Experiencia de creación e dinamización do MOOC Tecnoloxías para a Participación Activa na Diversidade Funcional

Abstract

This chapter presents the experience of creation and dynamization of the MOOC "Technologies for Active Participation in Functional Diversity", developed through Miríadax between January and February 2019, and oriented to the transfer of knowledge to society about the potentialities offered by technology to facilitate the participation and autonomy of people with functional diversity. The course was structured in four central modules, made up of texts, videos, self-assessment tests and other complementary materials with reference information on the subject. For the dynamization of the course, the following were used: mass mailings, forum, weekly challenges and community on Google+. The results exceeded the initial expectations of the teaching team, achieving high levels of participation and satisfaction among the students; more than 250 people successfully completed the training. The voluntary participation in the weekly challenges and in the Google+ community was particularly noteworthy, with more than 80 publications with original materials produced by the students. Thus, in this first experience it was possible to meet the objective of transferring knowledge to society, through a free and interactive tool. The results obtained allow concluding that both the contents approached and the methodologies and materials used were adequate to promote learning and motivation of students.