Accessibility and usability of Online Labs: real barriers in a virtual world

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

Joaquim Faias (Author) Other; José M. M. Ferreira (Author) FEUP; Carlinda Leite (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV 07)

4th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV 07)

Porto, Portugal, 26 e 27 de Junho de 2007

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): This paper was produced under the framework of the Labs-on-the-web project, funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, within the scope of the Science and Innovation Operational Program (POCI 2010). We intended to verify if the online access to the workbenches designed with the NI LabVIEW platform was respecting the accessibility and usability standards, so that students with disabilities could benefit from this emerging pedagogical tool. We found out that the virtual workbenches build under this project had several errors that compromise the use of this technology by students with special needs, expressly by those with visual impairments.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6