A novel E-learning framework to learn IT skills for visual impaired

Abstract

In this paper a novel approach is implemented for learning of IT related courses for visually impaired through elearning which provides a facility for anyone to learn from anywhere at anytime. It enables visually impaired students to learn the knowledge by accessing the e-content and work more independently with ease of access compared to traditional methods. At present most of eLearning websites are providing the content mostly useful for normal students. Using screen readers, learning of the content from these websites are cumbersome for visual impaired. A survey has been carried out on a batch of visually impaired students to explore existing eLearning concepts and tools in IT related courses. This work is mostly focused on the issue of web accessibility and to facilitate effective access of content and learning to the visually-impaired students. The methodology used in this paper is validated by visually-impaired students and experts and yielded good results. It is also tested for portability of using with various modes of access such as personal computers, Tablets and Mobile phones.

Sensitizing and much more ‘to do list’ for the Indian corporates towards their Visually Impaired Employees for a Sustainable Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

“…Accessibility to their visually impaired employees must be one of the most important goal for any company. In a paper by (Kishore & Raghunath, 2015) ; "the E-learning enables visually impaired students to learn the knowledge by accessing the e-content and work more independently with ease of access compared to traditional methods." Similar suggestion with many improvisations that will suit the visually challenged employees is crux of this paper.…”