Special Seminar: Accssessiblity, Learning and Technology (SALT)
Within the framework of ICL2025 conference:
28th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning
54th IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy
Innovation via Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education 01–03 October 2025, Budapest, Hungary
Title: Special Seminar: Accessibility, Learning and Technologies Acronym: SALT2025
* The seminar "Accessibility, Learning and Technologies" is partially funded by the Scientifics Research Fund of the Republic of Bulgaria through Grant Number KP-06-N42/4 (Project "Digital Accessibility for People with Special Needs: Methodology, Conceptual Models and Innovative EcoSystems")
Overview
Opening SALT Session speech idea: "Like adding salt in foods to make them tasty and eatable, we need to add usability, adaptability and accessibility to learning content and digital technology for information to be accessible, understandable and perceivable."
This session includes papers related to accessibility, inclusive platforms, learning with related innovative technologies, resources, standards, repositories, policies, methods, environments and best examples. Accessibility (incl. people with disabilities) is not wishful thinking anymore, it is a must and an obligation for institutions, organizations, and education facilities in different nations and countries across the world (and especially in EU), part of human development.
Technologies also develop fast and enable new ways for communication and presentation of information in ways that are more interactive, understandable and adjustable to different needs. The main focus of this special session is to present research, models, good practices and future directions related to the use of innovative technologies (STEM, artificial intelligence, robotic and other technologies) in higher education, including for people with special educational needs. Worldwide technologies, practices, laws and policies at national and international level are improving toward more inclusive and accessible education, including for people with different disabilities, as education and cultural access is part of human rights and policies for peace and human development.
Galina Bogdanova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, galina@math.bas.bg, galibogdan1@gmail.com
Members
Boyan Bontchev, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria, bbontchev@fmi.uni-sofia.bg
Malinka Ivanova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, malinka.ivanova@gmail.com
Gabriela Grosseck, West University of Timisoara, Romania, gabriela.grosseck@e-uvt.ro
Gopal Тadepalli, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India, gopal@annauniv.edu, https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/57545
Csaba Zoltán Kertész, Transilvania University of Brașov Brașov, Romania, csaba.kertesz@unitbv.ro
Maya Dimitrova, Institute of Robotics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, dimitrova.iser@gmail.com
