Configurable Templates for Assistive Technology Mobile Apps: A Block-based Programming Approach

Luís Garcia, João-Paulo Barros, João-Paulo Barros, Candida Viriato

2022

Abstract

Simple computer activities have been used for a long time for cognitive and physical training in the context of rehabilitation or mental stimulation. An example is training the skills needed by users with special needs to access the computer through scanning access, which is an access method used by persons with major motor difficulties. The increased availability of less expensive mobile devices with large displays provides an ideal platform for these applications. This work-in-progress paper presents an ongoing work to empower rehabilitation therapists and special education teachers with no previous computer programming experience with a set of highly configurable apps supporting several types of activities for scanning access training. The apps are made available as open projects written in a block-based programming language. This way, they may be configurable by non-programmers while also allowing further changes depending on the programming skills of each rehabilitation therapist or special education teacher. This study intends to validate this approach among this group of users and formulate a set of guidelines concerning software architecture and organization and user interaction, to be used in the development of this kind of application.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Garcia L., Barros J. and Viriato C. (2022). Configurable Templates for Assistive Technology Mobile Apps: A Block-based Programming Approach. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-562-3, pages 293-298. DOI: 10.5220/0011089600003182

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu22,
author={Luís Garcia and João-Paulo Barros and Candida Viriato},
title={Configurable Templates for Assistive Technology Mobile Apps: A Block-based Programming Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2022},
pages={293-298},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011089600003182},
isbn={978-989-758-562-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Configurable Templates for Assistive Technology Mobile Apps: A Block-based Programming Approach
SN - 978-989-758-562-3
AU - Garcia L.
AU - Barros J.
AU - Viriato C.
PY - 2022
SP - 293
EP - 298
DO - 10.5220/0011089600003182