Accessibility and Inclusion in Education: Enabling Digital Technologies
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 38816
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human-centered design; design for all; human–machine interaction; adaptive user interfaces; emotion- and context-aware interfaces; virtual and augmented reality; extended reality for education; human-centered manufacturing; ICT for inclusive education
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Interests: ICT for inclusive education; extended reality for special education; affective computing for special education; special education; disabilities; specific learning disorders; inclusive education
Interests: special education; disabilities; specific learning disorders; special needs; inclusive education; inclusive didactics; ICT for inclusive education; extended reality for special education; affective computing for special education
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Technology has considerable but largely unused potential to support inclusive education: it can provide multiple means of presenting, representing, and expressing learning and to overcome barriers that several learners (e.g., people with special education needs, specific learning disorders or disability) would otherwise experience by participating in the curriculum. It also has the potential to increase enjoyment and motivation. This special issue focuses on novel education strategies and enabling technologies to avoid students’ isolation and improve inclusive teaching-learning practices both in formal and informal educational contexts. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the followers: Design of inclusive interactive systems for formal and informal educational setting; Technologies to support individualized educational planning and Life Project; Innovative use of technology in the classroom, from primary to higher education; Computer and web-based software, and mobile applications for distance education and blended education; Extended reality and metaverse for education; Affective computing in educational contexts.
Dr. Silvia Ceccacci
Dr. Catia Giaconi
Dr. Noemi Del Bianco
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- human-computer interaction
- special education
- inclusive teaching
- extended reality
- affective computing
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