Educational Technology

November 3, 2015

Exploring the Use of Massive Open Online Courses for Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability

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by Rodrigo Laiola GuimarĂ£es and Andrea Britto Mattos, Assets ’15

In this paper, we report on a qualitative study that investigates the impact of using a popular Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to complement the vocational training of students with intellectual disability (ID). We have been investigating this problem for several months in partnership with a Brazilian NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) for people with ID. Our methodology integrates different aspects of human-computer interaction (i.e., requirement gathering sessions and observation of real subjects). Potential users were involved since the beginning of this research, starting with focus groups and interviews with experts, followed by the observation of a traditional vocational training session, and then the assessment of a popular MOOC in the classroom. In this paper, we discuss the process and present our preliminary results, providing some indications on how MOOCs could better support instructors and students with ID.

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2811370

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