A model to design interactive learning environments for children with visual disabilities

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-163

  Sánchez, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Children with visual disabilities; Modeling methodologies; User adapted interfaces; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547194789     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-007-9039-3     Document Type: Article

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