Does tactile image have to be tactual?

Jarosław Wiazowski

doi:10.21697/fp.2020.2.04

Published: 2020-07-18

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020)

Does tactile image have to be tactual?

Jarosław Wiazowski

Pedagogical Forum

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https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2020.2.04

Abstract

This article is an analysis of educational assistive technologies that support learners with visual impairments in access to and interaction with graphics for mathematics and related academic areas. We will focus on options for students who require non-visual displays accessed via different remaining senses. Images, diagrams, tables or graphs constitute a significant portion of contemporary math textbooks students work with in schools (Dias et al., 2010; Edman, 1992). They convey information in a more succinct format or illustrate concepts that need a graphical presentation. Options available to put the students with visual impairments on a par with their sighted peers when it comes to creating and interacting with non-visual graphics will be listed and discussed. What has been thought of touch-only information delivery format, has been gaining a new interaction and exploration modality. We will propose a classification of non-visual graphics and how these different propositions impact the didactic process.

Keywords:

tactile, image, blind, onification, mathematics, audio, graph

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Jarosław Wiazowski

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6198-0370

Affiliation:

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Jarosław Wiazowski – doktor nauk społecznych, tyfopedagog, anglista, specjalista do spraw technologii wspomagających. Swój warsztat pracy doskonalił studiując i pracując z dziećmi i młodzieżą z dysfunkcją wzroku w Polsce, Norwegii, Stanach Zjednoczonych i Republice Południowej Afryki. Prowadził szkolenia i warsztaty dla nauczycieli z zakresu urządzeń i oprogramowania asystującego oraz szereg szkoleń z zakresu pracy z uczniami z dysfunkcją wzroku. W RPA pracował jako doradca metodyczny przy tworzeniu edukacji włączającej w tamtejszym systemie oświaty. Współautor w piątym i szóstym wydaniu podręcznika Assessing Students’ Needs for Assistive Technology (ASNAT). Autor wielu publikacji poświęconych technologiom asystującym dla osób z dysfunkcją wzroku, sytuacji niewidomych na świecie oraz edukacji włączającej w Afryce. Prowadził liczne wykłady gościnne: Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, USA; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA; University of Venda, RPA; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA. Uczestnik światowych konferencji takich jak ICEVI, WBU, ATIA, czy CSUN. Uczestnik krajowych i międzynarodowych projektów badawczo-rozwojowych, m. in. projektu EuroMath. Obecnie prowadzi frmę konsultingowo-szkoleniową Includo, której celem jest szerzenie wiedzy i umiejętności z zakresu doboru i stosowania technologii wspomagających i technologii informacyjno-komunikacyjnych. Jest wykładowcą na Uniwersytecie Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie a także metodykiem w Niepublicznej Szkole Podstawowej Inspiracja w Warszawie. Adres e-mailowy: dydaka2015@gmail.com.