Institut für Informationssysteme und Computer Medien (IICM)
Doi
Abstract
Academics and professionals agree that, to adapt higher education institutions to the
XXI century, it is imperative to extend the use of ICT as well as the virtualization of many
human-interaction activities. There is therefore a need to move from the use of ICT as support
tools to e-learning instruments based on virtual environments. These environments can be used
for e-inclusion. That is, systems can be used to remove communication and interaction barriers
that people with disabilities may face in the real world. This paper presents a project which
implies the implementation of a virtual interuniversity campus where nine Spanish higher
education institutions took part. To enhance Web accessibility as the usability of the system by
users with disabilities is one of the main project’s objectives. In addition, the paper analyses the
teen-year experience of an e-business course for engineers offered simultaneously by the nine
universities through this platform. The main conclusions of this work can be valuable to higher
education institutions which have implemented or intend to implement a virtual interuniversity
campus