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STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SMART EDUCATION/UNIVERSITY special session is a part of 6th International KES Conference on Smart Education and e-Learning (SEEL-2019) to be held on June 17-19, 2019 at the Intercontinental-Malta Hotel, St. Julians, MALTA, URL: http://seel-19.kesinternational.org/ *)
Scope
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This session will emphasize modern technology-based education, specifically smart education within smart universities with a focus on students with disabilities. Presentations will highlight 1) how smart universities/classrooms/ technology/systems can impact the learning of students with various types of disabilities, 2) best practices and case studies about how modern technology and software systems can help students with disabilities access the curriculum, courseware and feel more a part of the modern classroom environment, and 3) ideas and suggestions for future ways to incorporate students with disabilities into the smart learning environment with the use of smart technology and systems.
Main Topics:
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Assistive & Rehabilitation Technology (ART)
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Students with disabilities and technology
• Teacher education and technology
• Technology incorporated into instruction for students with disabilities
• Students with disabilities and technology
• Teacher education and technology
• Technology and special education
• Text-to-voice systems
• Voice-to-text systems
• Motion recognition systems
• Face recognition systems
• Computer access
• Information Technology (IT) Accessibility laws and policies (Section 508)
• Smart education in our schools/colleges/universities
• Smart technology and systems for students with disabilities
• Pedagogical models improved learning outcomes
• Technology and collaborative learning
• Peer-to-peer learning through technology
• Best practices and case studies in smart education and students with disabilities
• Special education: school/college/university infrastructure
• Special education: national and international projects and policies
Proceedings (as book chapters by SPRINGER)
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The Full Papers conference proceedings will be published by SPRINGER as book chapters in a volume of the KES Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies series (http://www.springer.com/series/8767), and submitted for indexing in Scopus and Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) and the Web of Science.
(The Short Papers and Abstracts conference proceedings will be published online and will not appear in the Springer volume).
Contact Details of Special Session organizer:
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Prof. Jeffrey P. Bakken
[email protected]
*) 6th International KES Conference on Smart Education and e-Learning (SEEL-2019), June 17-19, 2019, MALTA
Website: http://seel-19.kesinternational.org
SEEL is a major international forum for the presentation of innovative ideas, approaches, technologies, systems, findings and outcomes of research and design and development projects in the emerging areas of smart education, strategies and approaches for smart teaching, learning, and e-learning, applications of smart technology and smart systems in education and e-learning, smart classrooms and smart universities, and knowledge-based smart society.
SEEL will provide an excellent opportunity for scholars, Ph.D. students, faculty, administrators, and practitioners to meet well-known experts from all over the world and to discuss innovative ideas, approaches and novelties in smart teaching and learning, advances in smart technology, intelligent systems and state-of-the-art software and hardware systems for education, research findings and outcomes, best practices and case studies, national and international projects, institutional standards and policies, and many other topics related to innovative smart education, smart universities and smart schools.
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