Alternative learning technologies for students with special educational needs

In recent years, the introduction of modern technologies has allowed students with disabilities to achieve a greater degree of autonomy and independence, and favored a change in teaching that has become an increasingly “inclusive education”, focusing on special educational needs and, above all, on their hidden potential. The increasing number of students with special education needs at the university level requires strategies to guarantee same rights to every student. Today, the learning processes make substantial use of digital environment and students with disabilities can successfully use specific technologies. We present a system developed at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia based on digital white boards, tablets, and a repository for the audio-video recording, and other learning resources that specially target students with special educational needs.