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Strategies for improving the level of accessibility in the design of MOOC-based learning services

Year: 2016

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Access to MOOC platforms has barriers: there is a lack of accessibility to educational resources, communications tools and even the personalisation of user interfaces. Added to this are difficulties such as the need to develop specific digital or even social skills for those students with functional diversity. Therefore, a vision of the different strategies in relation to the achievement of accessibility (from the content to user preferences) is presented in this work; strategies which must be tackled with the aim of achieving a better level of accessibility during the design of new learning services based on MOOCs.

Source: International Symposium on Computers in Education

DOI: 10.1109/siie.2016.7751841

Authors: Francisco Iniesto, Covadonga Rodrigo

Institutions: The Open University, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Language: English

Topic: Digital Accessibility for Disabilities

Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Leverhulme Trust, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia