ICT Learning Technologies for Disabled People: Recommendations for Good Practice

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015:217:19-26.

Abstract

The use of ICT in education is becoming increasingly important and has potential advantages to disabled learners if the technologies are appropriately designed, including for accessibility and usability, and used. This paper presents the first sets of recommendations for learning technologies for disabled people aimed at disabled learners, teachers, developers and educational institutions respectively. They were developed as part of the work of the Enable Network for ICT Learning for Disabled People and involved input from both experts and end-users. The concise format facilitates production in a variety of formats and languages for accessibility and wide distribution. The paper discusses the recommendations and their relationship to existing guidelines.

MeSH terms

  • Disabled Persons / education*
  • Educational Technology / methods*
  • Educational Technology / standards*
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Internet*
  • Learning
  • User-Computer Interface