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A good practice for making training accessible to university faculty members through ICTs: syllabus planning support training

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This study focuses on a case study developed at a higher education institution, which comprises developing a new virtual teaching unit (VTU) aimed at supporting classroom teaching based on usability and accessibility criteria to help increase teaching quality by improving syllabus design. This study seeks to determine the impact of this new VTU on transfer and to assess the quality of its intervention without disregarding project sustainability by selecting the information and communication technologies that were used. After contextualizing and briefly introducing the primary variables of the project, this study describes how good practices have been developed as well as presents the corresponding results and the conclusions. The overall assessment reveals highly satisfactory results, both in terms of impact and intervention, regarding usability, accessibility, transfer, and sustainability.

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  1. EHEA is the European Higher Education Area.

  2. Funded by the European Commission under the SOCRATES Program, the Tuning project was launched in 2000 and was led by the University of Deusto (Spain) and the University of Gröningen (The Netherlands).

  3. MFUD is the Spanish acronym for teacher education model used at the University of Deusto.

  4. MAUD is the Spanish acronym for teaching–learning model used at the University of Deusto.

  5. ANECA (As per its acronym in Spanish, the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation) is the body responsible for assessing, certifying, and accrediting activities performed within the Spanish university system to guarantee continuous improvement and adherence to EHEA. Established in 2001, it is currently an Autonomous Body of the General Country Administration, attached to the Ministry that oversees Spanish universities.

  6. ALUD is the acronym of the Online Learning platform used at UD.

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The project described herein would not have been possible without the valuable support provided by the University of Deusto through the IX Convening for Teaching Innovation Projects.

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  1. Information, Electronics and Communications Technologies Department, School of Engineering, The University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

    Susana Romero Yesa

  2. Private Law Department, School of Law, The University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

    Marian Aláez-Martínez

  3. Social Work and Sociology Department, School of Social and Human Sciences, The University of Deusto, San Sebastián, Spain

    Ane Ferran Zubillaga

  4. Educational Innovation and Organization Department, School of Psychology and Education, The University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

    Ana García-Olalla

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The application related to the project entitled A Good Practice for Making Training Accessible to University Faculty Members through ICTs: Syllabus Planning Support Training, submitted by Marian Aláez Martínez, was assessed by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Deusto. As documented in the record of the proceedings of its meeting held on April 16, 2020, the research ethics committee qualifies the project as: FAVOURABLE.

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Romero Yesa, S., Aláez-Martínez, M., Ferran Zubillaga, A. et al. A good practice for making training accessible to university faculty members through ICTs: syllabus planning support training. Univ Access Inf Soc 20, 573–593 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-020-00767-y

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