Using affective avatars and rich multimedia content for education of children with autism

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Konstantinidis, Evdokimos I ^a   Hitoglou Antoniadou, Magda ^a   Luneski, Andrej ^b   Bamidis, Panagiotis D ^a   Nikolaidou, Maria M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Affective computing; Autism; Avatars; Computer aided learning; Emotions; Human computer interaction

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE COMPUTING; AUTISM INTERVENTION; CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COMPUTER-AIDED EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; EDUCATIONAL NEEDS; INTERVENTION METHODS; LONG TERM; MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGY;

EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 70450225593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1579114.1579172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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