Using accessible learning objects as a proposal for Genetics Education

Abstract

The use of technology in schools and the use of virtual environments to provide access to high school, technical education, higher education and Continuing Education are presented as an innovative proposal within the possibilities for educators of our country. In this perspective is that there are tools that should be used by students who have any special needs, in which the school must have knowledge and special conditions of pedagogical resources for the development of academic activities, thus contributing to the education Accessibility. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the learning objects available in the international repository of Learning Objects — (LOs) that treat the subject Homologous chromosomes and have accessibility criteria. In addition, it presents an example of Learning Object, created by the multidisciplinary team of the Learning Object Lab — LOA, of Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia do Piaui — IFPI, which provides education with affordability. The research is qualitative and the results show that the object of learning analyzed do not present any of the accessibility criteria.