Democratizing Higher Education: The Use of Educational Technologies to Promote the Academic Success of University Students with Disabilities

Maria de las Nieves Sanchez-Diaz () and Beatriz Morgado
Additional contact information
Maria de las Nieves Sanchez-Diaz: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville, 41018 Seville, Spain
Beatriz Morgado: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville, 41018 Seville, Spain

Societies, 2023, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: The rise of information and communication technologies has not gone unnoticed in the university context. An increasing number of university faculty members are using technological resources in their teaching. However, the success of technologies in the teaching and learning process depends on the way they are used. This article analyses the actions of university faculty members who engage in inclusive teaching practices using educational technologies in their classrooms. A qualitative approach was followed using the biographical narrative method. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured individual interviews with 42 inclusive faculty members from 6 Spanish public universities. The results obtained reveal the technological resources used by these faculty members in their classrooms, the main uses they make of virtual learning platforms, as well as the actions that the faculty members implement to facilitate access and participation of students with disabilities through the use of technologies. These results allow us to detect some of the faculty’s training needs related to the use of educational technologies and offer practical keys that contribute to guaranteeing inclusive and quality learning for all students.

Keywords: inclusive pedagogy; higher education; educational technologies; accessibility; participation; faculty members (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/13/3/57/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/13/3/57/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:13:y:2023:i:3:p:57-:d:1085297

Access Statistics for this article

Societies is currently edited by Ms. Farrah Sun

More articles in Societies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().