Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives (Handbook of Research On...)

✍ Scribed by Soonhwa Seok

• Publisher: Medical Information Science Reference
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 485
• Edition: First
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With the unprecedented advancements in computing power coupled with the societal movement towards inclusive settings, there is no better time than today to strive for assistive technology equity in terms of universal implementation within a transdisciplinary perspective. The Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives marks a critical milestone in the history of implementation and practice of assistive technology. The intent of this book is to assist researchers, practitioners, and the users of assistive technology to augment the accessibility of assistive technology by implementing human cognition into its design and practice. Consequently, this book presents assistive technology as an intervention for people with disabilities from a transdisciplinary perspective.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
......Page 2
List of Reviewers......Page 4
List of Contributors......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 12
Foreword......Page 21
Preface......Page 22
Acknowledgment......Page 24
Human Cognition in the Design of Assistive Technology for Those with Learning Disabilities......Page 26
Managing Cognitive Load in the Design of Assistive Technology for Those with Learning Disabilities......Page 46
Multimedia Design of Assistive Technology for Those with Learning Disabilities......Page 68
Investigating Assistive Technologies using Computers to Simulate Basic Curriculum for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments......Page 86
Social Orthotics for Youth with ASD to Learn in a Collaborative 3D VLE......Page 101
Cognition Meets Assistive Technology: Insights from Load Theory of Selective Attention......Page 121
Cognitive Load and Disorientation Issues in Hypermedia as Assistive Technology......Page 134
Multi-Sensory Environments and Augmentative Communication Tools......Page 146
Using Software to Deliver Language Intervention in Inclusionary Settings......Page 157
Switch Technologies......Page 182
Point-and-Chat®: Instant Messaging for AAC Users......Page 194
Assistive Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students......Page 201
A Longitudinal Case Study on the Use of Assistive Technology to Support Cognitive Processes across Formal and Informal Educational Settings......Page 217
Impact of Text-to-Speech Software on Access to Print: A Longitudinal Study......Page 224
Measure It, Monitor It: Tools for Monitoring Implementation of Text-to-Speech Software......Page 245
Evaluating Systemic Assistive Technology Needs......Page 264
Developing Electronic Portfolios......Page 276
Assistive Technology Solutions for Individuals with Learning Problems: Conducting Assessments Using the Functional Evaluation for Assistive Technology (FEAT)......Page 289
Improving Assistive Technology Training in Teacher Education Programs: The Iowa Model......Page 311
Effects of Assistive Technologies Combined with Desktop Virtual Reality in Instructional Procedures (1)......Page 324
Effects of Assistive Technologies Combined with Desktop Virtual Reality in Instructional Procedures (2)......Page 331
Response to Intervention: Assistive Technologies which can Help Teachers with Intervention Programming and Assessment......Page 338
Assistive Technology for Teacher Education: From Research to Curriculum......Page 350
Supporting Early Childhood Outcomes through Assistive Technology......Page 364
Assistive Technology’s Past, Present and Future......Page 385
Digital Inequity: Understanding the Divide as it Relates to Culture and Disability......Page 399
Cognition and Learning......Page 413
Compilation of References......Page 426
About the Contributors......Page 468
Index......Page 476