Information and Universal Design in Online Courses

摘要

This paper aims to identify how the interface design of a Massive Open Online Course can incorporate the seven Principles of Universal Design. In order to do that, this paper begins with a literature review on Universal Design and interface design. This review is followed by a review on the WCAG 2.0 and a verification instrument is designed. The verification is then performed on a Coursera Course and aims to identify how the seven Principles of Universal Design are applied in this environment. The results suggest that the Coursera platform is a good example of Universal Design because the guidelines were followed. Therefore, Universal Design is a challenge that is possible to be implemented.