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Accessibility in courseware designs will ensure that more benefits are derived from these effort and make it more beneficial for all people with different range of abilities. This article highlights the necessity of couseware design to increase the accessibility of educational software for the deaf community. There is a shortage of accessible courseware to assist the deaf community in the learning...
An educational Flash game for preschool children is presented and analyzed, focusing on its design approach, flow chart, content, practical mode, and practical effects.
The paper discusses the researcher's ongoing experience in building a community portal for (underserved) children in Malaysia. This project is a joint venture between the E-Community Research Center, National University of Malaysia, and a government agency, as an effort to bridge digital divide in Malaysia. Children have been identified as one of the marginalized groups due to their economic status/power...
It is estimated that there are 100 million ??street children?? in the world. Street children typically live independent of families in makeshift living arrangements, and survive on little but their wits and the camaraderie of small gangs. To better understand the lives of street children, we conducted 150 days of ethnographic investigations in and around Calcutta, with an emphasis on street children...
Several existing problems in childrenpsilas family education in China are analysed. Considering the basic factors of cooperative learning, several advantages of childrenpsilas cooperative learning in family are discussed. The basic cooperative learning models for family education that have four kind of basic forms are proposed. In cooperative learning process, parents are participator and organizer,...
Designing learning software for a special target group should not only focus on the pupils but also on the teacher. A successful development of a computer supported learning environment for pupils with cognitive disabilities should not only fulfil the special needs of the pupils. Using computers for everyday teaching has also to take into account teacherspsila possible lack of technical competence...
In this paper we present a digital learning ecosystem model, which similarly to nature ecosystems consists of species, populations and communities interacting with each other and with the environment. We believe that this model can help the design of new learning tools especially during the inception phase.
Low levels of education remain a barrier to economic empowerment in the developing world. In our work on English language learning among underserved communities in India since 2004, we have observed differences between school communities in terms of their access to educational opportunities outside school, access to ICTs including cellphones and digital gaming, enthusiasm for visitors, and the relationships...
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