CYCU Open New Educational Vision by Combining Technology and Special Education
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CYCU Department of Electronic Engineering and Department of Special Education entered into interdisciplinary cooperation to integrate the electronic system design into the kinect-based rehabilitation and special education games to provide the disadvantaged group with a different vision with technology. (Photo provided by CYCU) CNA News Reporter Wu Ruei-Chi/Fax from Taoyuan November 1, 2017.
(CNA News Reporter Wu Jui-Chi fax from Taoyuan on the 1st day) CYCU Department of Electronic Engineering and Department of Special Education entered into the interdisciplinary cooperation to integrate the electronic system design into the kinect-based rehabilitation and special education games and work on the issue about care of people with cognitive impairments, developmentally-delayed children and autistic children to provide the disadvantaged group with a different vision and future. Chair Chang Yao-Jen of CYCU Department of Electronic Engineering said in the interview today that the students majored in engineering science primarily focused on research and, therefore, seldom communicated with people. Notwithstanding, in order to “make the technology friendlier with service”, CYCU enabled the teachers engaged in the Service-Learning of the physically and mentally disabled to get more encouragement and assistance through the interdisciplinary and cross-domain cooperation, “bridging the digital gap of students with special needs”. Teacher Kang Ya-Shu of CYCU Department of Special Education indicated that CYCU worked with the special education classes of elementary schools in Zhongli and had the teachers and students of Department of Electronic Engineering utilize the Kinect technology developed by Microsoft to design the “Kinect-based games”, and then had the Department of Special Education provide professional suggestions and practicing classes to design interesting training games for developmentally-delayed children. The successful interdisciplinary integration of electronic engineering and special education allowed the students to verify the needs of the physically and mentally disabled personally, so that these students may learn to care for society while in the process of pursuing professional knowledge. Lu Shao-Ting, who graduated from CYCU Department of Electronic Engineering this year, revealed that in the process of participating in the interdisciplinary special research, he had to spent time in dealing with the children with special needs and verifying their behaviors and needs each week, and needed to spent three months in testing and adjusting games after he designed the same. Though it was a tough work, he said that he received precious experience therefor.
