Note-Taker: Enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class

David Hayden, Dirk Colbry, John A. Black, Sethuraman Panchanathan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

8 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The act of note-taking is a key component of learning in secondary and post-secondary classrooms. Students who take notes retain information from classroom lectures better, even if they never refer to those notes afterward. However, students who are legally blind, and who wish to take notes in their classrooms are at a disadvantage. Simply equipping classrooms with lecture recording systems does not substitute for note taking, since it does not actively engage the student in note-taking during the lecture. In this paper we detail the problems encountered by one math and computer science student who is legally blind, and we present our proposed solution: the CUbiC Note-Taker, which is a highly portable device that requires no prior classroom setup, and does not require lecturers to adapt their presentations. We also present results from two case studies of the Note-Taker, totaling more than 200 hours of in-class use.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationASSETS'08: 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Pages81-87
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS'08 - Halifax, NS, Canada
Duration: Oct 13 2008 → Oct 15 2008

Other

Other10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS'08
CountryCanada
CityHalifax, NS
Period10/13/08 → 10/15/08

Fingerprint

Students
Computer science

Keywords

  • Assistive note-taking
  • Automatic note-taking
  • Blind
  • Lecture
  • Lecture notes
  • Low-vision
  • Meeting
  • Note-taker
  • Note-taking
  • Notes
  • Student

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Software

Cite this

Hayden, D., Colbry, D., Black, J. A., & Panchanathan, S. (2008). Note-Taker: Enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class. In ASSETS'08: 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 81-87) https://doi.org/10.1145/1414471.1414488

Note-Taker : Enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class. / Hayden, David; Colbry, Dirk; Black, John A.; Panchanathan, Sethuraman.

ASSETS'08: 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 2008. p. 81-87.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Hayden, D, Colbry, D, Black, JA & Panchanathan, S 2008, Note-Taker: Enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class. in ASSETS'08: 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. pp. 81-87, 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS'08, Halifax, NS, Canada, 10/13/08. https://doi.org/10.1145/1414471.1414488
Hayden D, Colbry D, Black JA, Panchanathan S. Note-Taker: Enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class. In ASSETS'08: 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 2008. p. 81-87 https://doi.org/10.1145/1414471.1414488
Hayden, David ; Colbry, Dirk ; Black, John A. ; Panchanathan, Sethuraman. / Note-Taker : Enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class. ASSETS'08: 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 2008. pp. 81-87
@inproceedings{27ef7b761b94496692727a2dbf1e6cd0,
title = "Note-Taker: Enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class",
abstract = "The act of note-taking is a key component of learning in secondary and post-secondary classrooms. Students who take notes retain information from classroom lectures better, even if they never refer to those notes afterward. However, students who are legally blind, and who wish to take notes in their classrooms are at a disadvantage. Simply equipping classrooms with lecture recording systems does not substitute for note taking, since it does not actively engage the student in note-taking during the lecture. In this paper we detail the problems encountered by one math and computer science student who is legally blind, and we present our proposed solution: the CUbiC Note-Taker, which is a highly portable device that requires no prior classroom setup, and does not require lecturers to adapt their presentations. We also present results from two case studies of the Note-Taker, totaling more than 200 hours of in-class use.",
keywords = "Assistive note-taking, Automatic note-taking, Blind, Lecture, Lecture notes, Low-vision, Meeting, Note-taker, Note-taking, Notes, Student",
author = "David Hayden and Dirk Colbry and Black, {John A.} and Sethuraman Panchanathan",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1145/1414471.1414488",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781595939760",
pages = "81--87",
booktitle = "ASSETS'08: 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - Note-Taker

T2 - Enabling students who are legally blind to take notes in class

AU - Hayden, David

AU - Colbry, Dirk

AU - Black, John A.

AU - Panchanathan, Sethuraman

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - The act of note-taking is a key component of learning in secondary and post-secondary classrooms. Students who take notes retain information from classroom lectures better, even if they never refer to those notes afterward. However, students who are legally blind, and who wish to take notes in their classrooms are at a disadvantage. Simply equipping classrooms with lecture recording systems does not substitute for note taking, since it does not actively engage the student in note-taking during the lecture. In this paper we detail the problems encountered by one math and computer science student who is legally blind, and we present our proposed solution: the CUbiC Note-Taker, which is a highly portable device that requires no prior classroom setup, and does not require lecturers to adapt their presentations. We also present results from two case studies of the Note-Taker, totaling more than 200 hours of in-class use.

AB - The act of note-taking is a key component of learning in secondary and post-secondary classrooms. Students who take notes retain information from classroom lectures better, even if they never refer to those notes afterward. However, students who are legally blind, and who wish to take notes in their classrooms are at a disadvantage. Simply equipping classrooms with lecture recording systems does not substitute for note taking, since it does not actively engage the student in note-taking during the lecture. In this paper we detail the problems encountered by one math and computer science student who is legally blind, and we present our proposed solution: the CUbiC Note-Taker, which is a highly portable device that requires no prior classroom setup, and does not require lecturers to adapt their presentations. We also present results from two case studies of the Note-Taker, totaling more than 200 hours of in-class use.

KW - Assistive note-taking

KW - Automatic note-taking

KW - Blind

KW - Lecture

KW - Lecture notes

KW - Low-vision

KW - Meeting

KW - Note-taker

KW - Note-taking

KW - Notes

KW - Student

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=62949246199&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=62949246199&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/1414471.1414488

DO - 10.1145/1414471.1414488

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:62949246199

SN - 9781595939760

SP - 81

EP - 87

BT - ASSETS'08: 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

ER -

Access to Document