Visually Impaired Students in Higher Education in Norway

1987 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 482-484
Author(s):  
E.M. Haugann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Visually Impaired Students

A sample of 40 visually impaired college students and older people were surveyed to determine areas for improvement in the educational system for visually impaired people in Norway. The survey found a strong need for career counseling services offering a wider range of occupations. Many of the respondents saw the need for a more diversified curriculum, ensuring a smoother transition from high school to college.

Human Computer Interface for Victims using FPGA

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-250
Author(s):  
M. S. Heetha ◽  
M. Shenbagapriya ◽  
M. Bharanidharan
Keyword(s):  
Speech Signal ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
English Language ◽  
Computer Interface ◽  
Human Computer Interface ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
The Voice

Visually impaired people face many challenges in the society; particularly students with visual impairments face unique challenges in the education environment. They struggle a lot to access the information, so to resolve this obstacle in reading and to allow the visually impaired students to fully access and participate in the curriculum with the greatest possible level of independence, a Braille transliteration system using VLSI is designed. Here Braille input is given to FPGA Virtex-4 kit via Braille keyboard. The Braille language is converted into English language by decoding logic in VHDL/Verilog and then the corresponding alphabet letter is converted into speech signal with the help of the algorithm. Speaker is used for the voice output. This project allows the visually impaired people to get literate also the person can get a conformation about what is being typed, every time that character is being pressed, this prevents the occurrence of mistakes.

scholarly journals Encountering Adulthood

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Len Fleischer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Rite Of Passage ◽  
American Life ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School

The transition from high school to college has become a de facto rite of passage in modern American life. There is an absence of consensus in the culture of what might constitutie authentic markers of movement from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Thus, higher education is faced with the challenge of initiating adolescents into intentions, dispositions, and habits of character and intellect that might comport with what is understood to be healthy adulthood (Arnett, 2004; Elbot & Fulton, 2008; Fleischer, 2005).

scholarly journals ENHANCING READING COMPETENCE THROUGH THE BRAILLE SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

2022 ◽  
pp. 65-77
Author(s):  
Edgar Guadia Encalada ◽  
Cristina del Rocío Jordán ◽  
Verónica Elizabeth Chicaiza ◽  
Sarah Jacqueline Pazmiño
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
English Language ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Special Education School ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
The Relationship

This paper addresses the issue of the development of the English language reading skills and subskills using the Braille System as the fundamental tool for visually impaired people. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the use of the Braille System and the reading skill competence. This research was applied to 21 pupils with different blindness conditions and from 10 to 32 years old who belong to the Special Education School “Julius Dophner” in the city of Ambato, Ecuador. This preliminary study was carried out using a quasi-experimental design, where pre-tests and post-tests were applied during a three-week period. Pupils took active part in the reading of the different primers at the beginning and after the treatment process. A t-test was used to examine the hypothesis. The results revealed that the improvement in the English language reading for specific information subskill through the Braille system was meaningful. Additional testing should be done to validate the scores obtained by visually impaired students with the use of this tool. Pupils showed a positive and very enthusiastic attitude about the learning process of the English language through this tool with which they are familiar.

scholarly journals Teaching of Basic Posture Skills in Visually Impaired Individuals and Its Implementation Under Aggravated Conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ceren Suveren-Erdogan ◽  
Sibel Suveren
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Verbal Information ◽  
Movement Training ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Technical Production ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Short Time

The aim of this study is to enable basic posture exercises to be included in the basic exercises of the visually impaired individuals as a step to learn more difficult movements, to guide the instructors in order to make efficient progress in a short time and to help more numbers of disabled individuals benefit from these studies.Method: 15 visually impaired sedentary students from the Department of Special Education, the Gazi Faculty of Education, who take the course Physical Education and Game Teaching for Visually Impaired People participated in the study. Following the verbal information about the study, the visually impaired students were asked to try 5 movements with difficult conditions. During the next 10 weeks, he course continued in the practice section (1 day, 45 minutes per week) and all the basic postures, included in the program with the help of the instructor’s verbal and physical help, were applied. 10 weeks later, visually impaired students were asked to retry the 5 movements which they were asked to do at the beginning of the program. The study was carried out with compilation method and the results were recorded on the basis of observation.Conclusion: As a result of this study, it was observed that visually impaired individuals who have successfully learned the basic postures with verbal communication and physical help can apply movements with difficult conditions more easily and with fewer mistakes compared to the early attempts and movement qualities (technical production) have significantly increased. Based on this, it can be concluded that basic postures are of great benefit in movement training and progress of visually impaired individuals.

