Implementation of Accessibility Standards in the Process of Course Design in Virtual Learning Environments

This article presents a case study for the project “E-Inclusion to people with disabilities. Implementation of accessibility standards in the process of course design in virtual learning environments”, the objective of the project is to develop an innovative on-line educational program through pilot course experimentation, introducing key competences in the field of digital literacy through Internet. The project seeks to implement various guidelines and recommendations in an Open Source e-Learning system to develop and document a methodology to produce multimedia/interactive content following the main accessibility standards, improving the process of course design in virtual learning environments and complementing actual Instructional Design methodologies. This article is a work in progress document, presenting the motivation and justification of the project, general information, goals and first results. Finally some conclusions and future work activities are presented, including the main activities within the European project ALFA III – ESVI-AL.