Digital Accessibility in Virtual Learning Environments: a Systematic Review

• Autor(a) principal: dos Santos, Carlos Eduardo Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Ligia Petrolini de, Herrera, Victoria Alejandra Salazar, da Silva, Siony
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EAD em Foco
• Texto Completo: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/1143

Information and Communication Technologies are present in people's daily lives, causing changes in entertainment, professional personal contact, and learning. E-learning courses use these resources through Virtual Learning Environments. In this context, it is essential that this environment has accessibility resources so that people with disabilities can also follow the course. This article aims to 1) To identify the studies that are being carried out with the objective of providing digital accessibility in E-learning courses; 2) To compare the selected studies to verify possible common characteristics between the researches; 3) To present the results of the analysis done, showing the similarities and differences between the researches analyzed. A systematic review was carried out with articles, using as descriptors: "Virtual learning environment", "Accessibility" and "Disability", in which 14 articles were selected. The review found that most of the studies analyzed include people with visual impairments, use Moodle as a Virtual Learning Environment, and it was identified that the W3C and WCAG accessibility guidelines are considered in almost all articles studied. Developing proposals for accessible courses requires a multidisciplinary team, with accessibility planning from its conception. This avoids rework, costs, and expands the accessibility culture. Despite the presented studies, it is observed that accessibility in E-learning courses will still have a long way to go. Keywords: E-learning. Moodle. Inclusion.