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Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Biography

Nazean Jomhari obtained her BSc Information Science from the National University of Malaysia (UKM), Master’s Degree (MSc. in Software Engineering) from the University of Essex, United Kingdom and PhD from the School of Informatics at the University of Manchester in 2010. Currently she is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University Malaya, Malaysia. Her research focuses on the design and evaluation of interactive systems that help people with special needs. She teaches Human-Computer Interaction for undergrad and Interaction Design for master programme in Software Engineering Department.

Publications

• Research Article   
  A Preliminary Study: Can Computer Mediated Educational Materials Contribute in Children with Autism Progress in the Right-to-Live Autism Centre
  Author(s): Khaled Ismail* and Nazean Jomhari
  
  Many studies presented autism in children is estimated as one per 62 children and higher levels were reported in some countries. These children exhibit significant impairments with social, behavioural and communication skills. The level of impairments and severity of autism vary from an individual to another which makes teaching children with autism a challenge task for caregivers. Hence, computer mediated educational materials offers an alternative way to attract children to learning tasks using visual illustrations instead of textual form. This paper presents a preliminary study conducted at Right-to-Live autism centre in Gaza, Palestine; it aims to evaluate the children acceptance and attraction level to the served education materials compared to the manual methods of teaching... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2165-7890.19.9.236

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