Abstract

Abstract The purpose of the study is to identify the usability of OpenCouresWare(OCW) from theperspective of students with visual and hearing impairments. Twelve college students withdisabilities(8visualand4hearingimpairment)implementedusabilitytesting.TwomodulesinbothedXandKOCWwereselectedfortesting.Studentswithdisabilitiesimplementedusabilitytestingand then each individual case was analyzed through quantitative and qualitative methods. Asresults,thedegreeofgeneralusabilityinbothedXandKOCWindicatedanaveragelevelandthedegreeofaccessibilityinedXmodulewasevaluatedhigherthanKOCW.Specifically,themoduleofedXwasratedhighly bystudentswithhearingimpairmentsandthe usabilitylevel ofKOCWmodulewashighlyappreciatedbyblindstudents.Keywords : OpenCourseWare, OCW, usability testing, visual impairment, hearing impairment※ Corresponding Author : Myungsook YeomReceived : January 26, 2015Revised : February 20, 2016Accepted : February 26, 2016*Dept. of Secondary Special Education, Daejeon University Tel: +82-42-280-2711, Fax: +82-42-280-2819email: sonjy@dju.kr**Dept. of Secondary Special Education, Daejeon University email: msyeom@dju.kr

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