Vid-Ability: a Portable Computing Project Using Instructional Video to Improve the Condition of People Living With an Intellectual Disability

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One of the most disturbing aspects of digital technologies is that they emphasize the extent to which human beings are not ready to deal with the power of their own inventions. Digital technologies have the potential to be devastating to human beings, to create more divisions between classes, to continue oppressing targeted populations, and making them slaves of time spent on technology and of misuse of information. For people living with intellectual disabilities who have been traditionally excluded from society, the inclusion gap is becoming wider as they have limited access to technology and information that is posted on the Internet is usually targeted towards a high functioning population. I attempted to bridge this gap with the Vid-Ability project, a study aiming at helping people with intellectual disabilities develop life skills through instructional videos. This paper describes the foundations of the project and presents the methodology and results and closes with a discussion of the impact of the videos.

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Vid-Ability: a Portable Computing Project Using
Instructional Video to improve the Condition of
People Living With an Intellectual Disability
Ann-Louise Davidson Ph.D.
ann-louise@education.concordia.ca
Concordia University

Three fundamental arguments
1. Human beings need to develop a digital awareness to thrive in the realm of
ubiquitous technologies, because it is not a concrete perceptual
environment.
2. Adapting technologies to the needs of special populations should only serve
as a point of entry to developing functional technological competencies
3. To ﬂourish and learn in the environment of digital technologies, human beings
need to develop a strong sense of ethics

Theoretical framework for the project
Person
Adapted from Engeström 1987

Theoretical framework for the project
ObjectPerson
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Theoretical framework for the project
Community
ObjectPerson
Adapted from Engeström 1987

Theoretical framework for the project
Community
Rules
and conventions
ObjectPerson
Adapted from Engeström 1987

Theoretical framework for the project
Community
Rules
and conventions
Personal
security
Social
competencies
Ethic
ObjectPerson
Adapted from Engeström 1987

Theoretical framework for the project
Community
Rules
and conventions
People living with an
intellectual disability, their
educator and friends and
families
Personal
security
Social
competencies
Ethic
ObjectPerson
Adapted from Engeström 1987

Theoretical framework for the project
Adapté de la théorie de l’activité de Engeström 1987

Theoretical framework for the project
Adapté de la théorie de l’activité de Engeström 1987
Objective

Theoretical framework for the project
Adapté de la théorie de l’activité de Engeström 1987
Objective Residential and community
integration

Theoretical framework for the project
Adapté de la théorie de l’activité de Engeström 1987
Objective
Social integration
Residential and community
integration

Theoretical framework for the project
Adapté de la théorie de l’activité de Engeström 1987
Objective
in a society in which digital
technologies are adoptedSocial integration
Residential and community
integration

Survey
Video production
iPod
Research design

Survey
Video production
iPod Usability
test
Research design

Survey
Video production
iPod Usability
test
Focus groups
(participants)
Interviews
(educators)
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Research design

Survey
Video production
iPod Usability
test
Focus groups
(participants)
Interviews
(educators)
Improvement of videos
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Research design

Preliminary results
• CRIS (community and residential integration survey):
• Participant’s proﬁle
• Educator’s decision
• Video production:
• Laundry
• Pocket money
• Morning routine
• Eggs
• Pasta
• Personal security
• Participant’s reaction
• PBL-video

Conclusion
• Contribution for practice:
• Production of resources for people with ID
• Self-advocacy for participants
• Offer means for the development of computer literacy
• Contribution for the advancement of scientiﬁc knowledge:
• Development of PBL videos within the constraints of the iPods
• Understand technology learning mechanisms with special populations
• Limitations:
• Transferability
• Generalization of results

Challenge
• Document positive digital technology integration experiences with people
living with an intellectual disability (ID).
• Create adapted resources to foster the development of autonomy with
people with ID and to improve intervention methods.
• Identify the conditions of the development of autonomy with portable
wireless technology?

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