[accessibleimage] Re: People who are blind and program computers/are learning to program are wanted for a new research pro

Dr. Hayhoe,
 
I forwarded your message to AFB's Career Connect (www.afb.org/cc)
listserv. There are numerous programmers on that list and hopefully some
of them will be able to assist in your research.
Ike
 

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Subject: [accessibleimage] People who are blind and program
computers/are learning to program are wanted for a new research pro



Dear All,
I am Head of Information & Communication Technology at school in
Leicester, UK, and also run the website http://www.blindnessandarts.com.
Although my research interests previously have been purely related to
the fine arts, crafts and design, I am currently organizing an
independent research project entitled COMBINE (computing & blindness in
education) to research the link between non-visual logic and language,
and more particularly non-visual conceptualization of visual programming
languages (such as Visual Basic, Visual C and their more immature .net
offspring). Its aims are:

*       To further an understanding of blindness and computing 
*       To take the first steps towards a model of non-visual computer
interfaces 
*       To take the first steps towards a model of non-visual computing
semantics 
*       To add to the debate on logic and language as a whole

This research is not currently funded or conducted under the auspices of
a university or research organization. I am the only researcher
currently involved, and the resources are my own. However, as I develop
my initial findings I hope to produce partnerships with renowned
researchers, who may be able to take this project to the next level.

The field methodology for this research is purely extended questionnaire
based interviews, similar to those I conducted in my previous research
on blindness and the arts. I am looking for people who are late blind,
early blind and those born blind and can program computers (in any
language, not just visual languages) or who are currently learning to
program computers to participate in these interviews. You do not need to
be a specific age - indeed the broader the age range the better -,
social background or gender, as this social research wishes to encompass
as broad a spectrum as possible. Your anonymity is guaranteed!

If you are interested in this project, please email me at the address
provided. 

Sincere best wishes,

Dr. Simon Hayhoe




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