DIGITAL LIBRARY
SOME ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
1 Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BULGARIA) (BULGARIA)
2 Technical University of Gabrovo (BULGARIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN19 Proceedings
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 10272-10278
ISBN: 978-84-09-12031-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2019.2579
Conference name: 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 1-3 July, 2019
Location: Palma, Spain
Abstract:
The World Wide Web has become an integral part of the everyday life of many people, and this also applies to the world of education. People with special educational needs need to have equal rights and opportunities to use the modern innovative educational technologies. However, people with disabilities in Bulgaria have a number of limitations and barriers to their training and it is intersting to consider some issues are available for educational technologies for people with disabilities .

The article examines some of the problems of acquiring knowledge about people with disabilities in Bulgaria. The most common barriers to disability that are studied make access to training difficult for them or made this training even impossible. Tools and methods for assessing access to educational services have been developed. For research purposes, an online survey and a digital repository have been created. More specifically, the state of web accessibility for people with disabilities and the use of innovative educational technologies at the Technical University of Gabrovo were studied. The collected data has been analyzed and practical recommendations and guidelines for removing barriers to access to training for people with special educational needs have been given.
Keywords:
Education, educational technologies, people with disabilities, accessibility.