Posted by John Gardner at request of Ms. Suzanne van den Bercken

Feel Free Survey!

Fill out the Feel Free Survey before March 25th and be one of the ten
winners of an

oversized tactile world map!read and comprehended most efficiently and
effectively.

Your expertise and help is needed. If you are totally blind or have less
than five percent

of vision remaining, your participation is requested. Or, if you know
someone who fits the

criteria and may be willing to help, please tell them about the survey.

Fill out our survey by clicking on the link below. It will take you
approximately 15 to 20

minutes. If you have problems completing the survey on the web, please
reply to this email

and we will be happy to provide you with a text version of the survey (by
request, surveys

can also be completed over the telephone). Everyone who completes a survey
will be eligible

to win an oversized tactile world map.

http://feelfree.seallife.info/feelfree/default.asp

The feel Free Project is a scientific research project aimed at developing
teaching methods

and materials to help blind people read and understand tactile graphics
even if they do not

read braille. The project, running from November 2003 to August 2004, is
carried out by

Suzanne van den Bercken, student in educational sciences at Utrecht
University (the

Netherlands).

Tactile graphics teaching materials should be designed to best suit the
needs of those who

use them. This research is needed to better understand those needs, as well
as user

preferences in reading tactile graphics.

We need to know your thoughts about tactile graphics. Do you need them?
Have you ever used

tactile graphics?

Objective research is needed to better understand how tactile graphics can
be best used for

learning, and how they can be what do you use them? Where do you use them
and when do you

use them? Please, provide us with your knowledge and your point of view
regarding tactile

graphics and help us to develop teaching materials that fit to your needs.

Suzanne M. van den Bercken
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John A. Gardner
Professor and Director, Science Access Project
Department of Physics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
tel: (541) 737 3278
FAX: (541) 737 1683
        SAP URL: http://dots.physics.orst.edu/

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