• DocumentCode
    3200888
  • Title

    A context-aware e-health framework for students with moderate intellectual and learning disabilities

  • Author

    Alharthi, Rajwa ; Albalawi, Rania ; Abdo, Mahmud ; El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb

  • Author_Institution
    Multimedia Commun. Res. Lab. (MCRLab), Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    11-15 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    In this paper we address the challenges of adding context-awareness to e-Health systems for students with moderate learning and intellectual disability. Our proposed framework provides a personalized e-Health environment containing context aware learning media, services and user interface to deal with individuals with disability. The framework adapts accessibility as well as user interfaces dynamically based on user disability. We present the detailed design and implementation of the framework.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; health care; ubiquitous computing; user interfaces; context-awareness; e-health framework; intellectual disabilities; learning disabilities; learning media; students; user disability; user interface; Auditory system; Context; Media; Multimedia communication; User interfaces; Visualization; Web services; Context Awareness; Multimedia Content; Personalization; Social Media; Web Services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona
  • ISSN
    1945-7871
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-348-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1945-7871
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICME.2011.6012218
  • Filename
    6012218