Bhagyashree Biradar
Bhagyashree Biradar has a total of 13 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Amit Prakash
International Institute of Information Technology
1 shared publication - Devidatta Ghosh
Vision Empower, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
1 shared publication - Dipanjan Chakraborty
BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
1 shared publication - Kavyansh Chourasia
Microsoft Research
1 shared publication - Manikanteswar Punnam
Microsoft Research, Bengaluru India
1 shared publication - Manohar Swaminathan
Microsoft Research, Bengaluru, India
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 16 September 2024
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies
- Vol. 2 (3) , 1-35
Experiences from Running a Voice-Based Education Platform for Children and Teachers with Visual Impairments
India has the world’s largest population of children with vision impairments (CVIs), a group facing significant educational barriers including inadequate accessible resources, limited school access, and a shortage of trained teachers. The authors from four different organizations including a non-profit dedicated to enhancing STEM education for CVIs through interactive, play-based learning and teacher training have collaborated to create SEEDS, Scalable Educational Experiences with Digital Scaffolding. This is a voice-based platform for educational experiences delivery, featuring an Android Teacher App, an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, and a comprehensive website for content management. The Teacher app facilitates educational experiences via group calls with students, while the IVR system offers students independent access to educational content using feature phones. To assess effectiveness and usability of SEEDS among students and teachers, we conducted a mixed-methods study involving 29 visually impaired students across five schools and five facilitators (3 sighted and 2 visually impaired) from Vision Empower Trust . Despite challenges like internet connectivity issues causing call drops, the study highlighted strong student engagement and a collaborative environment among facilitators. By open-sourcing the SEEDS codebase, we aim to improve the platform and increase its adoption among teachers in schools for CVIs across India and beyond.
- 16 September 2024
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies
- Vol. 2 (3) , 1-35
Open AccessExperiences from Running a Voice-Based Education Platform for Children and Teachers with Visual Impairments
India has the world’s largest population of children with vision impairments (CVIs), a group facing significant educational barriers including inadequate accessible resources, limited school access, and a shortage of trained teachers. The authors from four different organizations including a non-profit dedicated to enhancing STEM education for CVIs through interactive, play-based learning and teacher training have collaborated to create SEEDS, Scalable Educational Experiences with Digital Scaffolding. This is a voice-based platform for educational experiences delivery, featuring an Android Teacher App, an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, and a comprehensive website for content management. The Teacher app facilitates educational experiences via group calls with students, while the IVR system offers students independent access to educational content using feature phones. To assess effectiveness and usability of SEEDS among students and teachers, we conducted a mixed-methods study involving 29 visually impaired students across five schools and five facilitators (3 sighted and 2 visually impaired) from Vision Empower Trust . Despite challenges like internet connectivity issues causing call drops, the study highlighted strong student engagement and a collaborative environment among facilitators. By open-sourcing the SEEDS codebase, we aim to improve the platform and increase its adoption among teachers in schools for CVIs across India and beyond.