TY - GEN
T1 - Special iApps
T2 - 10th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-Exclusion, DSAI 2022
AU - Paracha, Samiullah
AU - Hagan-Green, Gill
AU - Hall, Lynne
AU - Macfarlane, Kate
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 ACM.
PY - 2022/8/31
Y1 - 2022/8/31
N2 - This paper reports an ongoing study, linked with qualitative research methods and an inductive perspective, on how we can make learning enjoyable for children with severe intellectual disabilities. The teacher interviews mainly focused on the potential of educational apps such as Specual iApps for playful learning with relatively little consideration on technical considerations. The Template Analysis revealed 9 broad themes including Engagement, Fun, Playfulness, Attraction or Appeal, Assessment, Ease of Use, Personalized Learning, Accessibility/ Interactivity, and Reduced Disruptive Behaviour. Based on the analysis of the results and their implications, the paper provides a series of recommendations and directions that can be used as a reference among the software developers and designers to create educational apps for children with complex needs offering real educational value.
AB - This paper reports an ongoing study, linked with qualitative research methods and an inductive perspective, on how we can make learning enjoyable for children with severe intellectual disabilities. The teacher interviews mainly focused on the potential of educational apps such as Specual iApps for playful learning with relatively little consideration on technical considerations. The Template Analysis revealed 9 broad themes including Engagement, Fun, Playfulness, Attraction or Appeal, Assessment, Ease of Use, Personalized Learning, Accessibility/ Interactivity, and Reduced Disruptive Behaviour. Based on the analysis of the results and their implications, the paper provides a series of recommendations and directions that can be used as a reference among the software developers and designers to create educational apps for children with complex needs offering real educational value.
KW - Educational Apps
KW - Fun
KW - Intellectually Disabled Children
KW - Play-based Learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161397397&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3563137.3563163
DO - 10.1145/3563137.3563163
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85161397397
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 100
EP - 106
BT - DSAI 2022 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-Exclusion
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 31 August 2022 through 2 September 2022
ER -