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The introduction of a topic on accessibility in several engineering degrees
| Title: | The introduction of a topic on accessibility in several engineering degrees |
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| Authors: | Martín Escalona, Israel, Barceló Arroyo, Francisco, Zola, Enrica Valeria |
| Contributors: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Telemàtica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GRXCA - Grup de Recerca en Xarxes de Comunicacions Cel·lulars i Ad-hoc |
| Source: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya instname |
| Publisher Information: | IEEE, 2013. |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Subject Terms: | new courses, Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Aspectes socials [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Ajuts tecnològics per als discapacitats, 4. Education, 05 social sciences, Self-help devices for people with disabilities, Accessibility, Engineering -- Social aspects, Enginyeria -- Aspectes socials, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, engineering designs for handicapped, 0503 education, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Aspectes socials |
| Description: | Together with the trend towards engineering designs more accessible to handicapped people there is an increasing concern at the engineering faculties to include topics related to accessibility in their programs. Engineers must be aware that handicapped people use technology and designs must take into account this fact. This paper explains how a topic on accessibility was started at a technical faculty as a cross topic to five different engineering degrees: Electrical, Electronics and Automatic Control, Industrial Product Design, Electronic Systems and Computer Science. The introduction process is explained along with the teaching methodology. Results after the first two courses are good in general but present some issues. The main issue to be corrected is that students from different branches achieve different academic performances. |
| Document Type: | Article Conference object |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| DOI: | 10.1109/educon.2013.6530177 |
| Access URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2117/20019 https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/20019 https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/educon/educon2013.html#Martin-EscalonaBZ13 |
| Rights: | CC BY NC ND |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e3df3d9a57d723786277047c1d2d72fd |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| DOI: | 10.1109/educon.2013.6530177 |
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