Accessible eLearning

November 12, 2015

Deploying eLearning In Africa: Cost Effective Strategies

Cost should never be a deterrent for deploying eLearning in Africa. There are cost effective and quick strategies that can be applied to these reduce costs, making the vision for quality education for all possible.

by Danai Nhando

October 22, 2015

DoviLearn: eLearning In Africa, Is There Hope?

The internet bubble may have burst with the eCommerce rush since 2005 in Africa. Unlike many other techies and startups, we decided to trail the path of training, leveraging on online technologies. Sensing the high need and importance of corporate training, through my Startup, Dovichi Services, we deployed a state of the art eLearning portal in Nigeria to bridge this gap: DoviLearn.

by Okeke, Vincent Chidozie (arpa)

August 13, 2015

9 Tips To Develop Accessible eLearning

In a dream world, everyone has access to learning; in the real world, online learning has been accessible to all only recently. In this article, I’ll share everything you need to know about accessible eLearning as well as the accessible eLearning benefits and 9 tips on how to develop accessible eLearning content, so that you cannot only reach a broader eLearning audience, but also do your little part in enabling more individuals to achieve their personal or professional goals while learning in a comfortable eLearning environment.

by Christopher Pappas

June 20, 2015

Learning Disabilities In Online Training: 10 Facts eLearning Professionals Should Know

What exactly are learning disabilities? How do they impact online training? Can a learning disabled employee successfully complete your online training program? In this article, I’ll share 10 important facts you need to know about learning disabilities in online training, so that you will be able to recognize and support your learning disabled workforce.

by Christopher Pappas

March 11, 2014

Top 10 Tips For Creating Accessible eLearning

Making eLearning courses accessible is important for many companies as it ensures there are no barriers to staff being able to complete training. Some courses also need to meet the USA’s section 508 requirements. Check the following Top 10 Accessible eLearning Tips to find more.

by Alan Bourne

November 14, 2013

A Magical Edutainment Story From ELT Greece

This is the story of a fledgling platform that is making waves in Greece. It has the potential to provide wider access to educational technology in brain-friendly ways, and it can help resource-starved teachers.

by Sylvia Guinan

April 6, 2013

Autism Awareness Month: Talking Social Stories

Social stories, sometimes called visual scripts, are stories that describe with words and pictures different activities or events that happen in life in a step by step detailed way. They were devised as a tool to help individuals within the autism spectrum to better understand situations and nuances of interpersonal communication so that they could interact in an effective and appropriate manner.

by Paolo Leva

February 10, 2013

Making SlideShare Presentations Accessible And Immersive

While being a blessing for many, SlideShare proves to be a difficult media for the share of population suffering from visual impairments, dyslexia, cognitive impairments, or analphabetism, due to its lack of audio feedback for the largest majority of the presentations.

by Paolo Leva

November 26, 2012

Use Of Open Source Education In Reducing Teacher Absence In Rural India

According to a study, it is found that 25 percent of public school teachers in rural India, remain absent from their workplace. One of the culprits responsible for this serious situation is the content taught to the students.

by Rajib Chakraborty

November 12, 2012

List Of Free iPad Apps For Children With Special Needs: Part 3

In the List of Free iPad Apps for children with Special Needs: Part 3 you will find 20 more Free iPad Apps for students with Special Needs.

by Christopher Pappas

November 3, 2012

List Of Free iPad Apps For Children With Special Needs: Part 1

I am not going to promote iPad. However, I was extremely impressed by the number of Free iPad Apps for kids with special needs.

by Christopher Pappas

September 2, 2012

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s Accessibility!

OK, maybe you hadn’t heard of Steve Jobs back in the 80s and 90s, when he was busy inventing all of those Apple devices, integrated software, and content that you now take for granted—the Mac, the iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, iTunes, the App Store…He also helped to build Apple stores, the most successful and innovative retail enterprise on the planet, helped save the music industry, and even had a hand in such classics as “Toy Story” as CEO of Pixar.  

by Gene Levinson