Hi my name is Rosa Tejerina and I coordinate the group to promote the dissemination of the standard
UNE 71362 quality of digital educational materials.
We are living a huge digital transformation that also affects education.
The weight of virtual teaching, or the one that combines virtual and face-to-face, is increasing
both in compulsory education, as in vocational training or in the university.
The same happens in the workplace, the accelerated changes are forcing people to
to continue their training throughout their working life in most professions.
There are also more and more people who continue their training after retirement.
Among the recipients of digital educational resources are people with vision difficulties,
of hearing, manual dexterity or the need for clear language.
This may be due to age or because of some type of permanent or temporary disability.
It is important to take into account these circumstances when designing a digital educational material,
and also keep in mind that this digital educational material can be used in a noisy environment,
in a bright environment or in an environment with little light.
Even if you have a mobile, tablet, computer or other device that is accessible
if the digital educational material is not designed to take advantage of the accessibility features
that already has this device as standard, it will be useless.
That is to say, in addition to having accessible devices
It is necessary that the digital educational material is designed to be accessible.
Accessible digital educational material
It benefits people who have some kind of disability and also to everybody.
Some example so you can understand what I mean
for example if you apply enough contrast between the background and the text
not only will you be able to see better the digital educational resource,
that is to say, in this case the text, a person with vision difficulties,
but you will be able to read much better the aforesaid resource
if you find yourself in a bright environment or with poor visibility.
Another example, if a digital educational material is subtitled,
it will be able to be used by a person who does not hear, a person with hearing difficulties
but also those people not familiar with the language will help them to understand it
and besides, anyone will be able to use it in a noisy environment where listening is very difficult.
With the implementation of this standard it is guaranteed that a digital educational material is of good quality if it fulfills
didactic technology and accessibility criteria.
This standard is the first one that considers the accessibility criteria of digital educational materials,
in addition to being a mandatory requirement,
they are a guarantee of their didactic and technological effectiveness.
We also support the dissemination of this standard to accelerate its use
and thus to be able to count on enough different entities of the educational environment
committed to the quality of digital educational resources.
In this way we will enter a virtuous circle, where the quality of the digital educational materials will come out winning.
With this standard we want to achieve
that the only barrier for not using digital educational material
will be the knowledge you need to assimilate its content
and not barriers caused by being designed without taking into account
didactic or accessibility technology criteria.
I encourage you to use it and if you are a teacher or student in this standard you have examples adapted for you.
Go ahead and encourage yourself to use it.