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CACP Researchers Co-Authors on Article published in IEEE Magazine IT Professional

dbright7@gatech.edu — Thu, 06 May 2021 17:45:04 +0000

Date of Publication:

2021 March

Researchers on the WirelessRERC team published an article on the progress of technology on learning transfer. The abstract of the text: The COVID-19 pandemic has had major implications on socially vulnerable populations, especially minoritized populations. This article examines how technology-mediated learning can both operate as a tool to rectify inequities and a weapon that antagonizes existing divides for socially disadvantaged minoritized Black students. In analyzing this subsection of the population, we discuss technology-mediated learning during the pandemic and access problems that arise due to socially disadvantaged students' systematic inequalities. This article finds that technology is an essential tool that can be a solution to help rectify inequalities during crisis, coupled with models of success and future research.

Article

The Accessibility Divide in the Mobile Phone Market

Mz22 — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:32:04 +0000

Date of Publication:

2020 March

The Wireless RERC conducted a 2017 Mobile Phone Accessibility Review (Accessibility Review). Accessibility Review results revealed an accessibility divide in the mobile phone market based on disability type, provider type, and phone type that inhibit achieving access equity. These results were presented at the 2020 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference.

csun_2020_-_the_accessibility_divide.pdf

Register for the Wireless RERC's Inclusive Design Thinking Workshop

Mz22 — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 22:06:16 +0000

Publication Type:

Presentations

The Wireless RERC will host a fun and interactive Inclusive Design Thinking workshop on Wednesday, January 29th during the annual Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) Conference. Whether you identify as an individual from the community, a practitioner, a technologist, a designer, or you are just interested in joining with others from a variety of backgrounds, you will learn to apply design thinking towards this problem space to brainstorm innovative ideas and solutions to everyday challenges. CEU/CRC credits are offered. Visit http://bit.ly/UDesign-ATIA for more information and to register today!

Date of Publication:

Friday, January 10, 2020

Scripts - An accessible out-of-the-box and set-up experience of an Amazon Echo for people with vision disabilities

Mz22 — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:03:53 +0000

Date of Publication:

2019 September

amazon_echo_part_1_unboxing_script_final.docx

amazon_echo_part_2_buttons_script_final.docx

amazon_echo_part_3_synching_script_final.docx

Building Capacity in Accessible Design: Design of Inclusive Learning Experiences

Mz22 — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:59:48 +0000

Date of Publication:

2019 May

Wireless RERC researcher, Dr. Young Mi Choi, presented Introducing Design Project Concepts in an Undergraduate Lecture Course at the Design and Ergonomics: Designing of Inclusive Learning Experience conference. The conference convened in Florence, Italy on May 10, 2019. The full proceedings have not yet been published, but they will be available at this open access publisher: https://sites.google.com/view/pudcad-conference-unifi/home#h.p_TAS9daj7juSH.

In the meantime, paper abstract is below:

One of the challenges instructors face is training students on how to identify problems and opportunities. The process of problem-solving, coming up with a solution to a problem which has already been defined, is already familiar since it is an exercise that most students have done for most of their academic lives. Finding and solving problems involve four general stages: Gap Identification/ Problem Recognition, Problem Diagnosis/Formulation, Alternatives Generation, and Alternatives Selection. Problem Recognition is realizing that an issue exists. Problem Diagnosis involves gathering information relevant to the issue in order to more specifically define it. Alternatives Generation involves using the gathered data to come up with possible ways to get from the current state to the desired state. Alternatives Selection involves picking the solution that is the best resolution for the issue based on everything known about the problem.

In a world with complex and inter-related problems, Problem Recognition, which also might be called identifying design opportunities, is an increasingly important skill for designers and engineers. This is especially true for those aspiring to be entrepreneurs or leaders in a particular discipline. Companies devote significant resources to the development of new products with development and testing using up to 54 % of the total. It is important to both identify new product and feature ideas that are viable. With problems that cross disciplinary boundaries, there is a need to effectively mix engineering approaches to generate technical solutions along with creative and user-focused approaches more commonly associated with industrial design.

An early introduction and a chance to gain practical experience with both Universal Design and Assistive Design are important. With an early introduction to these concepts, students will have the opportunity to apply their experience to both future projects during the course of their training and into their professional careers (whether product design or other fields).

The aim of this paper is to describe approaches for introducing undergraduate students in both design and engineering to the concepts of Universal Design (UD) and to the design of Assistive Technology (AT) devices. A design project undertaken in an introductory class in human factors and ergonomics is presented. A total of 89 students completed a survey at the end of the project self-reporting what they learned. The results indicated that students learned a lot, particularly from interactions with users, and expect to use what they learned in future professional contexts.

