A Fundamental Study of an Alternative Learning Framework Utilizing Natural User Interface (NUI) for Physically Disabled Students

Abstract

An alternative learning framework utilizing a natural user interface (NUI) can be applied in the context of education for students whose needs are not catered for in the current learning environment in Malaysia. The alternative learning program would still follow the current subject syllabus, but with differences in how the lessons are delivered, learned and executed. A conceptual framework that enables the adoption of the alternative learning program using Microsoft Kinect in Malaysian education system was then proposed to minimize the gaps found in the current learning setting to cater for the special needs of physically disabled children in Malaysia, in particular, primary school children, using the National Curriculum as a guide. Since this is a new framework, the validity and reliability of the proposed framework will be analyzed. A usability test would also be conducted to gauge the acceptance of the proposed framework amongst the children.

A Marker Free Visual-based Home Rehabilitation Framework

“…The Microsoft Kinect camera with its software development kit (SDK) can be a package used to implement such a marker free visual-based home rehabilitation system. Kinect, although initially intended as a gaming apparatus to be used with the XBOX 360, has been a curious tool to be used in research involving human motion tracking and it has even been deployed in the context of disabled students such as in [6]. Kinect combines a depth sensor with two dimensional RGB camera to create a three-dimensional spatial analysis of scenes.…”