Teaching intervention through a hypermedia application for children with learning and communication difficulties

Two separate studies have been undertaken in order to evaluate a hypermedia application designed to help children with learning and communication difficulties acquire pre-mathematical concepts. First, an intervention study with six cases of children who had learning and communication difficulties is described. Second, a separate study examined twenty five Overall, it was evident that the application has the potential to educator's perspectives after having used the application, serve as an assistive teaching tool, but there are concerns emerging from the empirical evaluation regarding its usability and utility. (C) 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Scientific Programme Committee of the 4th International Conference on Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI 2012)