Building Capacity in Accessible Design: Design of Inclusive Learning Experiences

Mz22 — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:43:27 +0000

Publication Type:

Presentations

In the meantime, paper abstract is below:

Date of Publication:

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Building Capacity in Accessible Design: Social Acceptability and Assistive Usability Audit

Mz22 — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:43:52 +0000

Date of Publication:

2019 April

Amelia (Amy) Lambeth, a research associate at the Interactive Media Technology Center (IMTC) at Georgia Tech, under advisement by Dr. Maribeth Gandy Coleman, director of IMTC as well as the Associate Director of Interactive Media for the Institute for People and Technology completed an M.S. Human-Computer Interaction project. The project title is A Social Acceptability and Assistive Usability Audit of a Novel Wearable Computing Device. Lambeth conducted “A heuristic evaluation and social acceptability audit of a wearable textile interface that exhibits the potential for general and assistive technology applications.” A poster (and accessible Word version) presenting research is linked below.

mshci_projectposter.pdf

r2d2_masters_project_poster_accessible.docx

Internationally Known-Wireless RERC Research Goes to Seoul

Mz22 — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:17:27 +0000

Date of Publication:

2018 November

Wireless RERC Project Director Maureen Linden traveled to Seoul, South Korea from November 5 – 11, 2018. While there, she gave a lecture at South Korea’s National Rehabilitation Center, presented research at the 12^th Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of (Korea RESKO) Technical Conference, represented the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Society of North American (RESNA) at the International Alliance of Assistive Technology Professional Organizations (AT Alliance) working meeting, and spoke in a panel discussion with other AT Alliance representatives.

Ms. Linden’s invited lecture at South Korea’s National Rehabilitation Center summarized her research in wireless emergency communications, as well as on accessible education for people with disabilities. Ms. Linden provided an overview of the Wireless RERC and its mission and spoke about development projects on the Wireless RERC’s Inclusive Emergency Lifelines Project focusing particularly on the accessibility of the notification signals and messages of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) for people with sensory impairments and learning disabilities. Twenty-five researchers and clinicians from the National Rehabilitation Hospital attended.

On November 8, 2018, Linden presented a scientific platform session on “The Accessibility of Wireless Emergency Communications: Updates from the Wireless RERC” at the RESKO Conference. The presentation was made to twenty conference attendees and focused on the accessibility of the notification signals and messages of WEAs for people with sensory impairments and learning disabilities.

Finally, Maureen represented RESNA in her role as President-Elect at the AT Alliance working meeting. During this meeting, Chapal Khasnabis, Technical Officer of the World Health Organization (WHO), charged the AT Alliance organizations with assisting WHO with their initiative to improve access to assistive technology around the globe. On November 9, 2018, Maureen and five other AT Alliance members discussed these proposed efforts during a RESKO plenary session to an international audience of approximately 125 conference attendees.

resko_presentation.pdf

"That Smart Pen Sounded Like it Could Be Pretty Helpful:” A Thematic Analysis on Using Wireless Technology in the Workplace

blippincott4 — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:14:27 +0000

Date of Publication:

2018 December

The poster, "That Smart Pen Sounded Like it Could Be Pretty Helpful:” A Thematic Analysis on Using Wireless Technology in the Workplace, details research on Competitive Integrated Employment (ICE). The research questions for this study were:

Can the use of wireless or wearable technologies facilitate competitive integrated employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities?
What type of technology is being used?
Is this technology accessible?

The conclusions from the research's focus groups on ICE were to:

Educate and influence fiscal dollars
Support development of new technologies
Increase awareness surrounding technology in the workplace
Improve access and use of wireless technologies

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Using Wireless Technologies to Facilitate Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities: A Systematic Review of the Literature

blippincott4 — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:09:55 +0000

Date of Publication:

2018 December

The poster, Using Wireless Technologies to Facilitate Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities: A Systematic Review of the Literature, answers two questions posed by the researchers:

What types of technology are being used in vocational skill acquisition interventions for individuals with IDD?
Of the technology used for vocational skill training, which technologies have wireless capabilities, and are those capabilities utilized during the intervention procedures?

An extensive review of the literature was conducted by faculty, students, and staff at Georgia State University. The study's inclusion criteria consisted of 1) participants with intellectual disabilities, 2) target a physical vocational skill, 3) use wireless technology, and 4) utilize single-case methodology.

This research revealed that very few studies utilized wireless functions within interventions. Although many researchers utilized schools as their intervention location, very few studies included opportunities to generalize their skill to the job site or acquire the skill at the job site. Surprisingly, a large number of studies utilized tablets versus smaller devices more commonly used on a daily basis (e.g. , smartphone).

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