Publicação
As TIC na capacitação de docentes da Universidade do Porto para a acessibilidade e inclusão
| Resumo: | Universities face today new challenges as they have to deal with an increasing number of disabled students attending their curricula. In Portugal, Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are still not prepared, as teaching and non-teaching staff face serious difficulties interpreting accessibility guidelines, a deficit of experience and training in this area, and are not aware of the importance of their actions for the promotion of conditions required for inclusion. This paper presents the findings of the first national initiative at a Portuguese HEI, based entirely on ICT, to help implement an inclusive curriculum. We developed an online course on accessibility and inclusion and we observed that technical and teaching staff reveal a great deal of difficulties working with disabled students, but also their will to learn how to adapt their curricula and work methods to this new reality. In conclusion, new courses and workshops on these subjects will have to be developed at the University of Oporto in order to reach a more diverse audience and thus contribute towards building a barrier-free community where all students can feel included. |
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| Autores principais: | Regadas, Nuno |
| Outros Autores: | Ribeiro, Alice |
| Assunto: | Universidade Inclusiva Acessibilidade e-learning TIC Universidad Inclusiva Accesibilidad e-learning TIC Inclusive University Accessibility e-learning ICT |
| Ano: | 2011 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Indagatio Didactica |
| Resumo: | Universities face today new challenges as they have to deal with an increasing number of disabled students attending their curricula. In Portugal, Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are still not prepared, as teaching and non-teaching staff face serious difficulties interpreting accessibility guidelines, a deficit of experience and training in this area, and are not aware of the importance of their actions for the promotion of conditions required for inclusion. This paper presents the findings of the first national initiative at a Portuguese HEI, based entirely on ICT, to help implement an inclusive curriculum. We developed an online course on accessibility and inclusion and we observed that technical and teaching staff reveal a great deal of difficulties working with disabled students, but also their will to learn how to adapt their curricula and work methods to this new reality. In conclusion, new courses and workshops on these subjects will have to be developed at the University of Oporto in order to reach a more diverse audience and thus contribute towards building a barrier-free community where all students can feel included. |
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