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=== 508 Compliance & the implications for Educators ===
Educators that choose to use the CSCL environment must be aware of [https://www.section508.gov/content/learn 508 compliance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409182129/https://www.section508.gov/content/learn |date=2018-04-09 }} and its legal implications. "In the U.S., the criteria for designing Web pages accessibly are provided by two major sets: the W3C's [[Web Content Accessibility Guidelines|Web Accessibility Guidelines]] (WCAG) and the design standards issued under U.S. federal law, [[Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973|Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act]], as amended in 1998.1 Features of accessible design include, among others, the provision of ALT tags for nontextual elements, such as images, animations and image map hot spots; meaningful link text; logical and persistent page organization, and the inclusion of skip navigation links."<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Schmetzke | first1 = Axel | last2 = Comeaux | first2 = David | year = 2009 | title = Accessibility Trends among Academic Library and Library School Web Sites in the USA and Canada | journal = Journal of Access Services | volume = 6 | issue = 1–2| pages = 137–152 | doi = 10.1080/15367960802286286 | s2cid = 143698667 }}</ref>
Unfortunately, not all educators are exposed to these guidelines, especially if their collegiate programs do not provide exposure to the use of computers, aspects of web design or technology in education. In some cases, it may be advantageous for the educator to collaborate with an instructional technologist or web designer to ensure 508 guidelines are addressed in the desired learning environment for the CSCL.
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