Analysis of the Use of VR and Haptic Devices in the Teaching-Learning Process for Blind People

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
Mitsari Lucio Alonso ◽  
Hugo I. Medellin-Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Blind People ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Haptic Devices ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
Teaching Learning

The inclusion of people with disabilities in society is an issue that is currently becoming relevant. This is why technology is in a constant struggle to develop tools that meet the needs of this sector of the population and with it fulfill this objective. One of these disabilities is blindness. Therefore, this chapter shows an analysis of the application of virtual reality (VR) and haptic devices as support tools in the teaching-learning of people with such disabilities through the study of various projects that have implement these technologies, obtaining the advantages and disadvantages offered by these resources. For this, an analysis is made from the point of view of accessibility that it presents as well as the approach of the user-centered design (UCD).

Technical Details and Educational Applications for Virtual Reality Technologies

2021 ◽  
pp. 74-95
Author(s):  
Yongzhi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Technical Details ◽  
Educational Applications ◽  
Teaching Learning

The application of virtual reality (VR) in higher education has drawn attention. Understanding the state of the art for VR technologies helps educators identify appropriate applications and develop a high-quality engaging teaching-learning process. This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of current hardware and software supports on VR. Secondly, important technical metrics in VR technology are considered with comparisons of different VR devices using identified metrics. Third, there is a focus on software tools and an explore of various development frameworks, which facilitate the implementation of VR applications. With this information as a foundation, there is a VR use in higher education. Finally, there is a discussion of VR applications that can be potentially used in education.

On the Development of Haptic-Virtual Learning Systems for the Education of Blind People

2020 ◽  
pp. 249-273
Author(s):  
Raquel Espinosa Castañeda ◽  
Hugo Ivan Medellín Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Work ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Blind People ◽  
Universal Education ◽  
Accessible Information

The concept of inclusive education goes beyond considering the needs of people with disabilities; it refers to the process of recognizing the students' learning needs and to act according to such needs. People with visual limitations do not necessarily require more attention and dedication than other people; they only need to be initially guided and to have accessible information. Thus, one of the main challenges of universal education is to generate inclusive and assistive educational technologies, which can be used for the teaching and learning of people with disabilities. In this chapter, the development and assessment of haptic-enabled virtual reality learning systems for the education of non-sighted people are presented and discussed. These virtual systems represent the research work conducted to promote the accessible education of blind people and to determine the effectiveness of virtual touch in the education of blind people.

scholarly journals TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT READING THROUGH INDEX CARD MATCH (ICM) FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS SMP NEGERI 2 BARAT

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Dida Yudi Satria
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Index Card ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Text Reading ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Academic Year

<p>The objective this research are to know the application of teaching descriptive text reading through Index Card Match (ICM) and the advantages and disadvantages of teaching descriptive text reading through Index Card Match (ICM) for the seventh grade students SMPN 2 Barat in the academic year 2014/2015.This research is conducted in SMP N 2 Barat by qualitative method. The sample is class VII A which consists of 22 students. The strategies of accumulating data are observation, interview, and documentation. The data analysis is carried out by the use of data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The result of this research indicates that the activities are divided into three activities. There are pre-activities, whilst-activities and post-activities. Pre-activities are greeting, asking condition, giving motivation and mentioning the materials. Whilst-activities are explaining materials, explaining the instruction of ICM, and giving exercise of ICM. Then, post-activities are asking the difficulties, summarizing materials and closing. From the result of the data observation cheek list, the researcher makes the class interesting and the students always pay attention in teaching reading. The advantages using ICM are that: 1)Index Card Match (ICM) the students are able to read descriptive text faster in limited time, 2) Index card match (ICM) makes teaching learning process exciting, 3)Index card match makes the subject matter presented be more attractive for students, 4)Index Card Match can make students have self confidence, enjoy, have good enthusiasm in the teaching and learning. But disadvantages using ICM  thatare the situation becomes crowded classroom, because students interact with classmates and Teachersshouldspend some more time. Finally, the researcher suggests to the teacher to apply ICM method in teaching learning process as an alternative method. For further researcher they can develop this method to get a better result in teaching and learning process.</p>

scholarly journals FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE ADULT EDUCATION IN SPAIN

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Sacristán-Pérez-Minayo ◽  
Ruth María Martín-Moro
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Developing Society

Lifelong learning plays an important role due to the actual needs that we have in terms of knowledge-based economy. It provides education both to working and non-working people who want to be part of this developing society. In this study, two different levels of the Spanish Adult Education are assessed but not only from an individual point of view, but also from the point of view of cooperation between them in order to improve the teaching-learning process. Both the Education Centre of Olmedo (Olmedo, Spain) and the University of Burgos (Burgos, Spain) are described deep inside and likewise, the activities that they two are developing to interconnect both the two centres and the educational levels so that the learning process is never interrupted. Activities such as seminars, web pages management, oral presentations and questionnaires showing different aspects of the educational process will be discussed in the present study. The use of the new Information Technology and Communication (ICT) should be enhanced for effective learning of our adult students. From our results, it will be demonstrated that adults can be part of the education system and therefore gain new skills and knowledge that let them succeed in their lives. Key words: adult education, developing society, lifelong learning, teaching-learning process, teaching methodology.

