A computer{supported learning platform for pupils with cognitive disabilities

Although there is no doubt that computers are highly capable to provide pupils with cognitive disabilities in learning we observe an immense lack of professional learning software for this target group. On the one hand, there are products designed by special education teachers with a high level of instructional design. But these products are usually at a low technical level, un∞exible and adapted for the special situation they are designed for. On the other hand there are loads of colourful animated commercial products, but with absence of any instructional quality. In our project we want to overcome these problems by developing a learning platform for this special target group in an interdisciplinary group based on participatory design principles.