Title :
Multimedia as a Help for Children with Special Learning Needs
Author :
Khan, Marwa ; Bayoumi, Sahar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Multimedia is the presentation of information using text, sound and graphics. There are many educational projects designed for disable children to aid them for improving their skills or learn new materials. The use of multimedia elements and the capability of interaction have played a major role in attracting those children. In this paper, we will discuss some of the recent multimedia educational applications developed especially for some types of disabilities including autism, intellectual disability, blindness, deafness, and learning disability. Furthermore, some remarkable points are included as considerations for designing such application.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; diseases; handicapped aids; medical disorders; multimedia computing; autism; blindness; deafness; disable children; educational projects; graphics; information presentation; intellectual disability; interaction capability; learning disability; multimedia educational applications; multimedia elements; sound; special learning needs; text; Auditory system; Autism; Deafness; Games; Multimedia communication; Pediatrics; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Cloud Computing (ICCC), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Riyadh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6617-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLOUDCOMP.2015.7149647