[Blind-international-students] Studying online

[Kartik Sawhney]

Hi,

Stanford University has some online courses in HCI that you might want
to check out.

Best,

On 9/21/13, Alexandra <kaffeetante77 at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> thanks for approving my membership to this group.
>
> I'm a psychologist from Germany with a strong interest in
> accessibility, human-computer interaction and of course computer
> science in general. I'd like to get acquainted with the basics
> of computer science, preferrably by using massive open online
> courses.
>
> I already subscribed to a course on Udacity but couldn't use it
> properly with Jaws 10 or NVDA and Firefox 21. At Udacity, you
> are presented with short, educational video sequences and can
> answer a multiple choice question before watching the next
> video. After having answered a question, I wasn't able to
> navigate to the next question. I could only skip back and
> re-answer the question. So there is actually no way of gradually
> taking the course. I wrote to Udacity but didn't get a valuable
> reply. They don't seem to care for accessibility that much,
> especially as I found an entry in the forum by another Jaws user
> that wasn't able to use the site properly.
>
> I also tried Coursera but couldn't even enroll into a course.
>
>
> The combination of watching videos and answering questions is a
> way of communicating knowledge I consider to be rather useful,
> as you have a mixture of activity and passivity which makes
> learning not as "boring" as just reading a book.
>
> iTunesU also sounds pretty exciting, but the lectures I found
> so far only allowed you to watch videos. There was no section to
> test your knowledge. This is a real pity, as I'd definitely
> enjoy an educational app for studying on the go.
>
> There's an app for the iPhone dedicated to Coursera, but it doesn't yet
> allow you to either answer questions or take part in exams. Anyway, I'm
> interested in your opinions if anyone tested it already.
>
>
> Any information on MOOCs accessible with Jaws (10) / NVDA or
> educational apps for the iPhone would be appreciated.
>
> Looking forward to your replies.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Alexandra
>
>
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