• DocumentCode
    3380362
  • Title

    Virtual classroom for deaf people

  • Author

    Chowdhuri, Debabrata ; Parel, N. ; Maity, Amrita

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. Of Comput. Sci. & Eng., VIT Univ., Vellore, India
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    19-21 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    e-Learning an unconventional entrance to this era of technology, where disabled people must not be spaced out from using and taking the advantages of this technology. This new technology touches the daily life of people by direct and indirect ways and keeping them far from this technology leads to scarcity in skills and knowledge that will definitely affect their life. People having disabilities, for learning the skills and Specific lectures must not wait and should consult and learn through e-Learning. People having disabilities or learning difficulties and their needs are rarely considered in building e-Learning systems. Disabled people often ample scope of acquiring skills. The paper presents a virtual classroom for Deaf people which provides scope of learning through bilingual method. The proposed system provides many learning facilities for its users and supports many tasks which would help the users to learn and also provides security to the data by providing access to authorized people only. The system also represents a mixing of the interactive & public tools jointly with conversion to sign languages which increases the usability and interactivity within virtual learning environment for disabled users.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; virtual reality; bilingual method; deaf people; disabled people; disabled users; e-learning systems; learning difficulties; virtual classroom; virtual learning environment; Educational institutions; Videoconferences; Collaborative Learning; Disabilities; Sign Language; Virtual Class Room; e-Learning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering Education: Innovative Practices and Future Trends (AICERA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kottayam
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2267-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AICERA.2012.6306730
  • Filename
    6306730