{"id":316,"date":"2024-06-20T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.themegrill.com\/colormag\/?p=53"},"modified":"2024-08-31T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T11:40:56","slug":"mobile-technology-and-learning-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iatels.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/mobile-technology-and-learning-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Impact of Mobile Technology on the Lives of People with Learning Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Peter Williams<\/b> <em>is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Information Studies at University College London. He has spent the last 20 years investigating the role of information technology in the fields of education, health and the news media. Much of his recent research has involved people with learning disabilities. He is currently working on a three year Fellowship awarded by the British Academy, investigating the role of \u2018mobile technology\u2019 in the lives of this cohort. Pete has published over 120 articles and book chapters (40 as first author) and has co-authored two books.&nbsp;<\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-427 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/iatels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Peter-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"266\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mobile technology, in the form of smart phones, tablets, laptops and their accompanying functionality\/apps etc., is becoming ubiquitous. Despite this, there has been little research into the experiences of such technology by people with learning disabilities, the difficulties they may face, and how the technology could be improved to enable the greater access to entertainment, information, communication and other benefits it can offer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The presentation describes research funded by the British Academy addressing these issues. However, rather simply following the usual procedure of gathering and analysing \u2018data\u2019 to which individual \u2018research subjects\u2019 have no access, participants will co-produce an accessible, annotated and hyperlinked e-archive of their experiences &#8211; thus involving people with LD as informants, contributors and, in effect, co-researchers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Approximately 80 adults who have \u2018mild\u2019 learning disabilities will be involved in the project. Data gathering consists of small group discussions about usage and impact, barriers and how the technology could be made better. Individuals from these groups are then interviewed one by one, demonstrating their usage with their mobile device, allowing the researcher to explore usability issues. During these sessions, participants record their observations on to the e-archive, with the researcher assisting and typing the content.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Working with this cohort requires an even greater attention to methodological and ethical considerations than would generally be the case. In addition to outlining the project, the presentation will explore some of these, including that of understanding the research and giving informed consent; issues to take into account when interviewing people with learning disabilities.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Williams is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Information Studies at University College London. 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