Title :
Non-visual Usage of Virtual Classrooms: An Analysis Using Screen Reading Software
Author :
Kohlmann, Wiebke ; Lucke, Ulrike
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Abstract :
Inclusion gains in importance in educational settings and thus also in synchronous online learning and collaboration. New barriers arise for blind users because of dynamic, synchronous and graphical content and interfaces. This paper defines scenarios, analyses to what extent these virtual classrooms can be used by blind learners using the screen reading software Jaws and describes barriers encountered.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; groupware; handicapped aids; user interfaces; blind users; collaboration; dynamic content; educational settings; graphical content; inclusion; interfaces; screen reading software Jaws; synchronous content; synchronous online learning; virtual classroom nonvisual usage; Collaboration; Computers; Conferences; Keyboards; Materials; Software; Visualization; accessibility; inclusive e-learning; use cases; virtual classroom; visually impaired;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2014.172
