The interactive e-book titled "The Wolf in Love" serves as a digital educational tool designed to support children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and typically developing peers. The primary objective is to provide a multisensory, engaging learning environment that facilitates the acquisition of vocabulary, counting skills, color identification, and reading comprehension. By leveraging interactive technology, the project aims to address the specific sensory processing needs of children with ASD, offering a structured, feedback-oriented experience that promotes school readiness and individual potential.
The development of the e-book is grounded in the "learn unit" methodology, a three-term contingency model involving an antecedent, a behavior, and a consequence. This framework ensures that every interaction—such as identifying objects or answering multi-layered questions—provides immediate reinforcement or corrective guidance. Technically, the application is built using web technologies including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, allowing for cross-platform accessibility. The content features bilingual narration in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian and English, cartoon-style graphics to avoid the "uncanny valley" effect, and adaptive difficulty levels to accommodate diverse learners.
Preliminary testing of the pilot project indicates high levels of engagement and interest among participants. While the current scope is limited to a small-scale technical evaluation, the findings suggest that interactive digital media can effectively supplement traditional teaching strategies. Future development plans include expanding the interactivity of scene objects, improving responsiveness across various screen sizes, and conducting formal assessments to measure the impact of the e-book on specific educational outcomes, such as language acquisition and comprehension, compared to traditional learning methods.
