The development of programming skills is a motivating issue in computer science. Programming languages have been increasingly used to map end-users needs and mental models. The number of users who can program or learn how to program have been expanded. The majority of these languages are focused on sighted users. This study introduces APL, an Audio Programming Language for blind learners. APL i...

OBJECTIVE The interaction between teachers, classroom strategies and learners experiencing emotional and behavioural barriers to learning and development in a system of inclusive education results in multiple dynamics on different levels. Many teachers in mainstream education lack training to deal with learners experiencing emotional and behavioural barriers. Resistance towards inclusive educat...

Programming languages have been increasingly mapping end-users needs and mental models. They have expanded the number of users who can program or learn how to program. They are focused on sighted users. This study introduces APL, an Audio Programming Language for blind learners. APL is a programming language with audio-based interfaces to assist blind learners to develop problem solving and alg...

Emerging requirements for designing interactive systems are characterized by the increased focus on users, their idiosyncratic characteristics and reactions and their changing needs (Hudlicka, 2003). The user is in the centre of the process and his/her needs drive the nature of the interface and the allocation of tasks between the user and the computer. Human-centred design (HCD) is concerned w...

In today’s competitive global economy characterized by knowledge economics, the concept of knowledge management is becoming increasingly prevalent in academic practices. Web-based technology facilitates knowledge management practices by allowing the dissemination of knowledge and making codified knowledge retrievable. Knowledge sharing is the behavior of disseminating one’s acquired knowledge w...