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Technology can help participants develop basic skills but also improve students learning, since it can be more accessible, giving the opportunity to experience new knowledge. Therefore, it seems relevant an in-depth study on teaching methods implemented with students with special education needs (SEN) to describe different methodologies. For that, in this paper it is presented the analysis on teaching strategies to help learning of specific content for students with intellectual disabilities (ID). The purpose is to describe strategies used in traditional and technology-based education to be the starting point in the development of an effective learning multimedia resource for this specific audience. Overall, were found advantages in the use of technologies as a teaching resource for students with and without special SEN, specifically for students with ID. Studies showed that attention and motivation increase and students feel more stimulated to learn when the syllabus is presented more interactively. Another important finding is that educational games as educational resource can indeed be a valid strategy to retain attention and stimulate memory of students with intellectual disabilities. Finally, with these findings it is proposed features to develop a multimedia application that can enhance learning of a new language for students with ID.

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The aim of this paper is to propose a recommendation system that considers users functionality levels regarding physical or psychological limitations. This paper describes a set of models and algorithms used under a tourism recommendation system based in users and points-of-interest (POI) profiles. Also, this proposal considers a different manner to classify POI including their accessibility levels, mapped with similar physical and psychological issues. In this study, based on the Design Science Research methodology, an architecture is proposed and a touristic recommendation system prototype where users are modelled with new types of information in addition to traditional approaches such as their levels of functionality regarding a set of physical and intellectual issues, is also presented. POIs are also modelled with the same information structure and maintain knowledge on their limitations against some health conditions.