Saved by College

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranita Ray
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School

This chapter highlights how marginalized youth attempt to mobilize resources they acquire from school, at work, and through nonprofits and churches in order to facilitate their transition from high school to college. It shows how these institutions generate resources, but they also impede young people’s opportunities for upward mobility. Having to balance the demands of school and work regularly overburden youth, making it difficult for them to succeed in school. Moreover, while organizations and institutions are occupied with educating marginalized youth, they also—and sometimes more importantly—discipline and police them. While the school and community construct the policing of youth as necessary to prepare them for a bright future, this chapter shows how and why the policing agenda often pose obstacles to their higher educational opportunities. In sum, while available resources collectively facilitate their college goals in some ways, such as admission and homework completion, they fall short of preparing them for the myriad daily struggles involved in succeeding in institutions of higher education. Meanwhile, open access to certain institutions of higher education—combined with the organization of labor in the service industry—allows youth to hold on to their aspirations of a college degree and white-collar jobs.

Music education for blind people – determinants and methodological guidelines

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1 (10)) ◽  
pp. 57-72
Author(s):  
Milena Wiśniewska
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Music Notation ◽  
Blind People ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Methodological Guidelines

The article presents the characteristics of music education for visually impaired people. It is largely conditioned by the use of Braille’s music notation featuring a number of differences when compared to the notation used by sighted musicians. Visually impaired students can receive music education both at schools dedicated exclusively to the blind and in public institutions, together with sighted students. What may play a significant role in the provision of the best possible learning conditions for blind people is support given by educational institutions and by various organizations (in our country, the latter form of aid is relatively narrow in scope). What matters most is, however, teachers’ attitude, their willingness to understand a blind student’s situation, and frequently their readiness to introduce modifications to the methods applied on a daily basis. In order to determine what exactly is needed by visually impaired people learning music in Poland, the author of the article explored educational experiences of 24 blind people, bearing in mind the context of music education system in our country. Conclusions drawn from the conducted surveys, as well as from the subject literature, helped to formulate a number of guidelines concerning blind people’s education, directed at teachers of various music subjects; they constitute the main part of the article in question.

Facebook experiences of visually impaired students: A deconstruction of the challenges and benefits

2021 ◽  
pp. 026461962110477
Author(s):  
Michael Asante Quainoo ◽  
Michael Yao Wodui Serwornoo ◽  
Christiana Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Privacy Issues

This study explores the motivation for usage, benefits, and strategies to overcoming the challenges visually impaired people face in their Facebook interactions. Using in-depth interviews and a narrative analysis of five visually impaired students at the University of Cape Coast, we found that Facebook usage among visually impaired students, although unique in experiences and gratifications, has promoted the formation and strengthening of their social bonds in the community of visually impaired people and their significant other. However, the visually impaired students face significant challenges with interpreting the pictures and videos they encounter on Facebook because screen reader software currently in use cannot interpret graphical content forcing them to rely on their sighted friends which have created independence and privacy issues. Despite these challenges, Facebook remains a powerful communication tool for visually impaired students in interacting with both their disabled and non-disabled friends whom they would normally shy away from in person.

Toward Computer Literacy for Visually Impaired Students

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (8) ◽  
pp. 302-306
Author(s):  
Samuel G. Ryan ◽  
Dina N. Bedi
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Computer Programming ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Baruch College ◽  
Visually Impaired Students

Reports an innovative approach to developing computer literacy among visually impaired students that was presented in two four-week workshops in computer programming for visually impaired students, held at Baruch College, New York. The experiences of the workshops are analyzed, and guidelines for the training of visually impaired people in computer related fields by educational and business institutions are discussed.

Application of IoT Based Stick for Visually Impaired People in CVIS System

CICTP 2020 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Muhammad ◽  
Qizhou Hu ◽  
Muhammad Tayyab ◽  
Yikai Wu ◽  
Muhammad Ahtsham
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People

Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

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