Blog Post #3: Research Gap
Closing the Gaps During the research stage of my literature review, I didn't really have a solid idea about what gaps there might be that I could fill with primary research (or at least make suggestions for). Some sources were extremely specific to accessibility and/or universal design in technical writing courses only, while others were very general and discussed the broader implications of higher education institutions making accommodations for their students. Once I took the time to write the whole literature review, however, a couple of things stood out. One thing I noticed is that basic composition courses were not studied as often. More often than not, accessibility and universal design principles were not directly applied to English 1010 or English 2010 (or the course equivalents for other universities). Most of the research was also highly focused on online and hybrid course setups and was rather sparse in terms of suggesting how to make in-person courses more accessible. ...