<b>Inclusion of people with visual impairment in distance education
Abstract
In face of education challenges, social and legal changes considering social inclusion, the objective of this article was to present results obtained in Master degree in Education, which analyzed the process of educational inclusion of visually impaired people in undergraduate distance education courses in Brazil, using communication and information digital technologies and assistive technology. The research analyzed twelve articles from five categories of pre-defined analysis: contributions from Distance education to students with visual impairment; mediation using communication and information digital technology and assistive technology; fragility between distance education and student with visual impairment; challenges in pedagogical practice and also the learning process to achieve educational inclusion. The results show that studies on this topic are recent, but the existing processes says the learning distance contribute with educational inclusion of these students, when provide the access to a quality education and guarantees the student’s right established by law. The main challenges are teacher’s mediation, training, accessibility of learning virtual environments and the control of technologies by teachers and students.
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