eco european project: inclusive education through accessible moocs

TEEM ’16Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing MulticulturalitySalamanca, November 2016

Spanish National Distance Education University (UNED)Sara Osuna and Sara Tejera

ECO European Project: Inclusive Education through Accessible MOOCs.

Non-accessible web design

MassiveOpenOnlineCourse

Non-accessible web design

MassiveOpenOnlineCourse

ECO Project Goals:

• Inclusiveness• Accessibility

Non-accessible web design

MassiveOpenOnlineCourse

ACESSIBILITY STANDARDS- Higher or lower relevance depending on the MOOC approach:• xMOOC• cMOOC• sMOOC

ECO Project stands up for high quality MOOCs as

An answer to break all barriers. A significant contribution to a

democratization of knowledge. With a non-obligatory nature.

• open accessibility

• open licensing policy

• open entry

• open pedagogy

• anywhere and anytime

Openess

• Through both the platform and external Social Networks.

• The virtual platforms have been designed as a kind of Social Network:

• “likes” • followers• karma• hashtags,• etc.

Transmedia Communication

• Access to the virtual environment where the course is hosted.

• Access to the contents of the course.o Accessible documents.o Accessible web content.o Accessible media.

Accessible MOOCs

sMOOC Step by Step

WEBSITE: https://project.ecolearning.eu

PORTAL: https://ecolearning.eu

FACEBOOK: ECO MOOC Project

TWITTER: @ECOmooc / #JoinECO