Abstract

SANTAROSA, Lucila Maria Costi  and  CONFORTO, Debora. The equity of teacher training in distance education. Educação. Porto Alegre [online]. 2017, vol.40, n.2, pp.240-249. ISSN 1981-2582.  https://doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2017.2.22943.

This article discusses the challenges which people with diverse needs face in the contexts of distance education in order to adjust this method to the contemporary settings of the inclusive technological school. The Teacher Continuing Education Course in Accessible Communication and Information Technology is the corpus of the analysis of this article to debate and explain accessibility and usability in the course program organization and management. By putting theory and practice of inclusion together in the educational processes for Web systems, the strategies for acknowledgment of the human specificities allowed the development of an accessible digital platform. This platform increased the autonomous access and use of the services and resources available for the teachers with diverse needs. The development of an accessible digital platform, customization of teaching materials and curriculum flexibility show the results that consolidation of the essential and electives inclusive actions in the distance education context.

Keywords : Teacher Training; Distance Education; People with Disabilities; Web Accessibility.

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