DELE: a Deaf-centred E-Learning Environment
Paolo Bottoni*, Daniele Capuano, Maria De Marsico, Anna Labella, and Stefano Levialdi* Author for corresponding; e-mail address: bottoni@di.uniroma1.it
Volume: Vol.38 (SPECIAL ISSUE 2011)
Research Article
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Received: 10 July 2010, Revised: -, Accepted: 31 January 2011, Published: -
Citation: Bottoni P., Capuano D., Marsico M.D., Labella A. and Levialdi S., DELE: a Deaf-centred E-Learning Environment, Chiang Mai Journal of Science, 2011; 38(ECIAL): 31-57.
Abstract
We present a framework to address educational issues, especially focusing on deaf people, and present a preliminary model based on recent methodological findings. We started to develop multimedia learning environments based on Storytelling and Conceptual Metaphors, and adopt Cognitive Embodiment as a framework to address sensorially-critical subjects. We are using such methods to develop a Deaf-centered E-Learning Environment (DELE). Therefore, a Story Controller is designed for supporting stories handling. Its behaviour is formally specified through a formal model based on statecharts. Keywords: storytelling, conceptual metaphor, cognitive enbodiment, blending, sensoriallycritical, e-learning.