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A Web App for Teaching Piano to Students with Autism

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Amaury Trujillo,

Maria Claudia Buzzi,

Marina Buzzi,

Caterina SenetteAuthors Info & Claims

AVI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces

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This work aims to promote musical learning in order to ease the inclusion of students with autism in the classroom and during musical performances. To this end, a web application was developed using a user-centered design approach involving professionals experienced in training people with autism, to help end users learn the basic concepts of music. The app allows teachers or caregivers to set up a customized learning environment according to each student's needs, so that these students can play songs in collaboration with classmates. Preliminary results suggest a key role for technology in facilitating music teaching and in supporting the learning process for students with autism.

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Buzzi, M.C., Buzzi, M., Paolini, G., Paratore, M.T., Senette, C.: Designing an accessible web app to teach piano to children with autism. In Proceedings of the 13th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter: Designing the next interaction, CHItaly'19 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1145/3351995.3352037

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A Web App for Teaching Piano to Students with Autism
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
2. Social and professional topics
  1. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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