Accessibility Simulations Reflections

Distractibility Simulation

Summary of discussion

Distractibility Solutions

• Distractibility:

– Cognitive limitations

• Slow learners

• Fast learners

• Visual learners

• Problem solving limitations

• Attention deficit

• Linguistic limitations

Teaching Solutions

• Solutions presented in WebAIM:

– Organization of ‘digital tools’ in class room/online teaching.

• Providing bullet points of important points of the material covered in a visually pleasing manner.

• Present covered material in small chunks instead of presenting/posting a large document. This solutions helps, especially, students with attention deficit.

• Design of the course should be made simple, and clean in a visually pleasing manner.

Solutions

• Endeavor Desktop (http://www.ablelinktech.com/index.php?id=18)

– Provides simplified environment for the user.

• http://otal.umd.edu/uupractice/cognition/

– Provides solutions for web design

• http://webaim.org/articles/cognitive/design

– This web site mentions strategies to accommodate ‘memory deficits’, ‘problem solving deficits’ and ‘attention deficits’