45 research outputs found

    The implementation of universal design content on computer engineering and architecture in Spain

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    En base a la legislación vigente, y por tanto, a la obligación que las universidades españolas tienen de enseñar contenidos relacionados con el diseño universal o diseño para todos en aquellas titulaciones que se relacionen con la participación de todos los ciudadanos en la sociedad, este tr abajo tiene como objetivo fundamental hacer un análisis de cómo se está llevando a cabo este proceso en las titulaciones de ingeniería informática y arquitectura. Para ello, se ha contado con una muestra total de 159 guías docentes de asignaturas de ambas titulaciones de todas las universidades españolas. Los principales resultados del estudio demuestran que menos de la mitad de universidades estaría enseñando contenidos relacionados con el diseño universal y que existen un total de 59 titulaciones en las que se imparten contenidos relacionados con el diseño universal, aunque con diferencias significativas entre arquitectura e ingeniería informática. Finalmente, los autores discuten sobre la necesidad de cumplir la legislación vigente universitaria en la inc lusión de contenidos relacionados con el diseño para todas las personas

    Experiencia de aprendizaxe interdisciplinar entre estudantes de terapia ocupacional e odontoloxía, no deseño de sistemas de comunicación alternativos

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    [Resumo] Contextualización: O proxecto, interdisciplinar e interuniversitario, foi proposto por docentes de terapia ocupacional e odontoloxía das universidades da Coruña e Salamanca. Contemplou a elaboración de cinco unidades didácticas, baseadas na aprendizaxe colaborativa, presentando aquí a unidade adicada á comunicación cos doentes. Metodoloxía: Concretáronse obxectivos e resultados de aprendizaxe, metodoloxías e forma de aplicación da unidade. Na planificación tivéronse en conta aspectos relacionados coa valoración, e uso dos SAAC, e a aplicación dos principios do Deseño Universal no proceso comunicativo. Realizáronse tres sesións teórico–prácticas, complementadas co traballo non presencial. Desenvolvemento: A primeira sesión está dirixida aos alumnos do Grado en Odontoloxía que, a través de varios casos propostos, deberían detectar e determinar as dificultades na comunicación, que poderían acontecer na consulta odontolóxica. O resultado do traballo é transmitido posteriormente aos alumnos de terapia ocupacional, sendo o punto de partida da segunda sesión. Os estudantes de TO consideran estes supostos para o deseño de solucións aos problemas plantexados, elaborando propostas co uso dos SAAC e aplicación do deseño para todas as persoas. A derradeira sesión é a posta en común dos traballos dos alumnos de ambas titulacións, nunha clase conxunta e presencial, cun compoñente virtual. Invítase ós estudantes a razoar, deseñar e elaborar solucións de accesibilidade e deseño universal, para aplicar no entorno físico dun centro de odontoloxía e nos seus materiais, baseadas no uso de pictogramas. A avaliación dos alumnos basease no emprego de rúbricas (hetero-avaliación) e de listados de comprobación (auto-avaliación).[Abstract] Background: The project, interdisciplinary and interuniversity, has been proposed by professors of occupational therapy and odontology at the universities of A Coruña and Salamanca. It included the development of five didactic units, based on collaborative learning. The unit focused to communication with patients is presented in this communication. Method: Professors determined learning goals and results, as well as the methodologies and the way to apply the unit. Factors related to AAC’s assessment and use, and the application of Universal Design Principles during communicative process were taken into account in planning. Three practical theoretical sessions were held, complementing the non-contact work. Development: The first session is directed to students of Odontology Bachelor, who, through few case studies, have to detect and determine the difficult in communication that could be appear during dental consultation. The finished work, then, is transmitted to students of Occupational Therapy, being the start point to second session. Occupational therapy’s students consider that work to design solutions to solve the detected problems. To do that, they indicate proposals about AAC’s use and application of Universal Design. The last session is dedicated to the sharing of students’ works, during a joined lesson attendance, with a virtual component. Students participate in rezoning, designing and creating solutions to promote accessibility and universal design, and to apply it in a dentistry clinic and in its material resources, based on pictograms’s use. The students’ assessment contemplates the use of rubrics (heteroevaluation), and of Checklists (Self- Assessment

    Outcomes or impact? when the difficult to measure results appears: the experience in Spain

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    [Abstract] Interventions based on the use of Assistive Technology (AT) are a common strategy to promote improved participation and quality of life. Access to appropriate AT is considered a fundamental human right. However, the potential advantages of using AT are limited by a wide variety of factors that must be taken into account when prescribing the use of a particular product. That is why research on outcome measurement is absolutely necessary, being essential to carry out an adequate assessment of the user's needs with reliable measurement tools to improve decision making for the prescription and adaptations of AT. In Spain, the research related to outcome measures in AT is deficient, because there are not many specific measurement instruments that are validated in the Spanish population. A review of the state of the art about the application of outcome measures in Spain is presented and compared with other European countries. The main challenge is to design and implement a suitable proposal to improve the approach and quality of the AT system. That new approach has to get the consideration from all stakeholders (policymakers, health managers, health professionals and the community) to integrate the measurement of impact derived by the use of AT on the policy goals in the health and social system of the country

