Graham, Deryn, Benest, Ian and Nicholl, Peter (2007) Interaction design for teaching visually impaired students. Proceedings of the IASK International Conference E-Activity and Leading Technologies 2007. International Association for Scientific Knowledge, pp. 80-89. ISBN 9789729939754

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Abstract

This paper reports on the findings for a study on improving interaction design for teaching visually impaired students. The crux of the problem is the ability to draw and understand diagrams. The cognitive issues are often underestimated with insufficient attention being given to the use of metaphors, etc. and "one size fits all solutions" are often the norm. The findings of the original seed funded project have led to design criteria and to an application for a large scale project, to produce generic tools and to enable multi-modal teaching and learning, with connotations for the mentally as well as physically impaired.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	This paper forms part of the published proceedings from IASK - E-Activity and Leading Technologies 2007 Conference (E-ALT2007), Porto, 3-6 December 2007
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cognition, education, interaction design, visual impairment
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science L Education > L Education (General)
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Information Systems & Digital Media School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > eCentre
Related URLs:	Publisher Organisation
Last Modified:	30 Sep 2019 14:56
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/1148

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