Publication details
CAN A WEB-PORTAL PROMOTE MEDIA-LITERACY OF USERS WITH DYSLEXIA?
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | DISCO 2014: MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION FROM PUPIL TO LIFELONG LEARNING |
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| Keywords | Literacy; digital competence; life-long learning; assistive tools; web-portal; learning by doing; social software; special needs; dyslexia |
| Description | Since the web and its tools are progressing at a rapid pace, life-long learning is necessary to be able to participate in consuming and producing information in the digital world. What may be a challenge for everybody tends to be even more challenging for users with special needs in a competitive society. At the same time, however, the web and its versatile tools like screen readers or magnifiers bear the potential to positively impact the lives of users with special needs even more significantly than is the case for ordinary users. This is why in "LITERACY" - an EU project targeted at the social inclusion of people with dyslexia by means of providing an online portal - we are putting particular emphasis on facilitating the digital competence of its users. This article discusses theoretical considerations and preparatory research underlying the design decisions taken in constructing the Portal. Subsequently, we sketch the Portal's architecture, content, means, and procedures that facilitate the users' self-organized acquisition of digital competence as a path to their increased inclusion in social and professional lives. Finally, the LITERACY Portal is viewed as a case example stimulating generalizations forother user communities, such as elderly people. |