Ramiro Osorio

Work place: Universitaria Agustiniana/Faculty of Engineering, Bogotá, 110811, Colombia

E-mail: ramiro.osorio@uniagustiniana.edu.co

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Biography

Ramiro Osorio is a civil engineer specialising in high-speed and distributed networks, with a Master's degree in Mobile Telecommunications from the Universidad Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia. He is a research professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Agustiniana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Mr Osorio works in the business sector, where he leads projects of cloud server setup with Amazon, network monitoring and IT security in several companies. He has led the research project Prediction of bandwidth consumption of web applications in the native cloud based on free software; with a publication in the International Research Journal of Computer Science (IRJCS); his research areas are Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering.

Author Articles
Extended Reality Model for Accessibility in Learning for Deaf and Hearing Students (Programming Logic Case)

By Martha Segura Ramiro Osorio Adriana Zavala

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2023.04.01, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2023

A group of researchers and developers from Colombia and Mexico have recognised that the development of state-of-the-art Extended Reality software, a key technology for the Metaverse, has great potential to improve teaching-learning processes in educational institutions. However, the development process does not take into account accessibility, universal design and inclusion, especially for the deaf student community. An extended reality model is proposed for the creation of this type of software as a tool to support access to knowledge, based on information gathering, requirements analysis, user-centred design and video game programming, including the ludic and didactic. The aim is to minimise the barriers that limit the learning of programming logic by students with hearing disabilities through the use of new technologies, creating spaces in virtual worlds that are understandable, usable and practical in conditions of safety, comfort and as much autonomy as possible. To validate the model, a mixed reality software prototype was designed and programmed to train students in programming logic, both deaf and hearing. User and heuristic tests were carried out, showing how immersion can improve knowledge acquisition processes and develop skills in higher education students.

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