Research and development of information and communication technology (ICT)supported learning for people with disabilities has not received adequate attention. It is also difficult to access research findings and developments in this field. Under the ENABLE Network of ICT Supported Learning for Disabled People (2011‐2014) project, an emerging European Union reference point portal for end-users will provide this information for a broad audience. In the design phase of the project idea, the authors of this paper conducted a review of papers indexed in Web of Science to provide a needs assessment and a design template for the project objectives. The results of the search clearly showed that ICT-supported learning for people with special educational needs is inthedomainof theeducationaltechnologyjournals,withmorepaperspublishedinthe British Journal of Educational Technology than in any other journal. This paper presents the results of a content analysis of all papers published from 1970 to 2011 in seven educationaltechnologyjournalsindexedinWebof Science.Morepaperswerepublished from 2006 to 2011 (44.7%) than during any other of five periods examined. Findings in termsof ICTintervention,disabilitygroups,groupsof studyparticipantsbyrelationship with ICT, and research design, together with trends in published studies in terms of mainstreaming and inclusion, are presented. The main objective of the study was to identify the level of inclusion through analysis of educational context (special schools [30.51%], mainstream schools [28.81%] and general support for life [40.68%]). Based oncontentanalysis,ICTinterventionswereclassifiedintothetwocategoriesof technical intervention in the pedagogical context (62.71% of all papers published) and technical intervention in the wider context (37.29% of all papers published), with nine paper types identified: papers on ICT access, papers on teaching and learning methods, papers on development and testing of ICT solutions, reviews, assessments, papers on inclusion, papersonbehaviouralandsocialdevelopment,papersonuseof informationtechnology and papers on interaction. Papers were also categorised according to types of disability andaccordingtogroupsof studyparticipantsbyrelationshipwithICT.Publishedpapers
['Andreja Istenic Starcic', 'Spela Bagon']
ICT‐supported learning for inclusion of people with special needs: Review of seven educational technology journals, 1970–2011