Although not much time remains, abstract submission is still possible by February 1^staccording to Marion Hersh, the Chair of this thematic session on inclusive settings, pedagogies, and approaches in ICT-based learning for disabled and non-disabled people.  Held at the 15^th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP), University of Linz, Austria, 13-15 July 2016, the session’s focus will be ICT-based learning technologies for disabled and non-disabled learners and the associated pedagogical issues which can act as barriers or enablers. In addition to computer-based and multimedia learning technologies, mobile learning using smart phones and PDAs is now feasible. Disabled people may require access to both purely learning technologies and assistive technologies to obtain the full benefit from education. This session is complementary to but does not overlap with, the Universal Learning Design Track of the conference.

The session is supported by the Entelis Network (www.entelis.net) and an introduction to the session and summary of presentations will be put on the Entelis website.

Topics covered include the following:

• Pedagogical issues.
• Accessibility, usability and support issues.
• Design for all approaches to learning technologies.
• Designing new technologies.
• Classification and evaluation of the different technologies.
• State of the art learning technologies.
• International comparisons.
• Case studies of new technologies and good practice.
• Mobile learning technologies.
• Educational games for disabled people.

Chair: Marion Hersh  University of Glasgow marion.hersh@glasgow.ac.uk

Paper Submission

You should submit an extended abstract (2 to 4 pages including images, tables and references) and may want to include the following topics: the R & D or application idea; the state of the art in this area; the methodology used, the R & D work and results; the impact or contributions to the field; and discussion and conclusions and further work. Papers should be submitted online and indicate that they are for the SSTS on Mobile Apps for Older and Disabled People: Applications and End-User Issues.  Please email a copy of the extended abstract to Marion Hersh, in addition to any questions you may have.

Submission procedure:  login (register first if you do not have an account) at http://www.icchp.org/call-16 and use the extended abstract upload form to submit your abstract.

with thanks to Sue Fletcher-Watson