Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336067
Amal Al-Busaidi, Prakash Kumar, C. Jayakumari, Preethy Kurian
The assistive technology is a technology that used for helping the visually challenged people to use the computer such as transaction through online, railway reservation etc. The main aim of this paper is to explain the possible element of technology that can enhance the efficiency of the usage by visually impaired and blind users in Sultanate of Oman. The objective of this research to administrate the power of user experience in developing a system for visually impaired and blind users. In addition to help blind users in defining the criteria of systems that is appropriate for them. This paper has accomplished to point out the importance of the technology that can assist without interference of human and show the loopholes in the current technology. There are different methodology has been used to implement the development and design of application. The traditional approach to develop software has been followed along with some new methodology that is incorporating new devices in the system. My research designed to find out how people feel or what they think while using system. Project management methodologies simply define principles, like agile that is one of the best SDLC models that is very flexible, iterative design and build process. The approach that is used called prototype modelling which used for interviewing the user and make a demo type of the final product by adopted a both type of approach to analyses the procedure of development.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336017
A. ElAdl
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the interactive whiteboard on the development of the creative problem solving and the total score of learning motivation and its dimensions (the value — the expectation — the test anxiety) in the second grade prep school students in Ismailia city in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The skills of creative problem solving and learning motivation scales was applied to a sample of (168) students from two preparatory schools in one area. Teaching in the first school (81 students) using the electronic interactive board, and in the second school (87 students) using traditional way, two groups equivalence in intelligence and previous achievement. Results showed: statistically significant differences between the students in the two groups in the creative problem solving, and in total score of learning motivation and its dimensions favor the students using the interactive whiteboard. The researcher recommended: use interactive whiteboard technology in all schools, and training teachers to employ them.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336054
Achraf Othman, M. Jemni
In this paper, we deal with a continuous work to design a new transcription system to annotate Sign Language in order to use it in different fields of Sign Language Processing like Machine Translation (MT) or 3D synthesis using conversational virtual agent (avatar). This work presents a new XML representation of Sign Language based on the annotation system Gloss used usually in American Sign Language (ASL). The annotation system covers all aspects of Sign Language starting from hand shape and hand configuration to facial expression and head movement. In addition, we developed an API that help to generate XML and render the result through schema style file.
{"title":"An XML-gloss annotation system for sign language processing","authors":"Achraf Othman, M. Jemni","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336054","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we deal with a continuous work to design a new transcription system to annotate Sign Language in order to use it in different fields of Sign Language Processing like Machine Translation (MT) or 3D synthesis using conversational virtual agent (avatar). This work presents a new XML representation of Sign Language based on the annotation system Gloss used usually in American Sign Language (ASL). The annotation system covers all aspects of Sign Language starting from hand shape and hand configuration to facial expression and head movement. In addition, we developed an API that help to generate XML and render the result through schema style file.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121371011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336046
Belhassen Guettat, Ramzi Farhat
In the recent years, the educational landscape has undergone several reversals and changes, the major concern is always improving the learning quality. We moved then from a teacher-directed learning to learner-centered learning. Thus, after having suffered from institutional constraints (imposed curriculum, fixed planning), the learner could today, thanks to technological evolution, rely on himself to control his learning. The Learning Environments came to enable learners to carry out their learning activities. Nevertheless, they remain limited to the personalization level. It is then obvious that the satisfaction of learners is not complete. The following question was arose: Can the learner build his/her own learning experience? This option has become plausible with the emergence of the Personal Learning Environments (PLE). However, with their advent, each learner has become master of his/her learning. So, we are faced with a complex and rich landscape characterized by the abundance and proliferation of web tools and resources. We have developed an assistance approach for PLE learners to face this complexity. We have developed also a prototype that implement our approach for experimental purpose. Experimental results are presented and they are very promising.
