Aprendizagem Digital: Modelos diferenciados de ensino utilizando TICs para alunos com problemas de visão – Boas práticas: Jogando entre 1 a 10

The idea of inclusion encourages an inclusive, open-door school. By adapting formal instruction to standard instruction that is acceptable for everyone while taking into account the requirements, quirks, skills, interests, and experiences of each student, the use of ICTs aids in this direction. One such group is the visually challenged, whose inclusion in general education classes is made possible with the use of ICTs. In the current study, a method of individualized education in the field of mathematics is developed and put into practice, allowing all students-visually impaired or not-to master the mathematical operation of adding to the first ten at their own speed and time. Results show that differentiated instruction improves students' ability to understand mathematical operations: ADDITION from 1 to 10.La idea de inclusión fomenta una escuela inclusiva y de puertas abiertas. Al adaptar la instrucción formal a la instrucción estándar aceptable para todos, teniendo en cuenta los requisitos, peculiaridades, habilidades, intereses y experiencias de cada estudiante, el uso de las TIC ayuda en esta dirección. Uno de estos grupos es el de los discapacitados visuales, cuya inclusión en las clases de educación general es posible con el uso de las TIC. En el presente estudio se desarrolla y pone en práctica un método de enseñanza individualizado en el área de matemáticas, que permite a todos los alumnos -con discapacidad visual o no- dominar la operación matemática de sumar al top ten a su propio ritmo y tiempo. Los resultados muestran que la enseñanza diferenciada mejora la capacidad de los estudiantes para comprender las operaciones matemáticas: SUMA del 1 al 10.A ideia de inclusão incentiva uma escola inclusiva e de portas abertas. Ao adaptar a instrução formal à instrução padrão aceitável para todos, levando em conta os requisitos, peculiaridades, habilidades, interesses e experiências de cada aluno, o uso das TICs auxilia nessa direção. Um desses grupos é o dos deficientes visuais, cuja inclusão nas classes de educação geral é possível com o uso das TICs. No presente estudo, é desenvolvido e colocado em prática um método de ensino individualizado na área da matemática, permitindo que todos os alunos-deficientes visuais ou não-dominem a operação matemática de somar aos dez primeiros no seu próprio ritmo e tempo. Os resultados mostram que o ensino diferenciado melhora a capacidade dos alunos de entender as operações matemáticas: ADIÇÃO de 1 a 10

Improving Accessibility in Online Education: Comparative Analysis of Attitudes of Blind and Deaf Students Toward an Adapted Learning Platform

15 p.People with different capacities, such as the deaf and blind, have problems accessing educational content due to lack of accessible technology. Accessibility and usability are closely related concepts that share the goals for a satisfactory user experience. Existing literature establishes a direct relation between accessibility and usability, and reports that there are problems with both in learning platforms, and more generally with most websites. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the accessibility and usability of a learning platform by interrogating its participants. Three groups of students with different capacities (blind, deaf and deaf-blind) used an accessible learning platform prototype to assess the accessibility and usability of the platform and its contents. This article presents a comparative study of the perception and attitude of blind and deaf students towards the use of a learning platform adapted to their personal needs. Results showed that their attitude to the adaptation was very positive but there were differences in the perception of the ease of use of the application and with the level of difficulty to access the learning content. This work contributes to the body of knowledge by showing the effects that adaptations have on learning contents for blind and deaf students in terms of accessibility and ease of use through the analysis of the perceptions of participants. Future work may consider increasing the sample of students, as well as developing and testing new technologies and approaches that address other forms of functional diversit

A comparative study of D2L's Performance with a purpose built E-learning user interface for visual- and hearing-Impaired students

An e-learning system in an academic setting is an efficient tool for all students especially for students with physical impairments. This thesis discusses an e-learning system through the design and development of an e-learning user interface for students with visual- and hearing- impairment. In this thesis the tools and features in the user interface required to make the learning process easy and effective for students with such disabilities have been presented. Further, an integration framework is proposed to integrate the new tools and features into the existing e-learning system Desire-To-Learn (D2L). The tools and features added to the user interface were tested by the selected participants with visually-and hearing- impaired students from Laurentian University’s population. Two questionnaires were filled out to assess the usability methods for both the D2L e-learning user interface at Laurentian University and the new e-learning user interface designed for students with visual and hearing impairment. After collecting and analyzing the data, the results from different usability factors such as effectiveness, ease of use, and accessibility showed that the participants were not completely satisfied with the existing D2L e-learning system, but were satisfied with the proposed new user interface. Based on the new interface, the results showed also that the tools and features proposed for students with visual and hearing impairment can be integrated into the existing D2L e-learning system.Master of Science (MSc) in Computational Science

Adaptación de entornos virtuales de aprendizaje a las preferencias y necesidades personales del estudiante

