Smart Adaptive Learning Management Application

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over a billion people, about 15% of the world’s population, have some form of disability [1]. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) define disability as an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. Despite the huge number of disable people around the world, a UNESCO Global report (UNESCO Global Report, 2013) indicates that people with disabilities face a wide range of barriers, including access to information, education and a lack of job opportunities. However, developing Smart Assistive eLearning Technologies (SALT) can be a powerful tool in supporting education and inclusion for persons with disabilities. The web is nowadays the best illustration. Indeed, the Web is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, language, culture, location, or physical or mental ability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability. In the same line, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes access to Information and Communications Technologies, including the Web, as a basic human right [2]. In accordance with the later convention, the World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C WAI) brings together people from industry, disability organizations, government, and research labs from around the world to develop guidelines and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities including auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech, and visual disabilities [3].