Accessible lifelong learning at higher education: Outcomes and lessons learned at two different pilot sites in the EU4ALL project

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-85

  Boticario, Jesus G ^a   Rodriguez Ascaso, Alejandro ^a   Santos, Olga C ^a   Raffenne, Emmanuelle ^a   Montandon, Lydia ^b   Roldán, David ^c   Buendía, Félix ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Global Innovation and Business Strategy   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive learning; Educational standards; Learning objects; Metadata and learning; Service oriented architecture; User modelling; User centred design; Web accessibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857860645     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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