ICT on Special Needs Education: Thesis Design

Thesis proposal, MSc Business Information Systems, University of Amsterdam

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1. Adriano Martins Supervisor: Toon Abcouwer ICT on Special Needs Education (SNE) What can we learn from the use of ICT on SNE in The Netherlands?
2. Agenda ICT on Special Needs Education Goals Research Questions Research Methodology Working Plan 2
3. ICT on Special Needs Education 3
4. ICT on Special Needs Education unlimited potential widely supported by governments unfortunately, not equally distributed difficult to assess the current state of ICT on SNE 4
5. Goals How is ICT being used on Special Needs Education in different countries? Goal: gather best ICT practices New goal: analysis of the use ICT on SNE in The Netherlands not really used in Portugal also in regular education 5
6. Research Question What can we learn from the use of ICT on SNE in The Netherlands? What suggestions can we make to improve the use of ICT on SNE in Portugal? How can ICT be applied to education? What are the critical success factors to the application of ICT in education? What is SNE? What is the link of ICT and SNE? What is the difference between the application of ICT to SNE and RE? 6
7. Research Methodology qualitative research data collection: Literature Review Semi-structured interviews Critical Success Factors 7
8. Working Plan (6th Feb) Literature Review (5th Mar) Develop a semi-structured interview to Netherlands (19th Mar) Interview and analyze Dutch SNE institutions (2nd Apr) Reflection about ICT on SNE (16th Apr) Develop a semi-structured interview to Portugal (7th May) Interview and analyze Portuguese SNE institutions (28th May) Analysis of the all findings (11th Jun) Formulation of recommendations for the use of ICT in Portugal. 8
9. Adriano Martins Supervisor: Toon Abcouwer ICT on Special Needs Education (SNE) What can we learn from the use of ICT on SNE in The Netherlands?