Accessibility of educational software: an unresolved problem

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Published: Jan 1, 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/319
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accessibilità, software didattico, Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL),

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Giovanni Caruso
Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche - CNR | Genova
Lucia Ferlino
Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche - CNR | Genova

Abstract

Presentation of a survey on availability 'of educational software. The specific reference 'to the Italian law on availability' of 2004 and, in particular, it shows that the eleven criteria for evaluation. 'S investigation considers both open source and proprietary software.

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2009): TD46 - Argomenti vari
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Articles - Special Issue

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