DIGITAL LIBRARY
TECHNOLOGY-BASED LEARNING FOR STUDENTS WITH SEN
University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski" (BULGARIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN21 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 11772-11776
ISBN: 978-84-09-31267-2
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2021.2459
Conference name: 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 5-6 July, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
Technology-based learning places different demands on the teacher compared to traditional learning. In the conditions of COVID 19, teachers face the challenge of using technology-based learning for all students, including students with SEN. When teaching students with SEN in a virtual environment, the characteristics of the educational electronic media change using the ones available to the student with SEN and his family. The pedagogical interactions are changing, and to the traditional ones: student-content, student-teacher, student-classmate, pedagogical interactions are added: student-member of the family, student-representative of the community, subject-teacher-resource teacher, educational content-elements from therapy. There is a need for separation of pedagogical interactions teacher - student - family member, resource teacher - teacher - student, student with SEN - student without SEN - teacher and others.

The article presents a model of technology-based learning through the use of ICT for students with SEN with the dynamics of the used educational electronic media, newly formed pedagogical and social interactions related to learning and socialization. The model was applied to 10 students with SEN. The process and results of the training are presented, the challenges for the students with SEN, the teachers and the family members are discussed, the interactivity offered by technology-based teaching methods through the use of information and communication technologies for students with and without SEN stimulates them to develop their own potential, to realize independent learning using their strengths.
Keywords:
Technology-based based learning, SEN, COVID 19.