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The Mwangaza Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Nationwide Baseline Survey of Technology Skills for Learners with Vision Impairment in Kenya
The Mwangaza Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Nationwide Baseline Survey of Technology Skills for Learners with Vision Impairment in Kenya
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Walker, Bruce N.
Mbari-Kirika, Irene
Miheso-O’Connor, Marguerite
Mbari-Kirika, Irene
Miheso-O’Connor, Marguerite
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Abstract
This document presents the results of a major portion of the PEER-funded collaborative research
project called the Mwangaza Project. The project is a shared effort between: the Sonification Lab
at the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”) in Atlanta, USA; inABLE, a non-profit
organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, and Washington DC, USA; and Kenyatta University, in
Nairobi. This research team has completed a two-phase project including (1) a nation-wide
survey of the interests, needs, skills, and opinions of blind students and their teachers, with
respect to information and communications technology (ICT, aka “technology”); and (2) initial
development, deployment, and evaluation of some novel assistive technologies that represent
potential new approaches to STEM education for students with vision loss. This report describes
the baseline survey of students and teachers.
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2016-12
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Technical Report