Learning Experiences Using Tablets with Children and People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

摘要

Learning technologies offer new opportunities to children and people with disabilities to develop their autonomy and independence. In recent years, and thanks to the emergence of touch devices, lots of efforts have been put into creating content and applications for these kinds of surfaces. In addition, current literature shows the benefits of using technology for improving the learning process of these students. This paper presents two learning experiences where pre-school aged children and students with special needs performed learning activities using tablets. The results obtained shed light on these types of devices, which are suitable for early ages and special education since they do not need intermediate devices such as the keyboard or the mouse.