Control of Virtual Environments for People with Intellectual Disabilities

摘要

Computer-based learning has enjoyed an increasing role in mainstream education with the development of more powerful personal computers available at a lower price. Computer delivered instruction has also started to make a contribution to the education of children with intellectual disabilities (e.g. Dube, Moniz and Gomes, 1995). It enables pupils to take charge of their own learning (Hawkridge and Vincent, 1992). Interactive software encourages active involvement in learning and gives the user the experience of control over the learning process (Pantelidis, 1993) and the learner can work at their own pace, attempting the same task over and over again, making as many mistakes as they like (Salem-Darrow, 1996).