Introduction
Nowadays, technology is an essential component in our society. Considering its impact in the educational system, Information Technology (IT) cannot be dissociated from the educational process and from pedagogical practices. The role of technology is so essential in our lives today that it is necessary that students develop organizational, problem-solving, and critical skills to meet the demands of an increasingly technological work world and be fully integrated members of the society.
Since the mid-1980s, the trend has been the inclusion or inclusive education, in which the emphasis is placed on students with disabilities being included in regular education system. This inclusive model focuses on students belonging in general classrooms, and the successful inclusive education happens primarily through accepting,...
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Ramos, S.I.M., de Andrade, A.M.V. (2020). IT on Teaching and Learning Process of Visually Impaired Students. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_197
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