Moving beyond Limitations: Designing the Helpdys App for Children with Dyslexia in Rural Areas

Autor: Andrés Larco, Jorge Carrillo, Sergio Luján-Mora, Nelson Chicaiza, Cesar Yanez
Přispěvatelé: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Advanced deveLopment and empIrical research on Software (ALISoft)
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
inclusive education
media_common.quotation_subject
education
Geography
Planning and Development
TJ807-830
rural area
Management
Monitoring
Policy and Law
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
Dyslexia
User experience design
Rating scale
dyslexia
Reading (process)
mental disorders
0502 economics and business
Inclusive education
medicine
Web application
GE1-350
web apps
Language disorder
Rural area
Web apps
media_common
mobile apps
Medical education
sustainable apps
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
05 social sciences
050301 education
medicine.disease
Environmental sciences
Work (electrical)
Mobile apps
Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos
Psychology
business
0503 education
050203 business & management
Sustainable apps
Zdroj: Sustainability
Volume 13
Issue 13
RUA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante
Universidad de Alicante (UA)
Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 7081, p 7081 (2021)
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su13137081
Popis: Dyslexia is a relatively common language disorder which is generally ignored in rural communities. It hinders children’s learning processes and, in some cases, is the cause of dropouts or violence in schools. The present work strives to create a web and mobile app as a preliminary step towards the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexic children. Apps providing didactic educational games and activities improve literacy skills for students with reading disabilities. The current work incorporates user experience and prototyping to fulfill app requirements. The authors evaluated the apps with the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) tool to assess engagement, functionality, aesthetics, and information. The app’s improvements were immediately implemented and tested in the “Escuela Linea Equinoccial” (Ecuador) school, proving its utility for future use in the education system. The app can be a valuable tool for children with dyslexia to progress successfully through school, raising their self-confidence and, thereby, helping them reach their full potential as adults able to make a positive contribution to society. This work was supported by the EduTech project (609785-EPP-1-2019-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHEJP) co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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