Learners with disabilities need to (re) learn basic skills at all levels to enable them to lead more independent lives, to improve their literacy or numeracy, to gain employment or enter further education. Web-based Training-WbT has the potential to offer many advantages over traditional instructor-led training. In this paper after a listing of some barriers of (re-)learning of basic skills And of some ways to make WbT courses more accessible for disabled people, two ongoing European projects are presented having as one of the objectives the use of WbT for (re)learning of basic skills at people with learning and/or physical disabilities.
Web-based e-Learning could provide additional educational opportunities for disabled people to improve their qualification and to support their social integration especially into the knowledge-based economy. However, the requirements and wishes of disabled people are frequently not understood or taken into account by the designers of learning environments based on new media. Often, the users can not articulate their wishes about the learning environments and what they would like to learn for their future. In this paper scenario planning is presented as a method to help disabled people to express their wishes and plan their careers. Designers too, are addressed to increase their awareness about special needs of disabled people to improve the usability and accessibility of Web-based e-Learning. Examples of ongoing projects are shortly presented.
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