Course ASSIST HEIDI – Designing and implementing Assistive Tools for people with disabilities
This course brings students and people with disabilities (HEIDI – Human being with disability) together, to design and prototype an individual assistive technology solution for them. Students will learn the basics about disability, existing assistive tools, rapid prototyping and microcontrollers. Students will have access to materials, tools and equipment (e.g. 3D printer etc.). The Smart Living Lab of the UAS Technikum Wien provides the perfect environment for the participants. This is the best opportunity to get to know people with disabilities, to contribute, develop and implement your own ideas.
In the project-based course with mixed teams of international (ERASMUS) students and UASTW students the following topics are covered:
- Disabilities
- Assistive Tools
- Programming
- Microcontroller (Arduino)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Applications of ML
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The course methodology and contents will be similar to the ASSIST HEIDI Summer School 2022.
See also #assistheidi (linkedin).
Facts
- Internationalization opportunity for part-time students
- Recognizable for the compulsory UASTW Internalization module!
- Co-Design of Assistive Solutions involving people with disabilities
- English, 6 ECTS
- Lecturers Martin Deinhofer, Alija Sabic and Sarah Langer
- The course will be offered in the winter semester and summer semester at least until SS2025
Prerequisites
- Study semester 4 or higher (application before already)
- Programming or embedded development skills recommended, but no must
Course details
The attendance time of the course is coordinated with other study programs of UAS Technikum Wien, in order to enable participation also for part time students.
The course starts usually in the second week of the semester (calender week 8 or 37) and is held on Wednesday and Thursday from 16:10-17:40 (resp. 15:15-17:40 in the second week of the course) on campus. In parallel, regular online sessions are provided for project supervision on Wednesday 16:10-17:40 (bi-weekly).
Assessment Method
- 2 x Assignments á 10% = 20%
- 1 x Project work (graded as group work) = 80%
Funding
The course is operated by the project Inclusion International funded by the City of Vienna (call nr. 33-02).
ASSIST HEIDI Application SS2024
The course will be offered in the winter semester and summer semester at least until SS2025.
Do you want to apply for the course SS2024?
There is limited capacity of 6 UAS TW students.
Please use the form below and apply until 18.12.2023. We will inform you within 1 week about your approval status.
Do you have questions? Please send us an e-Mail to studyathome@tecnikum-wien.at!