Abstract
“Planet School” is currently the most important blended learning platform in Germany. The multimedia content of the popular website is developed especially for teachers by the public service broadcasters WDR and SWR. However, as it stands today, “Planet School” is neither accessible by all students, nor does it meet the needs of the entire student population. This paper presents both the results of the evaluation of the learning platform in inclusive classrooms and first recommendations on how to offer variable content for students with special needs. The revised version of “Planet School” shall address different types of learners and offer accessible and usable materials, including movies, television broadcasts, interactive and multimedia content for students with very different prerequisites for learning. The paper has implications for application-oriented research in the field of e-inclusion and blended learning, for the development of multimedia content by broadcasters and others as well as for the use of multimedia in inclusive classrooms.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
United Nations: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol. United Nations, New York, USA (2006)
Rahamin, L.: From integration to Inclusion: Using ICT to Support Learners with Special Educational Needs in the Ordinary Classroom. In: Florian, L., Hegarty, J. (eds.) ICT and Special Educational Needs. A Tool for Inclusion, pp. 35–45. Open University Press, McGraw Hill Education, Maidenhead (2010)
KMK – Kultusministerkonferenz: Sonderpädagogische Förderung in allgemeinen Schulen (ohne Förderschulen) 2011/12. KMK Berlin (October 15, 2012)
European Commission. Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020. Summary of the main outcomes of the public consultation, Brussels (2010)
Bosse, I.: Inklusion in der Mediengesellschaft. In: Gapski, H. (ed.) Informationskompetenz und inklusive Mediengesellschaft. Schriftenreihe Medienkompetenz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, pp. 11–28. Kopaed, Düsseldorf (2012)
Bosse, I.: Keine Bildung ohne Medien! Perspektiven der Geistigbehindertenpädagogik. Teilhabe 52(1), 26–32 (2013)
Lacey, P., Layton, L., Miller, C., Goldbart, J., Lawson, H.: What is literacy for students with severe learning difficulties? Exploring conventional and inclusive literacy. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs 7(3), 149–160 (2007)
Pietrass, M.: Leeres Wissen durch E-Learning? Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 51, 61–74 (2005)
Riberio, J., Moreira, A., Pisco Almeida, A.M.: Preparing special education frontline for a new teaching experience. eLearning Papers No. 16 (September 2009)
Booth, T., Ainscow, M. (eds.): Index for Inclusion. Developing Learning and Participation in Schools. CSIE, Bristol (2011)
Trace Center: General Concepts, Universal Design Principles and Guidelines, http://trace.wisc.edu/world/gen_ud.html
CAST: Cast, http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html
Mayring, P.: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse. Grundlagen und Techniken. Beltz Pädagogik, Weinheim und Basel (2010)
Edyburn, D.L., Edyburn, K.D.: Tools for Creating Accessible, Tiered, and Multilingual Web-Based Curricula. Intervention in School and Clinic XX(X), 1–7 (2011)
Wember, F.: Herausforderung Inklusion: Ein präventiv orientiertes Modell schulischen Lernens und vier zentrale Bedingungen inklusiver Unterrichtsentwicklung. Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik 10, 380–387 (2013)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Bosse, I.K. (2014). “Planet School”: Blended Learning for Inclusive Classrooms. In: Miesenberger, K., Fels, D., Archambault, D., Peňáz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8548. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08599-9_55
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08599-9_55
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-08598-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-08599-9
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)