A Software Design Approach for Pupils with Special Needs

Designing learning software for a special target group should not only focus on the pupils but also on the teacher. A successful development of a computer supported learning environment for pupils with cognitive disabilities should not only fulfil the special needs of the pupils. Using computers for everyday teaching has also to take into account teacherspsila possible lack of technical competence. Thus, there are two gaps which have to be bridged: one for the pupils using a computer to learn and the other for the teacher preparing tasks within this learning platform. In this paper an approach will be introduced how to engage teachers into the design process in a meaningful way.