Telematic Multidisciplinary
Assistive Technology Education
Telematic Multidisciplinary
Assistive Technology Education
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| Course title: | Computer Access I | Course author: | Lars-Åke Berglund, Jenny Berglund, Jan-Erik Wänn (Handitek AB, Borlänge, Sweden); Philip Blake, Alan Turner-Smith (CoRE, London, United Kingdom); Christian Bühler, Rainer Wallbruch (FU Hagen, Hagen, Germany); Anders Bond (Registered Psychologist, Borlänge, Sweden); Kerstin Falk (Speech Therapist, Borlänge, Sweden); Caroline Grey (Ace Centre , Oxford, United Kingdom); Giuseppe Pellegrino, Alberto Renieri, Roberto Vitali (SAGO S.p.A., Florence, Italy) | IPR: | Copyright by Christian Bühler |
| Provider name: | Christian Bühler (Arbeitsstelle für Rehabilitationstechnik , FU Hagen) | Institution name: | Fernuniversität Hagen | Institution country: | Germany |
| Institution address: | Fern-Universitat Hagen; Arbeitsstelle für Rehabilitationstechnik; Feithstr. 140; D-58084 Hagen; Germany | ||||
| URL: | www.fernuni-hagen | Contact email: | sekr@ftb-volmarstein.de | ||
| Contact phone: | +49 (0) 2335 9681-0 | Contact fax: | +49 (0) 2335 9681-19 |
| Relation to AT: | general AT |
| Course objectives: | At the end of the course the students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of underlying Assistive Technology issues Introduction to CA for persons with disabilities (including an introduction to disablement, ICIDH-2, user characteristics and service delivery) |
| Keywords: | assistive technology, rehabilitation, user characteristics, disability, computer access, switch access, access techniques, AAC, developmental disability, motor impairment |
| Course description: | This 'Computer Access I Course' might be of interest to a variety
of people with various backgrounds as engineering, computer sciences,
occupational therapy, special education, peer-counselling, etc.
Therefore, the course tries to build bridges between disciplines, covering
the subject of CA. Although it is a multimedia course, we aimed at a
presentation format, which is also accessible for people with disabilities. This course is mainly directed to the field of motor and cognitive impaired person and is written from a technical point of view. This is Computer Acces Course I, a second course - 'Computer Access Course II' - mainly directed to the field of blind and visual impaired persons is planned. |
| Relation to other courses: | This course consists of three different modules. One module was produced especially for this Course. Two other modules based on existing courses of the "ACE CENTRE" (ACE Centre Switch Access Course (ACE CENTRE, Oxford, UK) and of "HANDITEK" (Computer access for persons with developmental disabilities (HANDITEK, Borlänge, Sweden)) are included as special units in this course. For making this modules available, TELEMATE owes ACE CENTRE and HANDITEK a debt of gratitude. To view a list of the different authors, please click at the homepage button below. |
| Language: | English | Course type: | pre and in-service | ||
| Length: | 40 | ECTS rating: | 30 | Level (ISCED): | 4 |
| Mobility and Manipulation: | - | Vision: | - | Hearing: | - |
| Cognition: | - | Communication and AAC: | Yes | Vital Function: | - |
| Workplace: | Yes | School: | Yes | Building and General Accessibility: | Yes |
| Sport and Leisure: | - | Home and Independent Living: | Yes | Transport: | - |
| Cross-disciplinary elements: | might be of interest to a variety of people with various backgrounds as engineering, computer sciences, occupational therapy, special education, peer-counselling, (suitable for engineers, therapists, medics, social workers) etc. |
| Provider's own course ID: | (Code not yet defined) |
| Delivery method: | residential by lecture, tutorial, telematics, and project work |
| Costs: | Standard German MSc. Bursaries available by enrolment |
| Assessment: | coursework, exam |
| Local specialisation: | Valid throughout Europe |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Application procedure: | Contact your local TELEMATE partner (see www.telemate.org) OR contact fundamentals@telemate.org for further details. |
| Course registration date: | July 2001 | Course date: | Sept. 2001 (WS 01/02) | Date of entry: | 07.02.01 |
| Any other comments: | - |