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Usability for all: towards improving the e-learning experience for visually impaired users
Eva Patrícia Gil Rodríguez,Muriel Garreta Domingo,Jordi Planella Ribera,Magi Almirall Hill,Llorenc Sabate Jardi +4 more
- pp 1313-1317
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This project specifically tackles the design of educational technical applications specifically developed for the visually impaired, following a user-centered design perspective.Abstract:
The new Information Society context entails new risks of social exclusion due to the digital exclusion even when it generates new possibilities for inclusion thanks to accessible Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and universal design [15]. In this context, we see that e-learning provides a powerful tool towards social inclusion. Yet, we have seen that compliance with accessibility and e-learning standards together with the usage of adequate devices does not guarantee a satisfactory experience for those with a disability [9]. As a result, our project specifically tackles the design of educational technical applications specifically developed for the visually impaired, following a user-centered design perspectiveread more
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Accessing e-Learning Systems via Screen Reader: An Example
TL;DR: Interaction of the blind user with an open source Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle) is investigated and how the use of the W3C Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) suite may improve the experience of navigation via screen reader is discussed.
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Rapid Application Development Based on XML
TL;DR: This paper deals with how to make use of the Data Selfdescription in XML to offer applications runtime parameters and frame work in order to implement RAD.
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Designing E-Learning Collaborative Tools for Blind People
TL;DR: This chapter will analyze e-learning collaborative and alternative tools in the learning environment, following the new paradigm for personalized acquisition of knowledge, in order to suggest basic guidelines for making effective and improving the interaction for blind users.
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Multidimensional and multiperspective approach for monitoring e-inclusion
TL;DR: Insufficient operationalization of the e- inclusion concept, which implies an insufficient number of identified indicators as well as the quantity of collected data, represents a major problem in the existing research on e-inclusion and a multiperspective, multimethodological and multidimensional approach is proposed.
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Reflections on Teaching Human Computer Interaction to Blind Students
TL;DR: The experience, feedback and reflection on the subject, after two cycles of the course with blind students, are presented.
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