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Accessibility Barometer
Digital Accessibility for People with Special Needs:
Methodology, Conceptual Models and Innovative EcoSystems


Digital and e-Learning Accessibility for People with Special Educational Needs: A Robotic Perspective

Autor(s)

Maya Dimitrova, Aleksandar Krastev, Negoslav Sabev, J. David Nunez-Gonzalez

Published at

2021 19th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), Sydney, Australia, 2021

Abstract

    The paper presents the currently developed framework for analysis of accessibility in digital and e-Learning systems, which extends the subject-object relation by including robots in the interaction process. A mainstream experimental framework in special education - false-belief task - is analyzed from a Piagetian perspective and modified to account for the intermediate role of the robot in supporting the learner acquire new knowledge or access the digital and e-Learning information available in the World. The paper concludes with some ideas for future research.

Keywords

Training; Electronic learning; Humanoid robots; Task analysis; Information technology; accessibility; digital systems; e-Learning; robot NAO

Acknowledgement

    Bulgarian Research Fund for project № KP-06-H42/4 (2020-2023), EC for project CybSPEED, № 777720, H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017, and OP Science and Education for Smart Growth (2014-2020) for project Competence Center "Intelligent mechatronic, eco- and energy saving systems and technologies "№ BG05M2OP001-1.002-0023.

Links

https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET50392.2021.9759704

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9759704

Cite as

M. Dimitrova, A. Krastev, N. Sabev and J. David Nunez-Gonzalez, "Digital and e-Learning Accessibility for People with Special Educational Needs: A Robotic Perspective," 2021 19th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), Sydney, Australia, 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ITHET50392.2021.9759704

The publication presents research on the project

The publication is part of stage 1 of the project