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Towards improving access to math and science lecture material for visually impaired students via iOS support: a convergence of the student, instructor, and classroom

Towards improving access to math and science lecture material for visually impaired students via... Towards Improving Access to Math and Science Lecture Material for Visually Impaired Students via iOS Support: a Convergence of the Student, Instructor, and Classroom Stephanie Ludi Rochester Institute of Technology, Department of Software Engineering 134 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623 salvse@rit.edu Abstract In this paper we describe a series of exploratory studies conducted as part of the development of AccessLacture, an iOS-based system that is designed to help visually impaired students access math or science lecture material in and out of the classroom. The instructor writes material on the whiteboard, via the Mimio Capture system, using standard whiteboard markers. The lecture material is sent as written strokes that the iOS app displays for the student in real-time. Students can adjust the size and contrast of the material, as well as write notes on the lecture itself for later viewing. The access to lecture provided by the system provides students the ability to follow an active lecture that can facilitate more class participation. In order to support student needs, students, instructors and the classroom environment itself were studied. 1 Overview and Motivation In a math course, the instructor typically writes on the board and refers to parts of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing Association for Computing Machinery

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Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 by ACM Inc.
ISSN
1558-2337
DOI
10.1145/2637487.2637490
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Abstract

Towards Improving Access to Math and Science Lecture Material for Visually Impaired Students via iOS Support: a Convergence of the Student, Instructor, and Classroom Stephanie Ludi Rochester Institute of Technology, Department of Software Engineering 134 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623 salvse@rit.edu Abstract In this paper we describe a series of exploratory studies conducted as part of the development of AccessLacture, an iOS-based system that is designed to help visually impaired students access math or science lecture material in and out of the classroom. The instructor writes material on the whiteboard, via the Mimio Capture system, using standard whiteboard markers. The lecture material is sent as written strokes that the iOS app displays for the student in real-time. Students can adjust the size and contrast of the material, as well as write notes on the lecture itself for later viewing. The access to lecture provided by the system provides students the ability to follow an active lecture that can facilitate more class participation. In order to support student needs, students, instructors and the classroom environment itself were studied. 1 Overview and Motivation In a math course, the instructor typically writes on the board and refers to parts of

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ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and ComputingAssociation for Computing Machinery

Published: Jun 1, 2014

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