Computers in Education of Children with Intellectual and Related Developmental Disorders

Kirinić, Valentina; Vidacek-Hains, Violeta; Kovačić, Andreja

doi:10.3991/ijet.v5s2.1246

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“…The advantages of using ICT in the education of SEN students are also substantiated by several studies (Balanskat et al, 2006;BECTA, 2007, 2003, Liu et al, 2007Williams et al, 2006), reinforcing the benefits obtained by these students that tend to be exponentially higher when compared with pupils without SEN. In fact, it appears that when compared to traditional education, education assisted by technology conclusively proved to be more effective and efficient, primarily due to increased motivation by the interaction with the computer (Kirinić et al, 2009) that provides other possibilities for access and participation for these students. Ribeiro et al (2009a) synthesise several studies that explore the inclusive potential of ICT.…”

Section: Ict and The Education Of Students With Special Educational Nmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stakeholders' perceptions of the use of ICT in the education of students with SEN

Ribeiro

Moreira

Almeida

2011

IJTEL

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Portugal is experiencing a technological reform in education. Technological refurbishing of schools and training of students and teachers is a reality on the rise, enhanced by the implementation of the education technological plan (ETP), which also aims at computer skills certification, by 2010, of 90% of teachers. In a school that must be adjusted to all pupils, special educational needs cannot be neglected and the nature and constitution of its computer resources should obviate the support of these students. Stakeholders' awareness and ICT training is essential to benefit all students from ICT use. In the case of SEN, this need for training is of paramount importance to establish itself as a facilitator for these students. ICT coordinators are the visible face of ICT implementation in schools; their functions include the management of the schools computer facilities and to zeal for the ICT training of fellow teachers.

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Section: Ict and The Education Of Students With Special Educational Nmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stakeholders' perceptions of the use of ICT in the education of students with SEN

Ribeiro

Moreira

Almeida

2011

IJTEL

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“…Education is important part of rehabilitation for children with intellectual and related developmental disorders (Kirinic et al, 2010). Evaluation of the rehabilitation process of children with mental retardation and other difficulties is an important part of the successful special education.…”

Section: Application In Mental Health Rehabilitation Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Use of on tologies in Monitoring Mental Retardation Rehabilitation Process

Lovrencic¹,

Hains²,

Kirinic³

2010

DAAAM International Scientific Book 2010

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During treatment and rehabilitation process of children with mild mental retardation and associated disorders there is various data that has to be gathered and analysed, such as personal and family data, diagnosis, behaviour and prognosis. Additionally, in this paper are explained reasons and made initial efforts to add their usage of information and communications technologies to rehabilitation evaluation data. Ontologies, as modern knowledge bases, have already been developed for various domains, including the field of psychology. For a purpose of monitoring mental retardation rehabilitation process, possible use of ontologies is also explored. Ontology has been developed in Web Ontology Language using Protégé-OWL tool.

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“…Several studies recognize the advantages of the ICT usage with students with disabilities due to the user's motivation in the interaction with the computer, used as assistive technology or pedagogical tool (Balanskat et al, 2006;BECTA, 2007;Kirinić, Vidaček-Hainš, & Kovačić, 2009;Ribeiro, Moreira, & Almeida, 2009). Also, it highlighted the importance of additional research on users-interface interaction, accessibility of contents, pedagogical approaches using ICT to support inclusion in special needs of education (BECTA, 2003).…”

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Evaluating Youtube Platform Usability by People with Intellectual Disabilities (A User Experience Case Study Performed in a Six-Month Period)

Rocha

Martins

Branco

et al. 2017

Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management

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A comparison study of the Web interaction evolution of a group of people with intellectual disabilities, when performing search tasks using the YouTube platform, is presented. For the effect, we compare results in two assessment moments (the second assessment moment was performed, within the 6 months after the first one). We aimed at evaluating the evolution of their digital skills by comparing two assessment moments through the following usability variables: effectiveness, we register the rate of successful complete conclusion of Web search activities using the YouTube; efficiency, where it was register: time of task conclusion, number and type of difficulties found and errors made; satisfaction, the rate of acceptance and comfort when performing the tasks; and, autonomy indicators. The results revealed that participants depicted more learning skills when performing the second assessment moment, which is indicated by the number of participants who were able to conclude the activities and it's also confirmed by the prominent results of the second assessment moment. When it comes to errors, they made more errors in the first assessment moment in general. While handling the input devices the participants had a better performance with the mouse than the keyboard however in the second assessment moment they improved their skills with the mouse and keyboard input device. However, we believed that the keyboard will never be a device that they can be autonomous with due to their reading/ writing difficulties, which itself represents a didactic challenge when it comes to the very presentation of appropriate methodologies and techniques that may help them overcome such problem. Overall, users with intellectual disabilities had a good experience with the YouTube interface because they were motivated and satisfied during the execution of the tasks, however they were not autonomy with the search option.

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Computers in Education of Children with Intellectual and Related Developmental Disorders

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Stakeholders' perceptions of the use of ICT in the education of students with SEN

Stakeholders' perceptions of the use of ICT in the education of students with SEN

Use of on tologies in Monitoring Mental Retardation Rehabilitation Process

Evaluating Youtube Platform Usability by People with Intellectual Disabilities (A User Experience Case Study Performed in a Six-Month Period)

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