Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
76 results found tagged education.
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Reclaiming VR Design Authority: Deaf Signers Shaping Immersive Classrooms
This paper reports a Deaf-led, ASL-first study of a VR classroom prototype designed to reduce the persistent "visual attention split" that Deaf students experience in remote and online classrooms, where gaze must constantly shuttle between a signing …
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Improving the outcomes of students with cognitive and learning disabilities: phase I development for a web accessibility tool
This poster paper from ASSETS 2007 reports on Phase I of a project to extend the WAVE (Web Accessibility Versatile Evaluator) open-source tool with a new suite of evaluators specifically targeting the cognitive load of web pages. The work, led by Web…
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A Cisco Education Tool Accessible to the Vision Impaired
This paper describes iNetSim, a universally accessible network simulator developed at Curtin University of Technology to allow vision-impaired and sighted students to complete Cisco Certified Network Associate level 2 (CCNA 2) laboratory sessions. Th…
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PLUMB: An Interface for Users Who are Blind to Display, Create, and Modify Graphs
This demonstration paper presents the latest version of PLUMB (exPLoring graphs at UMB), extending it beyond passive graph exploration to include the ability for blind and sighted users to create and modify graphs. The original PLUMB system displayed…
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Lambda: A Multimodal Approach to Making Mathematics Accessible to Blind Students
This paper presents the Lambda System, a European Union-funded project designed to make mathematics accessible to blind students through a multimodal mathematical editor. Mathematics relies heavily on visual two-dimensional notation — fractions are s…
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Using an Audio Interface to Assist Users Who are Visually Impaired with Steering Tasks
This paper presents results from an ongoing study of PLUMB (exPLoring graphs at UMB), a software system that uses audio feedback and a pen-based Tablet PC interface to make relational graphs and diagrams accessible to users who are blind. Graphs — co…
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Lecture Adaptation for Students with Visual Disabilities Using High-Resolution Photography
This paper presents a system designed to make visual content in lectures accessible to students with visual disabilities by using high-resolution digital still cameras and computer vision techniques. Students with visual impairments typically sit 4 t…
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3D Sound Interactive Environments for Problem Solving
This paper from the University of Chile presents AudioChile, a 3D sound virtual environment designed to help children with visual disabilities develop problem-solving skills through interactive exploration of Chilean geography and culture. AudioChile…
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Autism/Excel Study
This study investigates whether high school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can learn Microsoft Excel at a level comparable to a regular education computing class, and whether the structured spreadsheet environment might support developm…
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BlackBoardNV: A System for Enabling Non-Visual Access to the Blackboard Course Management System
This paper introduces BlackBoardNV, a system designed to make the Blackboard Learning Management System accessible to users with visual disabilities through non-visual (audio and keyboard) interaction. The core problem addressed is that screen reader…