    Estudo exploratório sobre a resistência ao efeito de evocação falsa imediata no paradigma DRM

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    [POR]No paradigma DRM (Deese-Roediger-McDermott) são usualmente obtidos níveis elevados de evocação falsa. Porém, vários participantes resistem a este efeito. Com o objectivo de averiguar o carácter adequado da teoria da activação/monitorização (e. g., Roediger et al., 2001) como explicação para a não ocorrência de evocação falsa, os participantes foram instruídos, de acordo com o procedimento de Brédart (2000), para indicar se pensaram noutra(s) palavra(s) que não incluíram na evocação porque esta(s) não pertencia(m) à lista estudada e foram testados em dois tipos de listas (listas com 15 palavras, em associação convergente decrescente com uma palavra crítica e listas com 10 palavras estando cada uma dessas palavras em associação retrógrada com a palavra crítica). Os resultados obtidos nesta fase pós-evocação revelaram uma tendência para o aparecimento de uma relação entre o tipo de listas e a ocorrência de determinados processos nos participantes, que resistiam ao efeito de evocação falsa: não activação consciente das palavras críticas nas listas mais longas (excepção para a lista 6), e activação e monitorização das palavras críticas nas restantes listas. [ENG]In the DRM (Deese-Roediger-McDermott) paradigm, high levels of false recall are usually obtained. Many participants, however, resist this effect. Aiming to find out the character of the activation/monitoring theory (e. g., Roediger et al., 2001) as an explanation to the non-occurrence of false recall, the participants were, according to Brédart’s (2000) procedure, told to say if they thought of another word or words not including it/them in the recall as they did not belong to the study’s list and also tested in two types of lists (lists of 15 words, in decreasing converging association with a critical word and lists of 10 words, being each of the words included in backward association with the critical word). The results obtained at this post-recall stage revealed a tendency for a relation between the types of lists and the occurrence of some processes in the participants who resisted to the false recall effect: the conscious non-activation of the critical words in the longer lists (with an exception to list number 6) and activation and monitoring of the critical words in the remaining lists

    Modelo Matching Person and Technology (MPT)

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    [ES]El modelo MPT Person & Technology persigue orientar en el proceso de selección del producto de apoyo más adecuado identificando los dispositivos que se ajustan a las capacidades, necesidades y preferencias personales y al estilo de vida del usuario, considerando el nivel de motivación y la disposición potencial hacia el uso de productos de apoyo, así como las expectativas sobre el dispositivo

    Propuesta de Innovación docente para el aprendizaje Interdisciplinar sobre Diseño para todas las personas entre estudiantes de los Grados de Odontología y de Terapia Ocupacional de diferentes Universidades españolas

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    [EN] Teaching "design for all people" to students of Health Sciences is vital so that in the future they will be able to "design products and environments that are easy to use for as many people as possible, without the need to adapt or redesign them. a special way. " For this reason, during the first years of implementation of the degree titles, different types of actions have been proposed to include curricular contents on design for all people in very varied ways. For example, through specific subjects or crosscurricular approaches that spread the teaching in different subjects. The general objective of the project has been to design a set of activities of interdisciplinary nature among students of the Degree of Dentistry and the Degree of Occupational Therapy of several Spanish universities to exchange information and experiences in relation to the application of design principles for all people.[ES] Enseñar “diseño para todas las personas” a los estudiantes de Ciencias de la Salud es vital para que en el futuro sean capaces de “diseñar productos y entornos de fácil uso para el mayor número de personas posible, sin la necesidad de adaptarlos o rediseñarlos de una forma especial”. Por eso, durante los primeros años de implantación de los títulos de grado, se han venido planteando distintos tipos de acciones dirigidas a incluir contenidos curriculares sobre diseño para todas las personas de maneras muy variadas. Por ejemplo, mediante asignaturas específicas o con planteamientos curriculares transversales que reparten la enseñanza en distintas asignaturas. El objetivo general del proyecto ha sido diseñar un conjunto de actividades de carácter interdisciplinar entre estudiantes del Grado de Odontología y del Grado de Terapia Ocupacional de varias universidades españolas para intercambiar información y experiencias en relación a la aplicación de los principios del diseño para todas las personas.Cano Rosás, M.; González Alonso, MY.; Aceves Díez, R.; Pousada García, T.; Jimenez Arberas, E.; Díez Villoria, E. (2019). Propuesta de Innovación docente para el aprendizaje Interdisciplinar sobre Diseño para todas las personas entre estudiantes de los Grados de Odontología y de Terapia Ocupacional de diferentes Universidades españolas. En IN-RED 2019. V Congreso de Innovación Educativa y Docencia en Red. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 1687-1698. https://doi.org/10.4995/INRED2019.2019.10382OCS1687169
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