La evolución de la sociedad no incide de igual manera en todas las personas, sino que se focaliza en el grupo de personas mayoritario, aquellas sin diferentes capacidades funcionales, produciendo una diferencia entre los distintos colectivos sociales que en términos de tecnología es denominada brecha digital. El acceso igualitario a los servicios ofrecidos a la sociedad se consigue mediante la transformación de estos, en servicios accesibles para todas las personas. El principal objetivo de esta tesis es la contribución a la investigación en el desarrollo de la accesibilidad en el ámbito de la educación virtual. El procedimiento seguido ha sido la aplicación de los estándares ISO/IEC 24751 e IMS AFA 3.0 a la elaboración de un modelo de adaptación de entornos virtuales de aprendizaje, que establece pautas básicas para convertir de forma eficaz sistemas de gestión de aprendizaje en entornos accesibles a personas con capacidades diferentes, y su validación mediante el desarrollo de un prototipo. El trabajo se ha realizado en cinco etapas (recogida de datos, delineación de las pautas básicas del modelo, aplicación a un prototipo de plataforma educativa, evaluación de su efectividad y estimación de su utilidad y facilidad de uso), que han sido necesarias para garantizar un modelo efectivo que proporcione ámbitos educativos virtuales fáciles de usar. De estas fases se han derivado tres artículos que han sido publicados en revistas de impacto. El primer artículo especifica las directrices fundamentales del modelo, extraídas de los estándares internacionales ISO/IEC 24751 e IMS AFA 3.0, que guían el proceso y describen las pautas necesarias concebidas para asegurar la efectividad y la calidad requerida por todo sistema y por los estándares estudiados. El artículo también muestra la aplicación de este modelo a un prototipo de plataforma de aprendizaje detallando las peculiaridades que le confieren características como robustez, portabilidad, escalabilidad, eficiencia y reutilización. El segundo artículo tiene como objetivo comprobar la efectividad de la herramienta desarrollada, mediante la evaluación del rendimiento de aprendizaje de grupos de estudiantes con diferentes capacidades al usar la aplicación. La evaluación se realizó mediante la comparación de un pre-test antes de la adaptación y un post-test después de esta. El tercer artículo investiga la facilidad de uso del sistema y la actitud de los estudiantes frente a su utilidad, para verificar su usabilidad y detectar los puntos que puedan mejorarse en futuros trabajos.Citizens are not guaranteed equal access to education despite the evolution of services and information technology. People with different capabilities have not been given rights to virtual education, and there is a digital divide between individuals with functional capabilities and those with limitations such as hearing or seeing problems. The main objective of this thesis is to contribute to research on the development of accessibility in the field of virtual education. The procedure followed was the application of ISO/IEC 24751 and IMS AFA 3.0 standards to the development of a model for adapting virtual learning environments that establishes basic guidelines for effectively converting learning management systems into environments accessible to people with different capabilities and its validation through the creation of a prototype. The work was carried out in five phases (data collection, outlining the basic guidelines of the model, application of guidelines to a prototype educational platform, evaluation of its effectiveness and estimation of its usefulness and ease of use), necessary to guarantee an effective model that provides user-friendly virtual educational environments. These phases have resulted in three articles that have been published in high impact journals. The first article specifies the fundamental guidelines of the model extracted from international standards (ISO/IEC 24751 and IMS AFA 3.0), which guide the process and describes the necessary guiding principles designed to ensure the effectiveness and quality required by any system and by the standards studied. The article also shows the application of this model to a prototype learning platform detailing the properties that give it characteristics such as robustness, portability, scalability, efficiency and reusability. The second article aims to test the effectiveness of the developed tool by evaluating the learning performance of groups of students with different capabilities when using the application. The evaluation was performed by comparing a pre-test before the adaptation and a post-test after it. The third article investigates the ease of use of the system and the students’ attitude towards its usefulness to verify its usability and detect points that can be improved in future work

Include 2011 : The role of inclusive design in making social innovation happen.

Include is the biennial conference held at the RCA and hosted by the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. The event is directed by Jo-Anne Bichard and attracts an international delegation

A Systematic Analysis of Accessibility Education Within Computing Disciplines

Accessible technologies improve the usability for all users, including 1 billion people in the world who have a disability. Although there is a demand for accessible technologies, there is currently no requirement for universities to integrate this content within the computing curriculum. A systematic comparison of teaching efficacy is important to effectively prepare future computing professionals with the skills to create accessible technologies. This dissertation contains a mixed-methods cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of undergraduate Software Engineering and Information Technology students’ learning of accessibility. Four teaching conditions were assessed at Rochester Institute of Technology: content lectures, projects, exposure to stakeholders with a disability, and collaboration with a team member who had a disability. Evidence of student learning was obtained through questionnaires, project reports, and interview data. Student learning was quantified by a knowledge of programming techniques, awareness of accessible technologies, and attitudes towards individuals with a disability. The cross-sectional analysis spanned three years (spring 2016-2019), fourteen courses, and seven distinct professors. We found that students in all conditions gained an increased knowledge of implementation methods. Students who were exposed to a stakeholder with a disability obtained significantly higher scores in their prosocial sympathetic attitudes, awareness of accessible technologies, and knowledge of programming techniques following the course. Students in the other conditions obtained significant changes in only a subset of these measures. While students in all conditions obtained significantly higher knowledge scores in the short term, only students who had a project or a team member with a disability sustained significantly higher knowledge scores two years after exposure. In interviews, senior-level students revealed that there were multiple factors outside the classroom that dissuaded them from furthering their learning of accessibility. Students mentioned a lack of person-centered topics in major software development processes (e.g., agile, waterfall) and workplace tasks. Without direct reinforcement, students focused on functional software requirements and expressed that accessibility would only be necessary in select front-end development career paths or domains. While current work in computer accessibility education evaluates learning during, or immediately following, one course, this dissertation provides a systematic comparison of student learning throughout multiple courses and instructors. The findings within this dissertation may be used to inform future curriculum plans and educational initiatives

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The Lead, January 2024

The Lead is an electronic newsletter produced by the Lindenwood College of Education & Human Services

Challenging the five-stage model for e-learning: a new approach

The five‐stage approach to e‐moderating has provided a coherent model upon which to base online learning design in higher education. However, despite its growing popularity, there are concerns that the model is becoming a dominant discourse, being adapted as a template for the design of all online teaching and learning, to the exclusion of other ideas. It is suggested that the five‐stage model may not be the panacea it appears and alternative models of e‐learning cannot be ignored. This paper reviews the five‐stage model and contrasts it with a new conceptual model, ‘the e‐learning ladder’, conceived as part of research with healthcare students in the higher education setting