Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with Learning Disabilities
This paper demonstrates the development of a multimedia courseware that can be used to educate children with Learning Disabilities (LD). The use of game-based courseware could help those with LD to explore their capabilities without having to pressure them to catch up with other friend but to let th...
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| description | This paper demonstrates the development of a multimedia courseware that can be used to educate children with Learning Disabilities (LD). The use of game-based courseware could help those with LD to explore their capabilities without having to pressure them to catch up with other friend but to let them learn in their own pace of time. The courseware can be used as a medium to educate children with LD, to stimulate their psycho-motor for using the computer and also to develop their thinking skills while having fun playing the games. At the same time, this courseware might encourage the teachers and parents to improvise their ICT skills and hands-on learning as a learning tool. It was developed using Visual Basic, Adobe Photoshop and MP3 Wav converter. The courseware is known as Playtime Learning consists of Play games and Fun activities. The user acceptance test shows that teachers and students could adapt well with this kind of learning tool and they have shown positive sign of interest in utilizing it in the future.
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| spelling | oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:29042017-01-19T08:25:01Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2904/ Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with Learning Disabilities Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah P. Akhir, Emelia Akashah Azmee, Sarah T Technology (General) LB Theory and practice of education This paper demonstrates the development of a multimedia courseware that can be used to educate children with Learning Disabilities (LD). The use of game-based courseware could help those with LD to explore their capabilities without having to pressure them to catch up with other friend but to let them learn in their own pace of time. The courseware can be used as a medium to educate children with LD, to stimulate their psycho-motor for using the computer and also to develop their thinking skills while having fun playing the games. At the same time, this courseware might encourage the teachers and parents to improvise their ICT skills and hands-on learning as a learning tool. It was developed using Visual Basic, Adobe Photoshop and MP3 Wav converter. The courseware is known as Playtime Learning consists of Play games and Fun activities. The user acceptance test shows that teachers and students could adapt well with this kind of learning tool and they have shown positive sign of interest in utilizing it in the future. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2904/1/stamp.jsp%3Ftp%3D%26arnumber%3D5561303%26tag%3D1 Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah and P. Akhir, Emelia Akashah and Azmee, Sarah (2010) Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with Learning Disabilities. In: International Symposium on Information Technology 2010, ITSim, June 2010, Kuala Lumpur. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) LB Theory and practice of education Wan Ahmad, Wan Fatimah P. Akhir, Emelia Akashah Azmee, Sarah Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with Learning Disabilities |
| title | Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with
Learning Disabilities
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| title_full | Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with
Learning Disabilities
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| title_fullStr | Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with
Learning Disabilities
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| title_full_unstemmed | Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with
Learning Disabilities
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| title_short | Game-based Learning Courseware for Children with
Learning Disabilities
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| title_sort | game-based learning courseware for children with
learning disabilities |
| topic | T Technology (General) LB Theory and practice of education |
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