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Development and Evaluation of the Virtual City
1999
International Journal of Virtual Reality
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Evaluation of the project was concerned as much with the design of the virtual learning environments (VLEs), issues of usability and access as with monitoring skill learning and transfer to the real world ...
The Virtual City has been developed in response to the needs of people with learning disabilities, not in response to their assumed needs. ...
Virtual Learning Environment Specification One of the main aims of the project was the involvement of individuals with learning disabilities in the development of the Virtual City. ...
doi:10.20870/ijvr.1999.4.1.2639
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People with Disabilities Leading the Design of Serious Games and Virtual Worlds
2017
International Journal of Serious Games
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Games and virtual worlds have many potential benefits for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in terms of training, education, and rehabilitation. ...
A number of approaches for achieving such inclusion have been described, such as User Sensitive Inclusive Design, Universal Design, and Design for All. ...
Involving users with disabilities in the design of software should address both these motivations [3] . ...
doi:10.17083/ijsg.v4i2.160
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Virtual reality and its role in removing the barriers that turn cognitive impairments into intellectual disability
2006
Virtual Reality
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This paper describes the empirical evidence that has contributed to the development of educational virtual reality for those with intellectual disabilities: studies on transfer of learning from the virtual ...
to the real world; how teachers might support those using VR; the design of virtual environments and what input/control devices best facilitate use of desktop VR. ...
educational aims and are easy and motivating to use is to involve users in their design. ...
doi:10.1007/s10055-006-0042-6
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The Tutoring Role of Mentors Working with Adults and Elderly People with Learning Disabilities Using Virtual Environments
1999
CyberPsychology & Behavior
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This article outlines the potential of virtual training environments in the rehabilitation of adults and elderly people with learning disabilities. ...
Effective tutoring strategies employed, together with appropriate and well-designed virtual training environments, will be the outcomes of two methods suggested in this article. ...
It has been shown that user involvement in the design, development, and subsequent evaluation of Virtual Training Environments is a vital component of these programmes if they are to be successful.16 ...
doi:10.1089/cpb.1999.2.593
pmid:19178206
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Communicating in virtual worlds through an accessible Web 2.0 solution
2010
Telecommunications Journal of Australia
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Despite this potential, Web 2.0 applications and 3D virtual worlds remain largely inaccessible to many people with disabilities. ...
This paper describes the design and development of an open source accessible 3D virtual world environment and Web 2.0 solution incorporating features that address the identified accessibility limitations ...
However, in the same speech, as Hickey-Moody and observed, she also articulated the limitations of this environment for users with visual disabilities, those with hearing impairments and users with cognitive ...
doi:10.2104/tja10019
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The design of inclusive curricula for multi-user virtual environments: a framework for developers and educators
2011
EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning
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through an accessible multi-user virtual learning environment. ...
to both the technical and pedagogical considerations required in the design of inclusive e-learning environments. ...
in Second Life involving interviews with residents who identified as either programmers designing accessibility solutions, or people with disabilities who use customised solutions to improve their ability ...
doi:10.4108/icst.trans.eeel.2011.e6
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A Pedagogical Model for Virtual World Residents: A Case Study of the Virtual Ability Second Life Island
2009
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
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designs for those with disabilities. ...
Virtual Ability Island in Second Life® offers a platform for adults with disabilities to learn the functionality necessary to enter a virtual world. ...
Flight training design allows the adult user with disabilities to practice in a safe environment and avoid flying away and getting lost. ...
doi:10.4101/jvwr.v2i1.417
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How tutors assist adults with learning disabilities to use virtual environments
2002
Disability and Rehabilitation
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Nine adults with learning disabilities spent up to twelve sessions with a non-disabled tutor learning to use desktop virtual environments designed to teach independent living skills. ...
W Bricken (1991), Training in virtual reality. REFERENCES ...
This research is carried out with support from the ESRC. ...
doi:10.1080/096382802320179244
pmid:12182796
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User Modeling Approach for Dyslexic Students in Virtual Learning Environments
2017
International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing
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between their learning style preferences and their cognitive traits in virtual learning environments. ...
The aim of this paper is to provide an adaptive learning environment for users with dyslexia based on their learning styles preferences and their cognitive traits. ...
document, which may be purchased using the "Add to Cart" button on the product's webpage: www.igi-global.com/article/user-modeling-approach-fordyslexic-students-in-virtual-learning- Strategies for Emerging ...
doi:10.4018/ijcac.2017040101
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Control of Virtual Environments for People with Intellectual Disabilities
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2002
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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design of the virtual environments the design of the virtual environments , Battersby and Shopland
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evaluation of the use of virtual WMD (2002) An evaluation of the use of virtual environments in improving choice reaction time in people with environments in improving choice reaction time in people with ...
doi:10.1007/3-540-45491-8_30
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A Survey on Storytelling with Robots
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2011
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Most of the users are children, either normal or those with disabilities. ...
Meanwhile, the outcomes are a prototype, learning environment, authoring environment, and pedagogy experience. ...
"In the constructionist approach, students learn from designing and assembling their own robots" [2] . Another type of users is children with disabilities. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23456-9_81
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User involvement in virtual and augmented technologies and games for rehabilitation and learning: ICDVRAT-ITAG special issue
2019
Journal of Enabling Technologies
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User involvement in virtual and augmented technologies and games for rehabilitation and learning: ICDVRAT-ITAG special issue The ICDVRAT conference series was initiated by Paul Sharkey, University of Reading ...
beneficial use in assessment, treatment and support of individuals with disability, impairment or support needs. ...
therapy to help people with autism or PTSD cope with busy public environments. ...
doi:10.1108/jet-06-2019-075
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Effective Learning Design of Game-Based 3D Virtual Language Learning Environments for Special Education Students
2018
Educational Technology & Society
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The collected data included in-class observation, video clips of learning process, and post-study interviews with the four disabled children. ...
This current study aimed at creating a 3D virtual environment on Second Life particularly for special education students to enhance their first language, Mandarin, learning in vocabulary and sentence structures ...
Technology Center" of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) from The Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education(MOE) in ...
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Virtual Reality in the Rehabilitation of People with Intellectual Disabilities: Review
2005
CyberPsychology & Behavior
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Virtual reality (VR) possesses many qualities that give it rehabilitative potential for people with intellectual disabilities, both as an intervention and an assessment. ...
Fears that skills or habits learnt in a virtual setting would not transfer to the real world setting have not been supported by the available evidence, apart from those studies with people with autistic ...
in education, claimed that virtual environments encourage active involvement: if the user remains passive, nothing will happen. ...
doi:10.1089/cpb.2005.8.272
pmid:15971976
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Exploring the Potential of Virtual Reality for the Elderly and People with Disabilities
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2010
Virtual Reality
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Most of them deal with people with cognitive disabilities (dementia, autism, schizophrenia, Down's syndrome, etc.), proposing simple virtual worlds where users get immersed in order to learn some tasks ...
In case the virtual environment is disconnected from the real lab, the application can be used by elderly or cognitive disabled to learn how to manage domotic installations in a non-threatening environment ...
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