Degree of visual impairment and its influence on the secondary school students' relationship towards ICTs

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Degree of visual impairment and its influence on the secondary school students' relationship towards ICTs
Original language description
The aim of this research was to examine relationship between the degree of visual impairment and the affinity of the subjects towards information and communication technologies (ICTs) and also the nature of their most common use of computers. Initial research was executed through survey in between 2010 and 2012 on the sample of n=94 secondary students in Czech Republic with various degree of visual impairment, who were divided into three main categories (blindness, severe visual impairment and moderatevisual impairment). Our research has shown significant correlations between the degree of visual impairment and the use ICTs in some of the observed areas. Blind students expressed in significantly higher proportion the will to use ICTs in their future occupation, we have also observed that they were significantly more likely to use ICTs in their education process and to obtain information. While there were no differences in the leisure use of the ICTs, blind users were most comfortable
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Czech description
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
EDULEARN14 Proceedings
ISBN
978-84-617-0557-3
ISSN
2340-1117
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Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
4124-4128
Publisher name
International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)
Place of publication
Madrid
Event location
Barcelona, Spain
Event date
Jul 7, 2014
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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