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ICCHP 2014: Computers Helping People with Special Needs pp 520–527Cite as

Learning Environments – Not Just Smart for Some!

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This paper is discussing Universal Curriculum Design in Higher Education for curriculum delivered on and using the facilities of Smart Devices. The case study in Australia (2012-2013) was focused on universal design and pedagogical approach involving a literature review and an analysis of the university context with a placement orientation module design in the spirit of inclusive practice for delivery via smart devices. Through legislative requirements the majority of Smart Devices are developed with inbuilt accessibility features. Developing curriculum using Universal Design Principals ensures that students and faculty have the opportunity to maximize the capability and facilities of their Smart Devices. Contemporary working and learning environments depend on ICT integration. Smart environments such as smart phones are facilitating ubiquitous engagement. University education has to prepare graduates to take proactive roles in engaging with ICT providing them with learning environments that both model and demonstrate best practice.

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia

    Andreja Istenic Starcic

  2. Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Andreja Istenic Starcic

  3. MQAS-Learning and Teaching Center, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

    Andreja Istenic Starcic & Sharon Kerr

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  1. Institute "Integriert Studieren", Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, M5B 2K3, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Deborah Fels

  3. THIM/EA 4004 CHArt, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, 2 rue de la liberté, 93526, Saint-Denis Cedex, France

    Dominique Archambault

  4. Teiresias Centre, Botanická 68A, Masaryk University, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Peňáz

  5. Institute "Integriert Studieren", Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstraße 11/029, 1050, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Istenic Starcic, A., Kerr, S. (2014). Learning Environments – Not Just Smart for Some!. 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_77

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