PICAA: aplicación móvil de aprendizaje para la inclusión educativa del alumnado con discapacidad

Con este trabajo se pretende analizar las potencialidades de la Plataforma Interactiva y Cooperativa de Apoyo al Aprendizaje (PICAA) para la inclusión del alumnado con discapacidad en el contexto de los centros de Educación Especial. Una herramienta que, en manos del docente, se ha de convertir en mediadora del aprendizaje del alumnado y facilitar la tarea del profesor, tanto en lo que se refiere a la planificación como al desarrollo y evaluación del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Se trata de un sistema diseñado para la creación de actividades de aprendizaje y de comunicación, dirigido fundamentalmente a la atención a la diversidad funcional del alumnado en los niveles cognitivo, visual y auditivo

Development of novel haptic tools for virtual navigation

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-79).Learning how to navigate a real space using haptic virtual environments can be challenging. One major issue is the inefficient rate of exploration due to the single point interface of haptic devices. The use of haptic fields such as repulsive and attractive force fields was studied to determine their ability to enable global sensing to improve haptic navigation. Repulsive Force Fields for Global Haptic Sensing: Repulsive force fields were designed to help users understand their environments more quickly through global sensing. Two experiments were conducted using repulsive force fields to provide information about indoor and outdoor spaces. In both experiments, repulsive force fields were found to be usable but not more effective in teaching the user about the environment than no force field. Attractive Force Fields for Global Haptic Sensing Applied to Route Guidance: Attractive force fields were studied in the context of providing route guidance. Several haptic guides were designed and evaluated in a developmental experiment. The most promising haptic guide was selected and compared to conventional alternatives (using no guide and an audio guide) in a main experiment to determine its ability to effectively aid route learning. The haptic guide fared poorly in the initial main experiment and was re-designed. Following this, a final main experiment was conducted with ten subjects. The results suggest that the haptic guide is, in fact, an effective tool for route learning.by Diana Sim.S.M