This article explores the necessity of modifying the traditional educational resources used in teaching programming logic to better meet the needs of students with visual impairments. By integrating assistive technologies, blind and severely visually impaired learners are empowered to develop programming skills, thereby promoting a more inclusive education environment, which might be achieved by adapting the learning materials using craft materials such as string, sandpaper, and plastic beads to provide tactile support, in addition to the usage of a toolkit composed by preexistent assistive software tools. The primary contributions of our work include: (i) a systematic literature review on programming education for blind children, (ii) the discussion and proposal of a toolkit composed of existing assistive software components to support software development by blind students, based on the literature review, and (iii) the adaptation of educational resources with craft materials for teaching programming logic tailored to the needs of visually impaired students.

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Courseware Adaptation for Programming Logic Classes for Teaching Children with Blindness or Severe Low Sight

  • Ângelo Amaral,
  • Camila Aparecida Paris Baston,
  • Carolina de Carvalho Amaral,
  • Marcos Augusto Francisco Borges

摘要

This article explores the necessity of modifying the traditional educational resources used in teaching programming logic to better meet the needs of students with visual impairments. By integrating assistive technologies, blind and severely visually impaired learners are empowered to develop programming skills, thereby promoting a more inclusive education environment, which might be achieved by adapting the learning materials using craft materials such as string, sandpaper, and plastic beads to provide tactile support, in addition to the usage of a toolkit composed by preexistent assistive software tools. The primary contributions of our work include: (i) a systematic literature review on programming education for blind children, (ii) the discussion and proposal of a toolkit composed of existing assistive software components to support software development by blind students, based on the literature review, and (iii) the adaptation of educational resources with craft materials for teaching programming logic tailored to the needs of visually impaired students.