Inclusive Learning SIG – Enable Paper and Award for Developer of Software for Disabled Learners (600 Home : Annual Conference 2014

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Tue, Sep 2 2014, 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Description

This session will include a short paper ICT to support learning by disabled people: recommendations for the future research agenda (600).
This will be followed by a presentation on behalf of the winner of the Enable Award for Developer of new ICT to support disabled adult learners. The prize for this award is a conference place at ALT-C 2014 sponsored by ALT Inclusive Learning SIG. The winner of the award is Agnieszka Rynkiewicz of the ASC-Inclusion Project, Gdansk, Poland. The award was made in recognition of her work on the ASC-Inclusion project – SPECTRUM ASC-MED, which is developing software to help people with Autism Spectrum Conditions understand emotions through facial expressions, tone-of-voice and body gestures.

References

Hersh, M.A. and M.A. Johnson (2008). On modelling assistive technology systems part I: modelling framework, Technology and Disability, vol. 20, no. 3. pp. 193-215.