ACCESSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF A COLLABORATIVE E-LEARNING APPLICATION

Andrea Bozza, Marco Mesiti, Stefano Valtolina, Silvia Dini, Marina Ribaudo

2010

Abstract

VisualPedia is a collaborative environment proposed to facilitate the development of educational objects thought for all students, including students with different forms of disability. In this paper we briefly introduce VisualPedia and then report on the experience in the evaluation of accessibility and usability of the system prototype we have developed so far. We also discuss possible future improvements that have become evident after the experimentation with end users.

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Bozza A., Mesiti M., Valtolina S., Dini S. and Ribaudo M. (2010). ACCESSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF A COLLABORATIVE E-LEARNING APPLICATION . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-023-8, pages 102-109. DOI: 10.5220/0002798001020109


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@conference{csedu10,
author={Andrea Bozza and Marco Mesiti and Stefano Valtolina and Silvia Dini and Marina Ribaudo},
title={ACCESSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF A COLLABORATIVE E-LEARNING APPLICATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={102-109},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002798001020109},
isbn={978-989-674-023-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - ACCESSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF A COLLABORATIVE E-LEARNING APPLICATION
SN - 978-989-674-023-8
AU - Bozza A.
AU - Mesiti M.
AU - Valtolina S.
AU - Dini S.
AU - Ribaudo M.
PY - 2010
SP - 102
EP - 109
DO - 10.5220/0002798001020109