Helping Students with Upper Limb Motor Impairments Program in a Block-Based Programming Environment Using Voice
Description:
Students with upper body motor impairments, such as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, ALS, etc., face challenges when learning to program in block-based programming environments, because these environments are highly dependent on the physical manipulation of a mouse or keyboard to drag and drop elements on the screen. In my dissertation, I make the block-based programming environment Blockly, accessible to students with upper body motor impairment by adding speech as an alternative form of in…
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Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Okafor, Obianuju Chinonye
Partner:
UNT Libraries