformed the way businesses communicate with their clients, customers, and stakeholders. Although websites can be effective tools for sharing information, marketing, and public relations, people with disabilities and the elderly often face challenges when accessing information on websites. To address this issue, many countries have made web accessibility mandatory by law. This study aims to evaluate the web accessibility of the 100 largest Turkish companies, as ranked by Capital magazine, and to assess the usability, readability, and security of their corporate websites. Despite some areas for improvement, the study identified significant issues related to accessibility, usability, readability, and security. The report provides recommendations for developers and administrators on how to address these issues and ensure that information is accessible to all stakeholders. Ultimately, the study aims to help organizations and web developers improve their policies and practices to enhance web accessibility, usability, readability, and security.

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“…It also reviewed relevant studies which pondered upon analyzing the usability of social networking platforms with the help of various automated tools for evaluation purposes. It was found that social media usability and its Web sites regarding higher education institutions are essential themes to explore [ 2 ]. A subsequent review of the literature provided in the next section also justified the need to resolve the research gaps and extracted problems by attaining the formulated objectives in this research study.…”

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A study on social media and higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sengupta

Vaish

2023

Univ Access Inf Soc

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Nowadays social media usage has increased drastically among the stakeholders of higher educational institutions. The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly increased the surge of social media users due to the forced implementation of online pedagogy and travel restrictions. The research study presented in this paper attempted to analyze social media usage in higher education. The data were collected from primary and secondary sources with the help of leading research databases, survey questionnaires, the Delphi method, and brainstorming sessions. Statistical tools and analytic techniques incorporated in the study included bibliometric analysis, word cloud, co-occurrence network, thematic map, thematic evolution, co-word analysis, country-wise analysis along with collaboration network, statistical survey, mind mapping, and analytic hierarchy process. The study justified the aspects of social media usage in the higher educational environment. It was found that the research fraternity around the globe focused more on understanding the aspects of social media and higher education during the trying times of the Coronavirus crisis. The maximum impact of social media usage on higher education was found to be from teaching–learning and discussions, and public relations and networking. It was also found that social networking platforms like WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook (Meta), LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter were very common among the stakeholders of higher education. This study is of huge importance because it can help in paving the way to strategize remedial measures for increasing positivity and minimizing the negativity of social media usage in institutions of higher education across the world. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10209-023-00988-x.

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Accessibility, usability, and security evaluation of universities’ prospective student web pages: a comparative study of Europe, North America, and Oceania

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References 45 publications

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