Scholarly Article (IJIET, 2020) - Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Special Need Education to Promote Inclusive Pedagogy

Title:
Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Special Need Education to Promote Inclusive Pedagogy

Authors:
Shalini Garg & Shipra Sharma

Published:
International Journal of Information and education Technology (IJIET), Volume 10(7): 523-527.
http://www.ijiet.org/show-142-1652-1.html

Abstract:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology has already touched the life of individuals, more generally, it has influenced educational sector to make it more inclusive and accessible for students with visual, hearing, mobility and intellectual disabilities. The use of AI has not only impacted students with special needs, but has also impacted educational institutions in creating inclusive pedagogies. The present study is a working paper that has tried to analyze how AI has impacted education for students with special needs. The data collection was based on qualitative research that was conducted using focused interviews from teachers and students with special needs. The data was also collected through literature present in the academic databases EBSCO that comprised of Web of Science, Scopus and Science Direct, newspapers, magazines, blogs. The responses obtained were analyzed using Content Analysis. The study in particular focused on whether the literature covered the theme of analyzing the impact of AI on (a) Special Need Education; (b) AI helping teachers to promote special need education. The study also tried to propose the framework for an inclusive future of Special Need Education based on focused interview.

SCHOLARLY ARTICLE: Towards another kind of borderlessness: online students with disabilities

Title: 
Towards another kind of borderlessness: online students with disabilities

Authors:
Yasuhiro Kotera, Vicky Cockerill, Pauline Green, lucy Hutchinson, Paula Shaw & Nicholas Bowskill

Published:
Distance Education, volume 40, issue 2, 2019

doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2019.1600369

The authors explore the experience of ten students with disabilities (SWD) "using thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews". 

"Three themes emerged: (1) having control over studies as an advantage of online learning, (2) personal touch helps SWD’s online learning, and (3) challenges SWD experience with the social element of online learning."