Redesign de um objeto de aprendizagem acessível

Abstract

The digital accessibility consists of a mean to access information for people with any physical or mental disabilities. This article presents a study that aimed to redesign the Virtual Eye learning object. It combines text, image, video and animation to provide users the interaction and comprehension of the screen reader NVDA (Non-Visual Desktop Access). Adults who lost their vision progressively and blind from birth participated in this research. By using the learning object, they answered a questionnaire to assess the improvements, degree of difficulty and interaction. Besides this it analyzed the informants’ major difficulties in using NVDA to define the learning levels to be implemented. The results are intended to offer this tool for students from the Special Needs Support Center from Panambi/RS. That is, it can be applied in a suitable manner to contribute for the learning experience of students with basic knowledge of NVDA use and those who never used this tool. Thus, the application of learning objects with integration of educational technologies contributes for a new form of teaching. This interaction promotes education, giving teachers better contextualization and students a greater possibility of interaction and exploration of themes and tools.