@article {426, title = {A Virtual Repository of Learning Objects to Support Literacy of SEN Children}, journal = {IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje}, volume = {10}, year = {2015}, month = {08/2015}, pages = {168-174}, abstract = {

Literacy development is an essential process for\ special education needs children. Otherwise, they will have additional difficulties in their daily life activities and hence their\ social inclusion. It is a big challenge for parents and teachers,\ but it is easier if the process begins since childhood. In this\ paper, we present Tic@ula, a virtual repository for creating,\ centralizing, and sharing learning objects based on the IEEE\ learning object metadata standard. The framework aims to\ enhance the adaptation of the resources for literacy to the Costa Rican reality and extend its application to children with moderate intellectual disability. The educational resources are based on the literacy method proposed by Spanish authors in their book Down Syndrome: Reading and Writing. The method and the resources were evaluated in a case study. The preliminary results showed that the method cannot only be applied in local context but also assists teachers and parents in the design and use of literacy resources for special education.

}, keywords = {children with intellectual disabilities, IEEE LOM standard, learning objects, literacy acquisition, SEN, virtual repository}, issn = {1932-8540}, doi = {10.1109/RITA.2015.2452712}, author = {Janio Jad{\'a}n-Guerrero and Luis A. Guerrero} } @article {413, title = {Tic @ ula : Dise{\~n}o de una Herramienta Tecnol{\'o}gica para Fortalecer la Alfabetizaci{\'o}n de Ni{\~n}os con Capacidades Intelectuales Diferentes}, journal = {VAEP-RITA}, volume = {2}, year = {2014}, pages = {123{\textendash}130}, abstract = {

Literacy development is an essential process for people with intellectual disabilities. Otherwise, they will have additional difficulties in their daily life activities and hence their social inclusion. It is a big challenge for parents and teachers, but it is easier if the process begins since children. In this paper we present Tic@ula, a web framework for creating, centralizing and sharing learning objects based on IEEE LOM standard. Tic@ula pretends to enhance the adaptation of the resources for literacy to the Costa Rican reality and extend its application to children with moderate intellectual disability. The resources are based on the literacy method proposed by Spanish authors in their book {\textquotedblleft}Down syndrome: reading and writing{\textquotedblright}. The method and the resources were evaluated in a case of study. The preliminary results showed that the method not only can be applied in local context but also assists to teachers and parents to design and use literacy resources for special education.

}, keywords = {children with intellectual disabilities, IEEE LOM standard, learning objects, literacy acquisition, virtual repository}, issn = {2255-5706}, url = {http://rita.det.uvigo.es/VAEPRITA/index.php?content=Num\_Pub\&idiom=Pt\&visualiza=3\&volumen=2\&numero=3\&articulo=4\#focoart}, author = {Jadan-Guerrero, Janio and Guerrero, Luis A} } @conference {498, title = {TIC@ULA: Design of non-traditional technologies for resource classrooms in Costa Rica}, booktitle = {REV 2014, 11TH International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation}, year = {2014}, month = {02/2014}, address = {Oporto, Portugal}, abstract = {

TIC@ULA is a framework that uses non-traditional technologies aimed at literacy acquisition\  in children with intellectual disabilities. The development involves two stages as follows: At a first stage, a mobile device prototype was designed, based on a web architecture for creating, centralizing and sharing learning objects with IEEE LOM standard. These objects are elements of the method for literacy acquisition Troncoso and Del Cero for children with Down Syndrome. This architecture pretends to enhance the adaptation of the method to the Costa Rican reality and extend its application to children with moderate intellectual disability. At a second stage, a novel prototype will be developed to expand the functionality to a smart classroom. The main feature of the user interface is that it will be easy to configure for non-technical users like teachers, therapists or parents. New concepts will be applied like Ambient intelligence (AmI), Natural User Interfaces (NUI) and tangible user interface (TUI).

}, keywords = {Ambient intelligence, IEEE LOM standard, learning objects, Method of literacy acquisition Troncoso and Del Cerro, Natural user interfaces, Tangible User Interface}, author = {Jadan-Guerrero, J. and Guerrero, L.A.} }