The contribution of technologies to the inclusion of the student whit a visual disability: the "smart stick for blind people"
Author(s) -
Michele Aurelio,
Stefania Cecchi,
Mirca Montanari,
Andrea Primavera
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
education sciences and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2284-015X
pISSN - 2038-9442
DOI - 10.3280/ess1-2018oa6010
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , inclusion (mineral) , mathematics education , assistive technology , psychology , multimedia , computer science , pedagogy , human–computer interaction , medical education , sociology , medicine , social psychology , anthropology
Taking into consideration the complexity of the new, heterogeneous, and different training needs currently present in the classrooms, the school is called to respond them in an effective and concrete way through inclusive educational approaches centered on the students, none excluded. On this basis, the authors, supporting the importance of technology in innovative teaching, propose the design and construction of an intelligent white stick through an inclusive cooperative methodology. The presented device, presented in this paper, is inspired by an open and collaborative teaching, enhancing a responsible digital education, accepting the training needs of all the students present in the classroom, specifically the blind student, and the recognition of the diversity in view of the reduction of disability.
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