Interactive Sensory Programme for Affective Learning (InSPAL)

Funded by Quality Education Fund

The Interactive Sensory Program for Affective Learning (InSPAL) is an innovative and unique learning environment and program designed specifically for students with Severe Intellectual Disability (SID).

InSPAL pioneers the use of state-of-the-art Virtual Reality (VR) and three-dimentional motion recognition technologies, together with a suite of pedagogically driven VR learning scenarios designed to enhance the pre-learning skills and provide sensitization experience for SID students.

Related Publications

Li, C., & Ip, H. H. S. (2013). AIMtechKinect: A Kinect based interaction-oriented gesture recognition system designed for students with severe intellectual disabilities. In 2013 International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (pp. 322-329). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CADGraphics.2013.49

Ip, H. H. S., Byrne, J., Lau, K. S. Y., Li, R. C., Tso, A., & Choi, C. (2013). Interactive Sensory Program for Affective Learning (InSPAL): An innovative learning program combining interactive media and virtual reality for severely intellectually disabled students. In International Conference on Hybrid Learning and Continuing Education (pp. 199-207). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39750-9_19