«Educational experiences using multi-touch tables with students with ASD and intellectual disability»
Estefanía MartínURJC
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Accessibility is one of the areas that in recent times is gaining special relevance. Within the educational field, efforts are being made to make applications accessible since ICTs offer a powerful tool to adapt to the needs of individuals. This conference aims to give an overview of the most important aspects to take into account when developing digital educational content for students with special educational needs. A summary of two experiences carried out with students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and with students with intellectual disabilities will be presented. In both cases, the educational activities were carried out on multi-touch tables.
Bio
Estefanía Martín is a contracted professor at the Rey Juan Carlos University. Her research interests focus on user modeling, recommendation systems, teaching through electronic means, mobile devices and multi-touch surfaces. She has worked on various research projects related to learning environments since 2002. Currently, she is co-principal investigator of the European project Juxtalearn and researcher within the DEDOS project and the ASIES project (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation-TIN2010‐ 17344). She has carried out research stays at the University of Lancaster and at the Open University of the UK.
