Title :
A novel E-learning framework to learn IT skills for visual impaired
Author :
Krishna Kishore, K.V. ; Raghunath, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Vignan Univ., Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract :
In this paper a novel approach is implemented for learning of IT related courses for visually impaired through e-learning which provides a facility for anyone to learn from anywhere at anytime. It enables visually impaired students to learn the knowledge by accessing the e-content and work more independently with ease of access compared to traditional methods. At present most of eLearning websites are providing the content mostly useful for normal students. Using screen readers, learning of the content from these websites are cumbersome for visual impaired. A survey has been carried out on a batch of visually impaired students to explore existing eLearning concepts and tools in IT related courses. This work is mostly focused on the issue of web accessibility and to facilitate effective access of content and learning to the visually-impaired students. The methodology used in this paper is validated by visually-impaired students and experts and yielded good results. It is also tested for portability of using with various modes of access such as personal computers, Tablets and Mobile phones.
Keywords :
Web sites; computer aided instruction; educational courses; handicapped aids; information technology; mobile computing; IT related courses; IT skills; e-content access; e-learning framework; eLearning Web sites; visual impaired; visually-impaired students; Computer architecture; Electronic learning; Internet; Knowledge management; Market research; Portals; Usability; E-learning; ICT; Visually Impaired; web portal;
Conference_Titel :
Futuristic Trends on Computational Analysis and Knowledge Management (ABLAZE), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Noida
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8432-9
DOI :
10.1109/ABLAZE.2015.7154932