Asistencia tecnológica a la accesibilidad en la Educación Superior Virtual Erasmus Project

Project Title

Asistencia tecnológica a la accesibilidad en la Educación Superior Virtual

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

IThe project arises to alleviate the problem of the application of technological accessibility in Higher Education Institutions (HEI). HEIs in Latin America have limited governance and resources for the implementation of institutional strategies for attention to diversity, particularly disability. One of the actions to be highlighted in the project is that aimed at the training of students from their entry to their job placement.In general EduTech seeks to improve Accessible Virtual Higher Education through the construction of management skills through the establishment of a Technological Accessibility Unit in the HEIs. These units will base their management procedures mainly through an Accessibility Volume, which consists of a compendium of six guides that are part of a framework. Such a framework will be tailored to each of the HEIs according to the needs diagnosis and will generate good implementation practices when carrying out pilot actions. At the end of the project, a set of recommendations and a sustainability plan will be generated that will ensure the continuity of the initiative.The most important results of the project will be the development of accessible open educational resources (OER), accessibility support tools for teachers and students, accessible open courses, contemplating the universal design for learning. As a boost to research, a cooperation network will be created that will allow the exchange of good practices and success stories. The results of the project will be available through a series of publications in congresses and impact journals.In the long term, the results of the project could impact on the educational and occupational insertion of students with disabilities by providing them with adequate training, involving the appropriation of knowledge and social coexistence.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 947996 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA & Country: ES

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA
• TECNOLOGICO NACIONAL DE MEXICO
• HOGSKOLEN I OSTFOLD
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY
• UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA SALESIANA
• UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA