• DocumentCode
    240715
  • Title

    An Online Educational Portal for Supporting Open Access to Teaching and Learning of People with Disabilities

  • Author

    Zervas, Panagiotis ; Kardaras, Vasilis ; Sampson, Demetrios G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Digital Syst., Univ. of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    7-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    564
  • Lastpage
    565
  • Abstract
    Accessibility has emerged as a core consideration of systems´ design in the Technology enhanced Learning (TeL) field. This ensures that technology does not introduce barriers to the inclusion of people with disabilities but rather it offers equal opportunities to education and training. Within this context, several initiatives have emerged, which aim to promote an inclusive learning culture and support teachers in designing, sharing and delivering accessible educational resources in the form of Learning Objects (LOs). To this end, in this paper we present an online educational portal, namely the Inclusive Learning Portal that aims to advance existing solutions and support open access to teaching and learning of people with disabilities, namely motor disabled, visual impaired and deaf people.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; portals; deaf people; educational resources; inclusive learning portal; learning culture; learning object; motor disabled people; online educational portal; open access; people with disabilities; teaching; technology enhanced learning; training; visual impaired people; Computers; Educational institutions; Europe; Open Access; Portals; Training; Web accessibility; inclusive learning; open access; people with disabilities; portal; repository;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2014.165
  • Filename
    6901541