Creating accessible digital educational content: learning outcomes in Finland
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This paper presents the learning results obtained in a course called “Creating accessible digital educational content”, and taught in Finland. This course was aimed at teachers conducting virtual training, and its objective was training teachers in how to create digital educational content that any student can use, whether or not they have any kind of physical or sensory disabilities. The course was created collaboratively by university partners of the ESVI-AL project. The results obtained in the first version of the English spoken course are positive. This course is also a good opportunity for teachers from nonSpanish speaking countries.
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