On the design of an educational infrastructure for the blind and visually impaired in computer science

SIGCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 571-576

  Stefik, Andreas ^a   Hundhausen, Christopher ^b   Smith, Derrick ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Assistive technology; Auditory debugging; Visual impairments

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUDITORY DEBUGGING; COMMUNITY IS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; RESEARCH GOALS; SELF EFFICACY; SUMMER WORKSHOPS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79954445255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1953163.1953323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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