THE ROLE OF HAPTICS FEEDBACK IN SUPPORTING THE LEARNING PROCESS FOR DYSLEXIC CHILDREN

• Main Author: ROHASHNUR HAZWAN NUR ASHRIEL, ROHASHNUR HAZWAN
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2012
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3903/1/12178_ROHASHNUR_HAZWAN_BIN_NUR_ASHRIEL_Dessertation_1433.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3903/

This report discusses the research and project done on the chosen topic, which is The Role of Haptics Feedback in Supporting the Learning Process for Dyslexic Children. This project shows that haptics feedback and interaction can be used to support Dyslexic children in their education. The general objective of this project is to expose the Dyslexic children to the technology that can assist them in their learning process and to include the element of kinesthetic in the learning process of Dyslexic children by using haptic interaction/feedback technology. The literature review component discusses about all the research that the author had done prior to the pre-development and post-development of the project. It consists of all the information required in both building the software interface and understanding the hardware to be used. All the related elements such as the nature of Dyslexia, its symptoms and treatment, the methods used to teach Dyslexic children, haptic introduction and technologies are further discussed in detail. In the methodology section, the author discussed about the software development methodology applied in developing the project. The project phases are also being discussed in detail. Other than that, the author has also included a Gantt Chart as a development phase reference to ensure that the project is progressing perfectly according to plan. In the results and discussions section, the prototype development process and results together with the testing results will be discussed in detail. All the justifications are made clearly. In the recommendations section, the author lists some of the things that can be done to improve this project in the future. These things include to add more interactivity to the current prototype such as making games out of it or include sounds. Lastly, the conclusion section will discuss about the role of haptics feedback in supporting the learning process of Dyslexic children in overall, based on the results of the current project.