Closing the Circuit: Accessibility from the Ground up‪.‬

INTRODUCTION The increased use of technology in higher education is rapidly blurring the distinction between distance learning and so-called "local" learning (Howell, Williams, & Lindsay, 2003). Instructors are able to utilize a variety of computer-based "learning objects" that can be used and reused in different courses (Wiley, 2000). Such learning objects may be "first-generation" elements, such as those created using HyperText Markup Language (HTML), or "second-generation" elements, such as Microsoft PowerPoint presentations or Microsoft Excel spreadsheets (Edmonds, 2004).