{"title":"Assistance system for personal learning environments","authors":"Belhassen Guettat, Ramzi Farhat","doi":"10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336046","url":null,"abstract":"In the recent years, the educational landscape has undergone several reversals and changes, the major concern is always improving the learning quality. We moved then from a teacher-directed learning to learner-centered learning. Thus, after having suffered from institutional constraints (imposed curriculum, fixed planning), the learner could today, thanks to technological evolution, rely on himself to control his learning. The Learning Environments came to enable learners to carry out their learning activities. Nevertheless, they remain limited to the personalization level. It is then obvious that the satisfaction of learners is not complete. The following question was arose: Can the learner build his/her own learning experience? This option has become plausible with the emergence of the Personal Learning Environments (PLE). However, with their advent, each learner has become master of his/her learning. So, we are faced with a complex and rich landscape characterized by the abundance and proliferation of web tools and resources. We have developed an assistance approach for PLE learners to face this complexity. We have developed also a prototype that implement our approach for experimental purpose. Experimental results are presented and they are very promising.","PeriodicalId":129665,"journal":{"name":"2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127712580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336014
M. Emam, Khalf-Al-Abri, Y. Al-Mahdy
The focus on Assistive Technology (AT) in the Sultanate of Oman teacher preparation programs is feeble and inadequate. Currently there is no empirical data available on the infusion of AT in teacher preparation programs in the Arab region in general and the Sultanate of Oman in particular. The aim of this article is twofold: (1) to provide a review of the AT competencies, (2) and to propose a model for developing AT competencies in the candidates enrolled in the Learning Disability Programs at SQU.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336065
M. Azzabi, Samia Kouki, M. Jemni
With the rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT), smart wearable technologies have started being used in many fields, such as health, marketing and industry. However, despite the importance of these technologies in enhancing learning experiences, they are not well explored in educational situations. In this context, this study gives a literature review regarding smart wearable technologies and their use in mobile learning. It also presents a newly developed framework, for using wearable technologies in mobile learning, which covers several challenges identified from the literature. The findings of this study can help researchers and practitioners for a better design of mobile learning experiences based on wearable devices.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336013
Hend Suliman Al-Khalifa, Wafa Alrajhi, Sarah Alhassan, Mariah Almotlag
Activity sequencing is one of the deficits that autism children encounter. One of the essential skills that involve activity sequencing is toilet training which is difficult, cumbersome and sometimes never achieved for autistic children. This paper presents the requirement elicitation of Toilet Training Sequencing (TTS) wearable watch to provide customized support for autism children in toilet training. The presented prototype will help autistic children to dispense the paper based activity sequencing and thus increase the adaptation of the child with any place. The requirement elicitation techniques were conducted in collaboration with non-profit specialized centers in serving children with autism in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia "Mother of Faisal Autism Center (MFAC)". The results of the semi-structured interview, field observation and focus group are provided. The TTS prototype is demonstrated to show its applicability and effectiveness, it also includes the use of visual supports to diminish effort and time.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336010
S. Al-Busaidi, Victoria Tuzlukova
Nowadays, more educational institutions in countries worldwide move towards inclusive education that ensures visually impaired students equal opportunities with their sighted peers "for success in mastery of course material … without compromising the content, quality or level of instruction" (Optimizing, 2014, p.3) [1]; the Sultanate of Oman is no exception. This paper reports the findings of a study that sought to examine the specific challenges teachers in Oman face with creating accessible and usable learning environment for visually impaired students taking English language courses at tertiary education level. Data was collected during a one semester period at the Centre for Preparatory Studies at Sultan Qaboos University using face-to-face interviews with language teachers. The researchers looked into the teachers' views on challenging aspects related to technological and pedagogical support given to visually impaired students for them to meet learning outcomes and standards of competency in English, and successfully integrate into the mainstream English language programs. The study revealed that in-service targeted professional development aimed at teacher training in using assistive technologies and developing accessible teaching materials and curricula can have a significant positive impact on constructing effective language learning environment specific for visually impaired students and beneficial for facilitating their learning experience.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336047
M. Tollefsen, Trond Ausland
Automatic testing tools for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 are important for professional accessibility experts. These tools can detect approximately 50% of the success criteria. However, the rules used to detect errors are often not well documented, and even though a success criterion is said to be checked, this does not guarantee that the tool is able to detect all possible violations of this criterion. It is difficult to discern the advantages and limitations of the different tools. Media Lunde Tollefsen AS (MediaLT) has therefore started to build a resource to test the tools, not primarily to find the best in test product, but to get necessary knowledge about the tools we use in our development projects and WCAG-evaluations. The resource currently includes 11 different pages and more pages will be added to build a stable set of WCAG-errors from 31.12.17. Each page includes a list of known errors, Wave-evaluation and the possibility to send feedback. Pages for WCAG 2.1 will be added as soon as new success criteria are approved.
Web内容可访问性指南(WCAG) 2.0的自动测试工具对于专业的可访问性专家非常重要。这些工具可以检测到大约50%的成功标准。然而，用于检测错误的规则通常没有很好地文档化，即使说是检查了成功标准，这也不能保证工具能够检测到所有可能违反该标准的情况。很难辨别不同工具的优点和局限性。Media Lunde Tollefsen AS (MediaLT)因此开始建立一个测试工具的资源，主要不是为了找到最好的测试产品，而是为了获得关于我们在开发项目和wcag评估中使用的工具的必要知识。该资源目前包括11个不同的页面，从2017年12月31日起将添加更多的页面以构建稳定的WCAG-errors集。每一页都包含一个已知错误的列表，波浪评估和发送反馈的可能性。一旦新的成功标准获得批准，将立即添加WCAG 2.1的页面。
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336018
Ibtissem Talbi, Oussama El Ghoul, M. Jemni
Facial expressions are important aspects in any face to face communication, but they are considered more crucial in sign language (SL) communication since they can convey both emotional and linguistic information. In order to improve the hearing impaired people access to information and communication in their daily lives, many researchers have paid a great deal of interest on facial expressions synthesis from 3D facial models for rendering interactive signing avatars, while others works have focused on the human face gestures synthesis from images of real living persons. We present in this paper an automatic approach for the generation of sign language animation from a two dimensional frontal image. Our contribution consists essentially in creating intermediate frames from the input single image to generate fluid facial gestures and this by dividing the face model in little triangles and deforming them afterward by using an affine transformation.
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