Type of Study: Online - Zoom meeting to be generated when a date/time can be confirmed with participants (1h)
Who can participate: Any sight loss, age, sex, etc.
Study description: Do you enjoy museums and art? Cardiff University and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales invite people with low vision to join an online Zoom meeting to share their experiences of museum spaces. They will ask for opinions on mobility and navigation in museums, viewing art and how the visual elements of this might be improved using smart glasses.
The meeting will last up to one hour and be facilitated by museum and university staff, and other people with low vision will join the discussion. Each participant will receive £50 from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
Once they have enough people interested, they will establish a convenient time and date for everyone to conduct this online meeting.
To participate: For more information or to express your interest, please contact Paul Goddard on 029 225 10051 or via goddardpm@cardiff.ac.uk
Contributed by: Paul Goddard
Type of Study: Lab based (1h)
Who can participate: Aged 16 and above, sighted or any visual impairment
Study description: Participants will be asked to describe tactile images (whilst blindfolded) using only touch. This will take about an hour to complete. Alternatively, participants could use sight and the images described by completing an online survey by following the link below which takes about 10 minutes to complete.
The tactile images includes icons and nine texture symbols. Icons are used for foreground objects of an image like cat, table and so on. Texture symbols for background things that do not have a general shape or form, like water, sky, wall and so on. The experiment will test if nine texture symbols are enough for representing the background of a picture and whether they make sense through touch.
To participate: https://bathpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4IvKFeQmLdxfwZ8?fbclid=IwAR0lt9ql_meU0rSviAA5KBqKucZ0yspbvR66xgC4veqqnjZtk9XEwVeWFOc
Contributed by: Karolina Pakenaite
Type of study: Online study
Who can participate: Totally blind, visually impaired individuals who do not have a severe hearing impediments
Study description: This experiment aims to investigate auditory short term memory in blind and visually impaired adults compared to sighted individuals. We are especially interested in the impact of the background noise. The task involves listening to voice recordings (numbers) on a computer/desktop guided by a screen reader. The experiment can be performed online and at home and takes about 30-45 minutes.
Further details: Upon completion, participants will be entered into a draw for a chance to win £48 Amazon Vouchers.
Link to study: https://www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.1.0/survey?s=Jyv8q
Contributed by: Julia Foecker
Type of Study: Online survey.
Who can participate: Specifically recruting any woman over 18 with a visual impairment; sighted women participants as well
Study description: This study is interested in the effects social media use has on body image between visually impaired and sighted individuals. If you wish to participate in this research, you will be asked to fill in a questionnaire related to social media use and the effects it has on body image related issues. This study will be conducted online and will take approximately 20 mins. It is voluntary to complete this study. Any data collected from you for this research project will be completely confidential and anonymous.
To participate: Fill out the survey at this link https://bathspa.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/differences-in-the-effects-of-body-image-social-media-use-2
Contributed by: Olivia Churchill
Type of study: Online study
Who can participate: Blind and partially sighted adults (18 and above)
Study description: This research is being conducted by the students of Accessibility and Assistive Technologies module as part of the course requirement for postgraduate degree in Human-Computer Interaction.
The study will include an online interview (up to 1 hour) conducted on Microsoft Teams which can be accessed via a web browser, no software installation will be required. The questions will be mostly around how you plan your journeys, what technologies are good for planning your journey, what are the accessibility issues around built environment when navigating and how useful it would be to know about accessibility issues along the route when you plan your journey.
Your participation will help the students better understand the impact of built-environment accessibility and the role of technology in facilitating better journey planning for blind and partially sighted people.
Further details: Participants are paid for their participation
Location of study: Microsoft Teams. Contact Maryam Bandukda (m.bandukda@ucl.ac.uk)
Contributed by: Maryam Bandukda
Type of Study: Online Study
Who can participate: Adolescents with severe sight impairment (blindness) or sight impairment (low vision) and sighted adolescents, aged 12-14 years.The Type of Study: Lab/Online Study
Who can participate: Pairs composed of a visually impaired or partially sighted person and a sighted guide with an established sighted guiding relationship of at least 3 months. Pairs should be over 18, living in UK and not have any cognitive or mobility impairment.
Study description: The study involves participant pairs composed of a visually impaired or partially sighted person and a sighted guide with an established sighted guiding relationship. I will ask to work together in pair and complete workbook activities. You will be asked to reflect on, extend, and generate ideas about your connection and AI technology that aims to strengthen your collaboration and communication during sighted guiding. To complete these workbooks, you can either come to City, University of London for a 3-hour workshop or do the workbook activities at home. You will have to use your smartphone to access the workbook website and interact with some tangible materials you will receive at home.
Link for further information: https://workshop.beatricevincenzi.com/
To participate: Please contact beatrice.vincenzi@city.ac.uk
Contributed by: Beatrice Vincenzi
Type of Study: Online Study
Who can participate: Adolescents with severe sight impairment (blindness) or sight impairment (low vision) and sighted adolescents, aged 12-14 years.The adolescents who participate in this study may have visual impairment, but they do not have any other learning or cognitive disabilities.
Study description: I am now conducting the last two studies of my PhD and I would like to involve adolescents with visual impairments, aged 12-14 years, their sighted peers, parents, and teachers.
The adolescents who take part in my research are asked to attend a 30-minute Zoom or Skype interview where we will complete together three questionnaires focused on their participation in school activities and on the social relationships that they develop with their favourite teachers/teaching assistants and peers. Their favourite teachers or teaching assistants and one of their parents/caregivers will be also asked to complete a short online questionnaire (the completion of these questionnaires takes no more than 10 minutes). In addition, I am really interested in involving teachers who are working particularly with students with visual impairments and they are teaching particular subjects (for instance, English, Maths, and Science) in mainstream classrooms in order to examine their perceptions towards the inclusion of students with VI. These mainstream teachers (QTVIs or TAs are excluded from this second questionnaire) will be asked to complete a short online questionnaire.
I would like to let you know that the research has received a favourable ethical opinion from the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences at Kingston University London and I also DBS certificate.
It is really hoped that the findings of this research will help researchers and teachers to create new programs aimed at promoting the inclusion of students with visual impairments
Further details: We are offering £50-100 Amazon vouchers to schools that will participate in this research project and £10 Amazon vouchers to adolescents who will be interviewed for this project as draw incentives for their participation.
Contributed by: Ifigeneia Manitsa