JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 15(7): 1496-1507, doi: 10.3217/jucs-015-07-1496
Eduquito: Virtual Environment for Digital Inclusion of People with Special Educational Needs
expand article infoLucila Maria Costi Santarosa‡, Lourenço de Oliveira Basso§
‡ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre§ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Corresponding author: Lucila Maria Costi Santarosa ( lucila.santarosa@ufrgs.br )

© Lucila Maria Costi Santarosa, Lourenço Basso.
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Citation: Santarosa LMC, Basso LO (2009) Eduquito: Virtual Environment for Digital Inclusion of People with Special Educational Needs. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 15(7): 1496-1507. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-015-07-1496
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Abstract
Eduquito is intended to be a virtual environment for digital/social inclusion where people can exercise their citizenship with interaction and personal development. As a virtual space, it comprises a Learning by Project Environment which provides not only access resources for People with Special Educational Needs but also an array of special tools, which foster a process of creative dialogue as well as dynamic individual and collective development.
Keywords
virtual environment, accessibility, persons with disabilities