Perceived Influence of Adoption of Personal Electronic Response Systems by Students With and Without Disabilities and Limited English Proficiency in Small Social Work Classes

Digital technologies for social inclusion of individuals with disabilities

“…The studies published in 2013, have broadened the focus and added more disabilities to discuss in the studies that include physical disability [ 34 ], cognitive disability [ 32 , 36 ], and elderly [ 33 , 37 ], and also areas such as intellectual disability [ 32 , 35 ] and disability in general [ 33 ]. The same patterns can be observed in publications from 2014 as the studies focused on Parkinson’s disease [ 42 ], cognitive disability [ 38 , 40 ], and intellectual disability [ 39 ]. It is important to mention here that, the studies published during the year 2014, had not only discussed about disability but also elderly [ 40 , 41 ].…”

“…Studies published in 2016 used terms such as assistive technology [ 36 – 40 ], tele-rehabilitation technology , Mobile technology [ 37 ], virtual technology [ 41 ], GPS technology [ 42 , 43 ], screen reader technology [ 36 ], and rehabilitation technology [ 44 , 45 ]. During 2016, the articles also included terms not previously used, including game technology [ 46 ], voice recognition technology [ 38 , 39 ], and 3D printing technology [ 47 ].…”

“…It is of further interest to note that the articles did not present any discussion of the following important issues: (i) the level of IT-literacy of the users, (ii) any possible economic restrictions associated with buying or renting the suggested services or applications or any possible complimentary help from the user’s next-of-kin or from society in general with respect to the use of suggested services, and, perhaps even more importantly, (iii) the level of disability and the user’s ability to use and adopt digital innovations. The studies were, in general, limited to the description of, or the suggestion of, prototypes [ 34 , 63 ] or examples of technologies that can support some disabilities [ 38 – 40 ]. We also note that no analysis of the criteria that the users have to fulfil if they are to successfully use the various technologies is present in these articles.…”

“…A major issue that we identified with the articles included in this literature review is the fact that the majority of the studies merely describe or discuss early ‘proof of concept studies’ and suggest how certain technologies can be triggered in the market [ 36 , 38 , 39 ]. Mainstream adoptions or broad market applicability of the suggested technology-based applications and web services have not been studied empirically.…”

“… Telecommunication Technology Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Delivery System Helps to access electronic medical records for their use in telemedicine, including telephone calls, secure e-mails, and video appointments, and video conferencing to facilitate virtual meetings. Parkinson’s disease [ 38 ] 2014 To investigate the perceived influence of the adoption of personal electronic response systems (‘clickers’) on undergraduate and graduate social work education by students with- and without disabilities and limited English proficiency (LEP) Instructional Technology, Electronic Technology, Assistive Technology Clicker Electronic Response System To assist students in communication. cognitive disability [ 34 ] 2013 To describe the development process of a mobile Voice User Interface (VUI) for Koreanusers with dysarthria with currently available speech recognition technology by conducting a systematic user-needs analysis and by applying usability testing feedback to prototype system designs.…”