Title:	INCLUSION THROUGH DIGITAL ARTS: CREATING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Author(s):	Ana Barata, Paula Escudeiro, Valérie Duarte and Jadir Lino
ISBN:	978-989-8533-90-6
Editors:	Piet Kommers and Guo Chao Peng
Year:	2019
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Collaboration, Community of Practice, Digital Arts, Inclusive Design, QEF
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	145
Last Page:	152
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	To communicate is the deepest will of every human being since their very first minute of existence, as communication is what makes human beings really feel part of a whole. One of the most transversal, barrier-dropper, and universal ways of communicating is creating art. Having that assumption in mind, this paper introduces a proposal for combining technology and arts production using an online educational Community of Practice aimed at encouraging communication and collaboration between blind/low vision individuals and deaf/hearing impaired individuals having the creation of digital artworks using a technologically developed collaborative environment. To provide a framework for this challenge, this study provides a review of concepts and examples related to the art practices from an inclusive point of view, to inclusive design, and to the essential features of reliable Communities of Practice. Furthermore, the proposal for developing a collaborative environment for creating digital artworks, combining the best practices and features of the analyzed examples, targeting at the blind and deaf communities is described as well as the evaluation model – the Quantitative Evaluation Framework – to be used to assess this creative learning and communication environment.
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