Identifying barriers to collaborative learning for the blind

  • Authors:
  • Wiebke Köhlmann

  • Affiliations:
  • Institut für Informatik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

  • Venue:
  • ICCHP'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Volume Part I
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Digital materials can help blind and visually impaired students to participate in e-learning and collaborative settings. The use of multimedia content enhances the learning experience of sighted students, but new barriers arise for the visually impaired. This paper describes surveys on e-learning and collaborative settings, defines existing barriers and presents a survey on the use of computer usage, e-learning and collaborative learning amongst 42 blind and visually impaired users in educational and professional life.