This field provides a comparison and discusses issues related to assessing the usability and effectiveness of tools and technologies.
The Work group aims to produce:
– Repertoire of systems for evaluating the usability and accessibility of the toys and technologies for the children with disabilities’ play.
– Guidelines for evaluating the accessibility and usability of toys and technologies for the children with disabilities’ play.
– Standard rules for the design and development of technological products and toys for the play of children with disability.
Leader: Rianne Jansens
Vice-Leader: Pedro Encarnação
WG 2 of LUDI has developed a LUDI database of assistive technology to support play for children with disabilities.
With these database LUDI aims to collect data about
– play experiences with different devices, in different contexts of play, with (adapted) toys or low and high technological products and during different kind of services (e.g., therapeutic, educational, research).
– usability and accessibility of devices used for the play.
We like to invite you to add data at http://ludi.utad.pt and to view data submitted by others
Group Members
| Title | Last Name* | First Name* | Country* | Role in the Network* | Picture* |
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| Dr | Carnesecchi | Marco | Italy | WG-member, Management Committee Substitute, Delegate by the Grant Holder Institution |
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| Dr | Iacono | Iolanda | Italy | WG-member |
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| Prof | Bonarini | Andrea | Italy | WG-member, Management Committee Member |
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| Mr | Juozaitis | Vygaudas | Lithuania | WG-member |
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| Ms | Mizzi | Maria | Malta | Management Committee Member, Core Group Member |
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| Ms | Montanaro | Veronica | Malta | Management Committee Member |
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| Mr | Kampen | Robin | Netherlands | WG-member, Management Committee Substitute |
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| Ms | van den Heuvel | Renée | Netherlands | WG-member, Management Committee Member |
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| Ms | Jansens | Rianne | Netherlands | WG Vice--leader, Core Group Member |
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| Dr | Sturm | Janienke | Netherlands | WG-member, Management Committee Substitute |
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| Dr | Jedrzejewska-Szczerska | Małgorzata | Poland | WG-member, Management Committee Member |
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| Dr | Landowska | Agnieszka | Poland | WG-member, Management Committee Substitute |
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| Dr | Azevedo | Diogo | Portugal | WG-member |
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| Prof | Potes Barbas | Maria | Portugal | COST Policies Coordinator, Management Committee Member |
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| Prof | Rybarczyk | Yves | Portugal | WG-member, Management Committee Substitute |
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