Remote learning of mathematics for visually impaired students during COVID-19: Exploring online intervention, resources, challenges and issues

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dc.check.date30/01/2025en
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dc.contributor.authorShoaib, Muhammaden
dc.contributor.authorFitzpatrick, Donalen
dc.contributor.authorPitt, Ianen
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T15:00:03Z
dc.date.available2024-03-11T15:00:03Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-30en
dc.description.abstractDue to COVID-19, several dramatic changes have appeared all over the world i.e., travel restrictions, healthcare shortages, self-isolation, economic crises, social distancing, increases in food demand, job losses and closure of educational institutions. This led to a rapid transition from face-to-face to remote teaching. Most remote learning platforms are designed primarily for sighted students and are less useful for visually-impaired students. Especially in mathematics, it's quite difficult for visually-impaired students to access rich visual information, such as graphs, algebraic notations, geometric shapes and statistical formulas. This article provides an overview of mathematics learning resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores assistive technology-based interventions which enable visually-impaired and blind students to actively participate in remote teaching and enhance their learning skills. It was noted that solutions are available for various platforms (i.e., smartphones, tablets, laptops & desktop PCs) to support visually-impaired students. Assistive Technology in remote learning also plays a key role in enhancing the mathematical skills of visually-impaired students. Furthermore, we have investigated the important COVID-19-related resources of different institutes which are very beneficial for the online education of visually-impaired students. Moreover, some challenges and issues are discovered such as internet connectivity, lack of interaction, inadequate support, one-way communication and less effective learning. Finally, some future directions are suggested for research i.e., parents should be a part of remote learning.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationShoaib, M., Fitzpatrick, D. and Pitt, I. (2024) 'Remote learning of mathematics for visually impaired students during COVID-19: Exploring online intervention, resources, challenges and issues', in Arai, K. (eds) Intelligent Systems and Applications. IntelliSys 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 824. Springer, Cham. pp. 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47715-7_11en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-031-47715-7_11en
dc.identifier.endpage156en
dc.identifier.isbn9783031477140en
dc.identifier.isbn9783031477157en
dc.identifier.issn2367-3370en
dc.identifier.issn2367-3389en
dc.identifier.journaltitleLecture Notes in Networks and Systemsen
dc.identifier.startpage145en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15652
dc.identifier.volume824en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.relation.ispartofLecture Notes in Networks and Systemsen
dc.relation.ispartofIntelligent Systems and Applicationsen
dc.relation.ispartofIntelliSys 2023, 7-8 September Amsterdam, The Netherlandsen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Centres for Research Training Programme::Data and ICT Skills for the Future/18/CRT/6222/IE/SFI Centre for Research Training in Advanced Networks for Sustainable Societies/en
dc.rights© 2024, The Authors, under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectLearningen
dc.subjectMathematicsen
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectVisually impaired e-Learningen
dc.titleRemote learning of mathematics for visually impaired students during COVID-19: Exploring online intervention, resources, challenges and issuesen
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dc.typeConference itemen
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