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ICT AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONM.N.G. MANI, CEO, ICEVI
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Presented at the
International Congress on ICT in Education
Education Reform in the Internet Age and Education 2030 Agenda
Qingdao, China 22-24 June 2016
Profile of ICEVIFounded in 1952An Umbrella Organisation in the education of persons with visual impairment7 regionsConsultative status with UNECOSOC, UNESCO and UNICEFMain Activities – EFA-VI Global Campaign (launched in Malaysia in 2006), Advocacy, Capacity building, The Nippon Foundation Higher Education, Research and Networking
IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
Reducing limitations in day-to-day lifeEnriching accessibilityEnhancing the learning experienceReaching the unreached
SUGGESTED MEASURES TO PROMOTE ICT AMONG PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Providing information in dual communication modeAdapting assistive devices to improve access to technology.Indigenous production of devices to increase the affordabilityInclusion of ICT inputs in the expanded curriculum
THE HIGHER EDUCATION
INTIATIVE:
A MULTI-COUNTRY
PROGRAM TO
DEVELOP INCLUSIVE
UNIVERSITIES USING
TECHNOLOGY
WHAT WE FOCUSED ON
Increasing access to appropriate training and assistive technology
Developing pre-university orientation programs including peer counselling
Increasing access to specialized materials in appropriate reading formats
Establishing support centres for blind students
WHAT WE FOCUSED ON
Developing the highest possible level of inclusiveness
• Learning from different program models
WHAT WE FOCUSED ON
A total of 2142 students
ICEVI - The Nippon Foundation Higher Education Programme
Cumulative Enrolment Data
2006-16
Country 2006 - 07 2006 - 11 2006 - 14 2006 - 15 2006 - 16
Indonesia 250 385 480 609 631
Vietnam 28 354 470 563 630
Philippines 32 460 489 671 710
Cambodia 4 14 22 52 83
Myanmar 0 0 29 54 69
Laos 0 0 7 16 19
Total 314 1213 1497 1965 2142
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Indonesia Vietnam Philippines Cambodia Myanmar Laos
ICEVI - The Nippon Foundation Higher Education Programme Cumulative Enrolment Data - 2006-16
2006 - 07 2006 - 11 2006 - 14 2006 - 15 2006 - 16
Education For All Children with Visual Impairment (EFA-VI) Global Campaign
A program of the ICEVI acting in partnership with the World Blind
Union (WBU) to ensure that girls and boys with blindness and low vision
enjoy the right to education
International Partners of the EFA-VI Campaign
RESULTS• Over 105,000 additional children with
visual impairment enrolled• About 60,000 teachers and parents of
children with visual impairment trained• Inclusion of disability issues in
mainstream initiatives• Effective coordination with UN
bodies, Governments and DPOs• Focus on Technology as per 2013
review
Technology – Key to achieve Education for All
Strategy for using technology to enable the education of children with a visual impairment alongside their sighted peers – at the suggestion of Gordon Brown, the former UK Prime Minister, who is now the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Global Education
Pilot programmes underway
Technology in EFA-VI – The Strategy
The emerging strategy has three drivers - "kit", "content" and "confidence". "Kit" refers to the devices we need for accessing information using ICT. "Content" refers to the materials we need to access in an accessible form. “Confidence" refers to the skills needed to use this kit
Initiative to popularise Math Education
Breaking Barriers: Mathematics Made Easy Project
Partners: A Pilot project of the ICEVI, Perkins School for the Blind, Overbrook School for the Blind, and the Texas School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired with the support of The Nippon Foundation.
The goal: To contribute to the worldwide improvement of mathematics education by developing a set of accessible multi-media instructional materials designed to assist teachers of children and youth with visual impairments.
Expected outcome: High quality exemplar video packages addressing K-12 levels of mathematics education
The Reality
Life has become more competitive as a result of technology Industries have acknowledged the impact of technologyBut special education is yet to assimilate the technological innovations in the learning process
THE CHALLENGE
EXPLOSION OF TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
AND THE CAPACITY TO ASSIMILATE
Can special education adopt technological applications with a smile?
YES, if we reinforce the followingReflections made on the opening day of
the conference (Just added)
Leave no one behindMake the learning environment inclusiveRemove physical barrier in learningFacilitate equitable access to educationUse ICT to expand open learning opportunitiesIntegrate ICT into teaching and learningMake ICT as a powerful delivering platform
