Visualizar para incluir: del análisis de datos abiertos hacia el diseño de un prototipo móvil para la inclusión en entornos académicos en la universidad nacional de Colombia.

Abstract

Barriers to access and retention for persons with disabilities in higher education often remain invisible within academic environments. The availability of open data strengthens the university context by making problems visible, supporting informed decision-making, and fostering a culture oriented toward inclusion, with communication positioned as an agent of social transformation supported by emerging technologies to generate creative social solutions. Within this framework, the chapter analyzed microdata on undergraduate applicants and admitted students at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia across all campuses nationwide between 2019 and 2024, with the aim of informing the design of a mobile application prototype as an inclusive technological solution. The analysis made it possible to describe the dynamics of the admissions process, estimate the participation of applicants with disabilities, and compare admission gaps between populations with and without disabilities. It also characterized the phenomenon through disaggregation by type of disability, gender, socioeconomic stratum, differentiated admission pathways, and territorial distribution. The findings revealed concentrations and inequalities that informed design criteria aligned with Universal Design for Learning (UDL), focusing on accessibility, digital and multimodal communication, support for admission and retention, and sustainable use in contexts of vulnerability, with the purpose of guiding the development of a mobile application prototype as an inclusive technological solution.