Preserving and Developing a Knowledge of the Education of Pupils with a Visual Impairment through Open and Distance Learning in Sweden

Abstract

In Sweden, where responsibility for the education of all blind and visually impaired children except those with severe additional disabilities has been transferred from the specialist sector to local schools, Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has been adopted as the method for instructing general classroom teachers in relevant competences. This has involved the use of advanced technological systems and has led to a transformative experience by teachers and students from their more traditional roles to a more creative relationship.