IMPROVING DESIGN OF E-LEARNING COURSES TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS

Ileana Hamburg, Thorsten Busse

2006

Abstract

Web-based e-Learning could provide additional educational opportunities for disabled people to improve their qualification and to support their social integration especially into the knowledge-based economy. However, the requirements and wishes of disabled people are frequently not understood or taken into account by the designers of learning environments based on new media. Often, the users can not articulate their wishes about the learning environments and what they would like to learn for their future. In this paper scenario planning is presented as a method to help disabled people to express their wishes and plan their careers. Designers too, are addressed to increase their awareness about special needs of disabled people to improve the usability and accessibility of Web-based e-Learning. Examples of on-going projects are shortly presented.

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Hamburg I. and Busse T. (2006). IMPROVING DESIGN OF E-LEARNING COURSES TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS . In Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-972-8865-47-4, pages 357-362. DOI: 10.5220/0001241503570362


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@conference{webist06,
author={Ileana Hamburg and Thorsten Busse},
title={IMPROVING DESIGN OF E-LEARNING COURSES TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS},
booktitle={Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2006},
pages={357-362},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001241503570362},
isbn={978-972-8865-47-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - IMPROVING DESIGN OF E-LEARNING COURSES TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS
SN - 978-972-8865-47-4
AU - Hamburg I.
AU - Busse T.
PY - 2006
SP - 357
EP - 362
DO - 10.5220/0001241503570362