AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE EXPERIENCES OF THE VISUALLY-IMPAIRED STUDENTS OF LOYOLA COLLEGE WITH ICT SUPPORT ON USING WWW.LOYOLACOLLEGE.EDU

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J. Jerald Inico
Dr. T. Edwin Prabakaran

Abstract

The students with visual impairments want uniqueeducational needs and a parent of these students expects interventions of information and communication technology(ICT) tools to meet the learning expectations of these students. It is observed that the field of education of visually impairedstudents was the first to develop a range of special educationprogram options. In recent years, ICT is playing a vital role inthe development of educational curriculum and also in teachinglearning process due to advancements in the area of IT andhardware. It supports the students to improve their knowledge and learning skills and enables them to most effectively compete with their peers in colleges and ultimately in society and hence the ICT based assistive tools are most widely used to support inclusive learning. This study reveals that knowledge of screen reader makes the visually-impaired students to access website and other information through desktop, laptop and mobile phones.

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