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Analysis and Classification of University Centers for Students with Disabilities

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Smart Education and e-Learning 2019

Part of the book series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies ((SIST,volume 144))

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University centers for students with disabilities are focused on providing appropriate assistance, assistive technologies, and accommodations for those students to ensure that they will receive equal access to university programs, facilities, services, and events. The concept of a smart university requires universities to equip students with disabilities with suitable software/hardware systems and assistive technologies that will help them to succeed in technological learning environments such as smart classrooms and labs, smart libraries, and smart campuses. This paper presents the outcomes of a research project at the InterLabs Research Institute, Bradley University (Peoria, IL, USA) aimed at a systematic analysis of existing university centers for students with disabilities and their classification. Using information available in public domain, we analyzed and classified 30 university centers for students with disabilities and classified 23 university/college centers for students with special needs in terms of software systems, assistive technology, and hardware available for these students. In our opinion, those technological components could significantly benefit university/college students with disabilities at a smart university.

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  1. The Graduate School, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA

    Jeffrey P. Bakken

  2. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, and InterLabs Research Institute, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA

    Nivee Varidireddy & Vladimir L. Uskov

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  1. Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA

    Vladimir L. Uskov

  2. Bournemouth University and KES International Research, Shoreham-by-sea, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Centre for Artificial Intelligence, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Bakken, J.P., Varidireddy, N., Uskov, V.L. (2019). Analysis and Classification of University Centers for Students with Disabilities. In: Uskov, V., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Smart Education and e-Learning 2019. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 144. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8260-4_40

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