• DocumentCode
    719467
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    26-29 April 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Cloud Computing (ICCC), 2015 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Riyadh
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6617-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLOUDCOMP.2015.7149647
  • Filename
    7149647