Scaffolding the design of accessible eLearning content: A user-centered approach and cognitive perspective

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Catarci, Tiziana ^a   De Giovanni, Loredana ^a   Gabrielli, Silvia ^a   Kimani, Stephen ^a   Mirabella, Valeria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Cognitive disabilities; eLearning; Human factors; User centered design

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COGNITION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEMORY DISORDERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 48449097420     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-008-0213-3     Document Type: Article

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