A proposal for development of software to support specific learning difficulties

Author

Hamzabegovic, Jasna ; Kalpic, Damir

Author_Institution

Pedagogical Fac., Dept. of Math. & Inf., Univ. of Bihac, Bihać, Bosnia-Herzegovina

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 June 2013

Firstpage

207

Lastpage

214

Abstract

Among the plenty of educational software, therapeutic software for dyslexia is not so abundant. The paper considers two different approaches to development of software for supporting specific learning difficulties. One could be offering of visual end user programming tools to speech and language pathologists so that they could develop specific software applications customized for their patients. The other approach could be the engagement of students majoring in educational sciences who are studying informatics as their secondary discipline to develop applications. Paper presents concept of end user development environment aimed for speech and language pathologistsas well as educational pilot-applications developed by the students.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; handicapped aids; linguistics; medical disorders; patient rehabilitation; user centred design; application development; dyslexia; educational pilot-applications; educational science; educational software; end user development environment; informatics; language pathology; patient; software application; software development; specific learning difficulty support; speech pathology; therapeutic software; visual end user programming tools; Educational institutions; Games; Programming profession; Software; Speech; Visualization; dyslexia; end-user programming; speech and language pathologists; therapeutic software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications (ConTEL), 2013 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zagreb

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5984-9

Type

conf

Filename

6578291