ICTs for Orientation and Mobility for Blind People

2013 ◽  
pp. 646-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Revuelta Sanz ◽  
Belén Ruiz Mezcua ◽  
José M. Sánchez Pena
Keyword(s):  
High Growth ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Blind People ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Orientation And Mobility ◽  
Touch Devices ◽  
Experimental Technology ◽  
Electronic Travel Aids

Orientation and mobility are two fields of applications of the so-called Assistive Products, in which we can find a high growth in the last ten years. In this group, the so-called Electronic Travel Aids have a capital importance. These applications are focused on helping blind people in the following aspects of their daily lives, among others: avoiding crashing against obstacles, guiding through unknown environments, giving relevant information of the environment, helping blind people “see” by touch devices, electrodes, sounds, etc. Commercial, but also experimental technology has been intensely applied in this field to provide assistive products, which helps in ways that were unexpected some years ago. The authors provide an introduction to this field and a taxonomy of the available assistive products for the orientation and mobility. Finally, they detail advantages and disadvantages of several paradigmatic proposals to provide a global point of view of the state of the art in orientation and mobility technology for this group of users.

scholarly journals Essence of Upbringing Process and the Competence Approach in Training

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-229
Author(s):  
A. Batyraliev ◽  
D. Tashmatova ◽  
Zh. Abdullaeva
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Interactive Methods ◽  
Main Function ◽  
Teaching Concept ◽  
Attention To Students ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Learning Competence

Research relevance: understanding of teaching concept related to main function of а teacher in teaching and educating students. In the learning process, teacher should pay special attention to students’ cognitive activity development and try to use it more in learning process, using innovative technologies and interactive methods. Research objectives: consider issues from the concept of teaching, “learning” and “competence” and their essence, to reveal the importance of the competence-based approach in teaching. Research materials and methods: article analyzes essence of learning process and authors give their point of view. Research results: educational process essence and importance of learning based on modern competencies revealed. Conclusions: learning competence includes set of a student’s educational achievements, expressed by level of basic and subject competence at a certain stage in educational process.

scholarly journals An approach to designing and developing an LMS framework appropriate for young pupils

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1577
Author(s):  
Radoslava Kraleva ◽  
Mehrudin Sabani ◽  
Velin Kralev ◽  
Dafina Kostadinova
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Learning Software

The lifestyle of the new people generation, called in the scientific literature Generation Z, is closely related to the Internet, computer and information technology. Therefore, people and children belonging to this group can be viewed in terms of software technology as specific users who have high requirements regarding the functions and interface of the software applications, connectivity to social networks and instant communication via the Internet. This influenced not only on the teaching and learning methods but also on the software applications used in the learning process. In recent years, new theoretical teaching methods have emerged, and the number of electronic learning systems increased. However, students lack motivation for the learning process. This requires developing new conceptual models of training and learning software, tailored to the skills and preferences of the end-users. The young students up to 12 years of age: from kindergartens to preschools and primary schools are special users who have not been studied exhaustively. In order to present the problem related to the development of learning and training software thoroughly, the most commonly used standards and current trends, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of LMS platforms have been reviewed. Attention is drawn to the commonly used software design and development technologies. This is the reason to propose a strategy for developing a web-based e-learning management system according to the possibilities of young pupils as a specific user. Having in mind this strategy we described a software architecture, based on SCORM's specification, and we developed an LMS prototype. Its design was tailored to the skills of young children. The basic methodology used in the design and creation of the system we propose is user-centered design. The document is intended for developers, educators and scientists, studying child-computer interaction.

scholarly journals Sytuacja niepełnosprawnych sensorycznie w obszarze edukacji i aktywności zawodowej w opinii przedstawicieli środowiska osób niesłyszących i niewidzących

2018 ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Marzenna Zaorska
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Blind People ◽  
Universal Education ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Practical Point ◽  
The Government ◽  
Work And Employment

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the United Nations on December 13, 2006, signed by the Government of Poland on March 20, 2007, and ratified on September 6, 2012, obliges to respect all the provisions contained in this document, including those concerning access to universal education, the labour market and employment. However, from a practical point of view, there are many barriers and problems experienced by different environments of people with disabilities in the enforcement of their rights. Hence, the article includes the opinions of representatives of the deaf and blind people on current restrictions and discrimination, as well as proposals addressed to the education and work and employment spheres of those participating in the debates organized under the project „Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – a common cause”, the main contractor of which is the Polish Forum of People with Disabilities.

scholarly journals Student-Centred Learning in Selected Private Higher Education Institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2S3) ◽  
pp. 505-510
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Student Centred Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

The teaching and learning system are currently witnessing a tremendous shift from personal-ised learning to student-centred learning that provide the learners with more autonomous and self-directed learning experience which are very much required by today’s digital driven workforce. The aim of this paper is to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of student-centred learning approaches in teaching-learning in Malaysia education industry. Lectures in a selected organisation are chosen for data collection purposes. Data was collected through interviews, observations and focus group discussions which is analysed using content and analytic induction analysis. Data are sorted and categorised into themes to theorize the advantages and disadvantages of student-centred learning in Malaysia Private Higher Learning Education. The findings of this study found that the approach creates a platform or an oppor-tunity to the learners to be more independent mainly in decision making process that encour-ages a learner to be more responsible. Besides, the approach also contributes in a high level of involvement and engagement amongst the students in the learning process that encourages a strong teamwork among students. In addition, the approach also tends to develop both soft and technical skills that lies within the learners which is an important element in today’s fast-growing business environment. However, some teachers still prefer the teacher-centred approach which is often criticized to be ineffective in the whole teaching-learning process as it limits a learner’s higher cognitive skills. Thus, managing all students at once becomes even more difficult. This study provides insights of the advantages and disadvantages of student-centred learning to the Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia and to the academics so that strategies in maximising the advantages and strategies in overcoming the disadvantages of student- centred learning can be developed

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