TIFLOUTM virtual platform for E-learning based on Typhlology tools for students with visual disabilities at the Technical University of Manabí

Abstract

The virtual learning platform “Tiflo-UTM” is a pioneer tool in Ecuador for quality education for students with visual disabilities, whose purpose is to provide information technology easier, more comfortable and accessible, in which teachers who have With students in these conditions they can add content of the established teaching curricula and allow everyone to follow a linear process of free learning of time and space constraints typical of classroom teaching. Currently in the regulations of Ecuador universal education is promoted following the guidelines established in the National Plan A Lifetime, which has progressively progressed, but in terms of providing tools for people with visual disabilities there is still a deficit and as a result of this need arises the need to implement Tiflo-UTM. Through surveys and interviews of the staff of the Department of Inclusion, teachers and students of the Technical University of Manabí, the need for an accessible e-learning platform and the importance of being part of social and technological change through inclusive culture was confirmed.