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In the education environment many colleges, universities and training establishments are keen to exploit the e-learning environment. In the current population there are significant numbers that are visually impaired. These people tend to be excluded from the socially popular vehicle for education. This paper is to review and evaluate the e-learning provisions of educational establishment in relationship to the government guide lines and in particular look at how the university of East London tackles such an interesting and challenging opportunity.
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Jahankhani, H., Lynch, J.A., Stephenson, J. (2002). The Current Legislation Covering E-learning Provisions for the Visually Impaired in the EU. In: Shafazand, H., Tjoa, A.M. (eds) EurAsia-ICT 2002: Information and Communication Technology. EurAsia-ICT 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2510. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36087-5_65
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