Abstract

SCHMITZ, Daniele dos Anjos  and  PAVAO, Ana Cláudia Oliveira. DEMOCRATIZATION OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE BY MEANS OF ACCESSIBILITY IN DIGITAL DOCUMENTS. ETD - Educ. Temat. Digit. [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.4, pp.1117-1137. ISSN 1676-2592.  https://doi.org/10.20396/etd.v20i4.8650361.

The guarantee for the access of persons with disabilities in higher education is provided by law. However, the effective participation of students in different aspects of academic life raises concern, as well as the conclusion of their studies. In order to support this inclusion process, considering the digital accessibility, the objective of this article is to present the results of a research that shows the data of a Federal Institution of Higher Education (IFES) and the development of a manual of guidelines for the creation of accessible digital documents in text editors. For this study, the theoretical framework brings information related to the accessibility and democratization of information and knowledge, as well as guidelines and recommendations for accessibility. The methodological approach involved applied research, with a qualitative, descriptive and case study type of the research context. The results pointed out that the manual is a way to contribute with the university's servers in the process of creating accessible digital documents, thus achieving the objectives of the research.

Keywords : Democratization; Accessibility; Access to information.

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