Design for ALL.L Making and learning for and with people with disabilities

Gabriele Ermacora, Maria Luce Lupetti, Ling Pei

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Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of social exclusion for people with disabilities while creating opportunities to provide innovative educational experiences for students without disabilities. Starting from the intersection between coding, digital fabrication, STEM education and disability, we present Design for ALL.L, a framework to create social inclusion through project-based learning programs. The presented framework targets students of different ages, from elementary to university, and guides the development of educational programs to foster awareness and empowerment for people with disabilities at different levels: from developing interaction design projects to meet the special needs of people with disabilities, to rethinking student-Teacher interaction as the person with disabilities becomes teacher. Learning from the two case studies described in this paper, we provide insights and reflections on the opportunities and challenges to bridge the goal of social inclusion for people with disability with education through technology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2020 12th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers, ICETC 2020
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages41-45
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4503-8827-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event12th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers, ICETC 2020 - Virtual, Online, United Kingdom
Duration: 23 Oct 202026 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers, ICETC 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityVirtual, Online
Period23/10/2026/10/20

Keywords

  • Design for all
  • digital fabrication
  • disability
  • project-based learning
  • stem

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