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Mobile Apps, Universal Design, and Accessibility in Schools: Creating an Inclusive Classroom Experience

Mobile Apps, Universal Design, and Accessibility in Schools: Creating an Inclusive Classroom Experience
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Author(s): Tseday Alehegn (Columbia University, USA)and Richard Keller (Columbia University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Mobile Learning in Contemporary Classrooms
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Dominic Mentor (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0251-7.ch014

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on how mobile applications may be used to enhance accessibility for individuals with disabilities in the educational setting as well as to encourage the development of apps that embrace universal design principles. Smartphones and tablets, often by default, provide alternative accessible features addressing the needs of individuals with visual, auditory and/or physical disabilities. As schools make the leap into the mobile age it is imperative to explore mobile applications developed with the universal design learning framework in mind and intent to provide equal access in learning environments. Increased use of mobile apps in the classroom goes hand in hand with the growing popularity of these tools in everyday life outside of the school context, and this chapter is a call for greater engagement with mobile applications that have been designed to be accessible for individuals with disabilities, and to promote a more collaborative and equitable learning environment.

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