Setting accessibility preferences about learning objects within adaptive elearning systems: User experience and organizational aspects

Setting accessibility preferences about learning objects within adaptive elearning systems: User experience and organizational aspects

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Article ID: iaor20173458
Volume: 34
Issue: 4
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Journal: Expert Systems
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: learning, internet
Abstract:

Higher and further education providers are facing the challenge of supporting the interaction needs of an increasing number of students who feature accessibility preferences to use both elearning contents and services. In the next future, we can expect that, within adaptive elearning systems, both automatic and manual procedures will interoperate to elicit users' interaction needs for ensuring accessibility. In this paper, we report findings from the user experience with the self‐assessment of interaction needs, as part of a content personalization system, which tackles possible mismatches in the interaction between the user and the learning objects. All stakeholders involved in providing this service along with intended user groups (students with visual, auditory or mobility impairments, and without impairments) participated in the evaluation with over 100 users described in this paper. From the evaluation, results follow that our approach allows students to self‐assess and report adequately their interaction preferences. Furthermore, the paper describes findings of interest and open issues about how massive online courses may address the accessibility needs of an increasing number of elearning users.

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