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
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