• DocumentCode
    2871719
  • Title

    Technology-enhanced Learning for Students with Learning Disabilities

  • Author

    Poobrasert, Onintra ; Sabayjai, Piyada ; Mitsamarn, Namnueng

  • Author_Institution
    NECTEC, Pathumthani, Thailand
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    6-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    496
  • Lastpage
    497
  • Abstract
    Today, Ministry of Education in Thailand realizes a significance of one disability among the student called Learning Disabilities or LD which is not caused by physical or intellectual impairment or retardation but rather resulted from various factors adversely affecting the brain e.g. genetic or inheritable factor or impact on brain development during pregnancy or toxic substances which precludes the brain from normally functioning or interpreting data. The number of LD student is increasing whereas the use of assistive technology is limit. Assistive technology will help increasing ability or adjusting proficiency of LD student to learn effectively. Therefore Thai Word Prediction Program is designed and developed in order to enhance LD student in their writing.
  • Keywords
    brain; cognition; computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; word processing; LD student; assistive technology; brain; intellectual impairment; learning disabilities; technology enhanced learning; word prediction program; Computers; Humans; Usability; User interfaces; Vocabulary; Web sites; Writing; Assistive Technology; Heuristic Evaluation; Learning Disabilities; Usability Engineering; Word Prediction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens, GA
  • ISSN
    2161-3761
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-209-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2161-3761
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2011.154
  • Filename
    5992384