Electronic Knowledge Platforms: “Building an electronic knowledge platform for people with visual disabilities”

Abstract

The current study aims to develop a proposed vision for building an electronic knowledge platform for people with visual disabilities in light of some international models. The theoretical framework for electronic knowledge platforms was presented, a definition of electronic platforms was presented and linked to electronic knowledge platforms, and a presentation of some Arab initiatives for electronic platforms for people with visual disabilities was used. The study applied the applied method to suit the subject of the study. The study reached a number of results, most notably: the wide spread of electronic platforms, and the weakness of electronic platforms for people with visual disabilities. There are persistent efforts towards using electronic knowledge platforms for people with visual disabilities, including the efforts of the State of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The study also recommended converting the platform into a smartphone application that runs on Android and IOS systems so that it can benefit the largest number of people with visual disabilities. It is necessary to subject people with visual disabilities to intensive courses to enable them to access the platform and benefit from its cognitive, guidance and educational content, and to connect the platform to devices for people with visual disabilities and to use artificial intelligence techniques when creating it in reality.