The contribution of technologies to the inclusion of the student whit a visual disability: the "smart stick for blind people"

Author(s):  
Michele Aurelio ◽  
Stefania Cecchi ◽  
Mirca Montanari ◽  
Andrea Primavera

Taking into consideration the complexity of the new, heterogeneous, and different training needs currently present in the classrooms, the school is called to respond them in an effective and concrete way through inclusive educational approaches centered on the students, none excluded. On this basis, the authors, supporting the importance of technology in innovative teaching, propose the design and construction of an intelligent white stick through an inclusive cooperative methodology. The presented device, presented in this paper, is inspired by an open and collaborative teaching, enhancing a responsible digital education, accepting the training needs of all the students present in the classroom, specifically the blind student, and the recognition of the diversity in view of the reduction of disability.

Author(s):  
Heather Tilley ◽  
Jan Eric Olsén

Changing ideas on the nature of and relationship between the senses in nineteenth-century Europe constructed blindness as a disability in often complex ways. The loss or absence of sight was disabling in this period, given vision’s celebrated status, and visually impaired people faced particular social and educational challenges as well as cultural stereotyping as poor, pitiable and intellectually impaired. However, the experience of blind people also came to challenge received ideas that the visual was the privileged mode of accessing information about the world, and contributed to an increasingly complex understanding of the tactile sense. In this chapter, we consider how changing theories of the senses helped shape competing narratives of identity for visually impaired people in the nineteenth century, opening up new possibilities for the embodied experience of blind people by impressing their sensory ability, rather than lack thereof. We focus on a theme that held particular social and cultural interest in nineteenth-century accounts of blindness: travel and geography.


2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-583
Author(s):  
Virginia Kastrup ◽  
Dannyelle Valente

Abstract Verbalism represents a controversial issue in the field of visual disability. It is frequently stated that blind people use statements with words and expressions which are not based on direct sensory experience. Sometimes it is considered a pathology or something specific to blind people. In taking the work of three blind researchers – Pierre Villey, Joana Belarmino and Bertrand Verine – as a guideline, this paper emphasizes two main points: 1) The usage of words with visual references constitutes a strategy of inclusion in a social environment dominated by vision; 2) The importance to develop new affirmative actions to stimulate embodied and multisensory discourse, favoring experiences of belonging and sharing between the blind and the sighted beyond the hegemony of vision.


Author(s):  
Armida GONZALEZ-LORENCE ◽  
Govani G. SÁNCHEZ-ORDUÑA ◽  
José G. AYALA-LANDEROS ◽  
Sonia E. ROMÁN-FLORES

According to the Statistic and Geography National Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, INEGI) it is estimated that in México about 6% of the population suffers some kind of disability, from this percentage a little more than 58% have some visual disability (INEGI, 2018). This research presents the creation of the first prototype of Mexican glasses that allows the recognition of objects within images and interprets them using sound, with the purpose of giving autonomy to the blind people.


Author(s):  
Dr K Sreenivasulu, Et. al.

Vision is one of the key senses allowing citizens to communicate with the natural world. There are about two hundred million blind people globally and visually disabled people obstruct numerous everyday practices. It is also really critical that blind people recognize their world and realize with which items they communicate. This paper review all the method and tool related to camera-based device to enable the blind person interpret text patterns written on items kept in hand.  This is the system for helping individuals with visual disability interpret and translate text patterns to the audio output. The framework first suggests the approach to take an image from the camera and the area of the target to retrieve the object from the context and derive a text pattern from that object. Diffrent algorithm is assessed in various scenes. The observed text is linked to the blueprint and translated into the performance of the voice. Localized and binarized text patterns utilising Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The text is translated to an audio output. The voice quality is given to theblind person.  


The article under review actualizes the problem of using digital computer technologies in the process of blended learning. The notion of «blended learning» is determined and specified according various sources. Various models and ways of organizing this kind of work as an alternative to the standard form of learning are presented. The article presents the positive experience of using blended learning technology. Attention is paid to visualization as one of teaching tool to create educational materials for blended learning. Synthesis of verbal (especially word) and visual elements (pictures, graphic notes, animations, films, plots and diagrams, etc.) within the limits of one text’s space is an instrument of optimization of the process of semantic perception and understanding text information. All benefits of this modern technology allows to establish a holistic adoption of this model by students and the positive direction for the development of blended learning as an innovative teaching technology


1977 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-440

The Southampton School of Navigation and the National Maritime Institute, in association with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, the Nautical Institute and the Royal Institute of Navigation, are organizing a Conference to be held at the Southampton School of Navigation, Warsash on 5, 6 and 7 September 1978. The theme of the Conference is the use of simulators for training and research in the shipping industry and papers are invited on the following, topics: the assessment of training needs, the design and construction of simulators, their use and effectiveness for training and research, the qualifications and training of simulator staff. Although the main emphasis will be on navigational and bridge simulators it is hoped that material on other marine simulators will be offered, e.g. engine room or cargo control simulators.


Author(s):  
Elena Ortega ◽  
Rosario Lucas ◽  
Rubén Pérez ◽  
Antonio Cobo ◽  
Nicolás Glibota ◽  
...  

Resumen Habiendo detectado la necesidad de actualizar las técnicas docentes empleadas por el profesorado universitario, estamos desarrollando, en colaboración con el Departamento de Ciencias Naturales del Colegio Cristo Rey de Jaén, el proyecto titulado “Transferencia de prácticas docentes de trabajo cooperativo del ámbito pre-universitario a la docencia práctica de asignaturas de Grado y Postgrado en la Universidad de Jaén”, concedido en la Convocatoria de Proyectos de Innovación e Incentivación de las Buenas Prácticas Docentes en la Universidad de Jaén y que implica a cuatro áreas de la Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales. En concreto en el área de Microbiología hemos desarrollado un bloque de prácticas mediante la técnica de Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas y el resto mediante la metodología tradicional de explicación previa del profesor y desarrollo de la práctica. Tanto la motivación del profesorado como de los estudiantes ha mejorado tras la aplicación de esta técnica docente. La adquisición de competencias también ha sido superior en las prácticas desarrolladas con esta metodología, en comparación con las desarrolladas por el método tradicional. Concluimos que esta metodología docente se puede adaptar perfectamente a la enseñanza universitaria, puede facilitar la comprensión del fundamento teórico y la adquisición de competencias en algunas clases prácticas, además de mejorar la motivación tanto del profesorado como de los estudiantes. Abstract Pre-university teachers have probed experience in applying new and innovative teaching methods, so we have been guided by professors from the High School “Cristo Rey Jaén” to develop these techniques in the scope of applicability of a Teaching Innovation Project titled “Transfer of collaborative teaching techniques from pre-university levels to practical classes at the University of Jaén”, that we obtained from this University and that implies the joint effort of four areas of knowledge in the Faculty of Experimental Sciences at the University of Jaén. Problem-Based Learning (PBL), a pedagogical approach and curriculum design methodology often used in higher education, has been used in practical classes in the Microbiology Unit. We have detected higher drive in both, teachers and students in those practical classes conducted with this methodology, when compared to traditional techniques. Proficiency acquired by students was also higher when applying this methodology, so we conclude it can be perfectly transposed to University in order to improve the understanding of the theoretical basis of practical classes, the competence acquisition by students and to increase the motivation of both, teachers and students.


2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
ALICIA AULT
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