Applying new interaction paradigms to the education of children with special educational needs

Authors:
Paloma Cantón;Ángel L. González;Gonzalo Mariscal;Carlos Ruiz
Affiliations:
Consejería de Educación de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain;School of Computing, Technical University of Madrid, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain;GI-CETTICO, Technical University of Madrid, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain;GI-CETTICO, Technical University of Madrid, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Venue:
ICCHP'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Volume Part I
Year:
2012

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Abstract

The proliferation of new devices over the last decade has introduced new ways of interaction such us tactile (iPhone [1]) or touchless gesture (Kinect [2]) user interfaces. This opens up new opportunities for the education of children with special needs. However, it also raises new issues. On the one hand, children have to be able to manage different technologies, some of which do not enable natural ways of interaction. On the other hand, software developers have to design applications compatible with many different platforms. This paper offers a state-of-the-art discussion about how new interaction paradigms are being applied in the field of education. As a preliminary conclusion, we have detected the need for a standard on gesture-based interfaces. With this in mind, we propose a roadmap setting out the essential steps to be followed in order to define this standard based on natural hand movements.