[Pibe-division] Fw: AFB Distance Learning Survey Results Now Available

melissa R. Green graduate56 at juno.com
Sun Nov 30 07:23:28 UTC 2008


I filled this one out.

The results are very interesting.  Will say more when I can take the time to
look at them more carefully.

Best regards,

Sincerely,

Melissa R. Green

Hold on to your dream and it shall be well with you.

 

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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:00 AM
To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
Subject: [Pibe-division] Fw: AFB Distance Learning Survey Results Now Available

 

Hello:

 

     With all the distance education going on, I thought the following might be
of interest. Hope this is useful.

 

Regards,

 

Robert Jaquiss

 

 

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AFB Distance Learning Survey Results Now Available


More and more schools, colleges and universities are using online educational
tools that students are required to use to obtain course syllabi, access
lectures and associated material, participate in class discussions, read course
material, and receive grades and feedback from instructors. These popular tools,
such as Blackboard, can frequently pose significant barriers to students with
vision loss because they do not work well, if at all, with computer programs
commonly used by students who are blind or visually impaired to access content
displayed on the computer screen.

AFB explored ways in which popular online educational tools can be made more
accessible with the help of nearly 100 individuals who recently completed our
online survey. The results are now available! Findings indicated the most
important and necessary features of online educational tools present significant
problems for those using assistive technology such as screen reading or screen
magnification software. In nearly every instance, respondents indicated features
that were inaccessible. To read the full report, go to
www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=3
<http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=3&TopicID=377&DocumentID=4492>
&TopicID=377&DocumentID=4492. 

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