Feasibility of Online Video Lectures via Touch-Screen Mobile for Blind Users for Academic Purposes
Subtitle: IC5E 2014
Publisher: Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties
Published: 2014
Place of publication: University of Greenwich, London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcopy
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9788192523323
Description: The recent development of touch-screen based devices has given rise to unique and unstudied opportunities in the field of academics. This research was conducted to understand blind students' attitude towards the use of YouTube videos in an academic environment using a touch-screen mobile device. A prototype was developed for a course offered at the sixth grade level of primary school in Hail, Saudi Arabia. Ten blind students participated in the case study. Survey and focus group interviews were conducted: (a) to analyze blind students' perception of substitution of Braille course materials with YouTube video lessons and (b) to understand usability features of the prototype. The results show that the majority of blind students perceived YouTube course materials on a touch-screen based device (using an android app) to be equal to or better than Braille course materials.