Mobile Apps the Educational Solution for Autistic Students in Secondary Education

Authors

  • Agathi Stathopoulou National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” Athens, Greece
  • Zoe Karabatzaki Ministry of Education, Athens, Greece
  • Dimosthenis Tsiros
  • Spiridoula Katsantoni Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support, Athens, Greece
  • Athanasios Drigas National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v13i02.9896

Keywords:

secondary education, autism, adolescents, mobile apps

Abstract


For many adolescents in developed countries mobile apps can be the easy way for learning and teaching. This paper examines its role in secondary education focusing in mobile applications that support autistic students. The results of a research revealed the educators ` views that high school students with autism may use mobile apps in a variety of supportive educational ways.

Author Biographies

Agathi Stathopoulou, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” Athens, Greece

             

Agathi Stathopoulou is Partner of Institute of Informatics & telecommunications, Net Media Lab-Brain & Mind R&D, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”. She is a teacher in Secondary Education with a specialization in Greek philology. She holds PhD in Stress Disorder & Adolescent Psychology. She has participated in many educational seminars and conferences as a keynote speaker and as instructor. She has taught at the Department of Special Education of University of Athens and at the Department of Greek Literary of Democritus University of Thrace. She has written one book, and articles in scientific journals.

Zoe Karabatzaki, Ministry of Education, Athens, Greece

 Zoe Karabatzaki is a School Advisor at the 21st Preschool Educational Region of Athens. She holds a PhD on Educational Sciences (Special Education). She has participated in many educational seminars and conferences as a keynote speaker and as an instructor. Furthermore, she has taken part in research programs that were supported by many universities in Greece. She has written two books, chapters in collective volumes, articles in scientific journals and educational notes. She has taught at the Department of Special Education of UTH (University of Thessaly), at the Department of Education and Early Childhood of UOA and the Department of Greek Literary of Democritus University of Thrace. She is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’.

Dimosthenis Tsiros

Dimosthenis Tsiros holds an MSc. in Special Education. He is a teacher in Secondary Education with a specialization in physics. 

Spiridoula Katsantoni, Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support, Athens, Greece

Spiridoyla Katsantoni holds a PhD in Special Education. She has taken part in research projects and seminars. At the current period is serving as a special educator at the Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support, where pupils with special educational needs are assessed. She is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’

Athanasios Drigas, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

Athanasios Drigas is a director of research at N.C.S.R. Demokritos. He is the Coordinator and founder of Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D since 1996. From 1985 to 1999 he was the Operational manager of the Greek Academic network. He has been the Coordinator of Several International Projects, in the fields of ICTs, and e-services (e-learning, e-psychology, e-government, e-inclusion, e-culture etc). He has published more than 200 articles, 7 books, 25 educational CD-ROMs and several patents.

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Published

2019-02-22

How to Cite

Stathopoulou, A., Karabatzaki, Z., Tsiros, D., Katsantoni, S., & Drigas, A. (2019). Mobile Apps the Educational Solution for Autistic Students in Secondary Education. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 13(02), pp. 89–101. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v13i02.9896

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 02 (2019)

Section

Papers