Assistive Technologies Used in Teaching Adult Learners with Learning Disabilities in the 21st Century

Abstract

The phenomenon of assessment and evaluation concerns all practitioners of education. Their predominant concern is accommodation of people with special needs, cultural issues and creating alternative practice with equivalent standard. This paper examined the various ways by which evaluation of adult learners with disabilities is enhanced using ultra-modern scientific devises with a view to creating assessment balance between the disabled and normal learners in a typical learning environment. The paper also gave a definition of learning disabilities and clear description of who the learning disabled are. The definition extended to technology of teaching and assessment and some of the devises on the basis of how they can be used to enhance the education and assessment of the disabled learners. The challenges inhibiting the use of these devises were highlighted upon which recommendations and conclusions were made.