The project “ Digital Storytelling for up-skilling and empowerment of learners with intellectual disabilities”
Location:
Vilnius, Lithuania
Period of implementation:
2018-2021
Field of activity – formal/informal/non-formal:
Non-formal education, ICT, Disabilities – special needs
Funding sources:
Erasmus+ programme
Overall cost/budget:
€245.970
Target group:
- Adults education and nonformal education institutions
- Organizations
- Providers.
Implementing organization/lead organization:
- CENTER ZA IZOBRAZEVANJE IN KULTURO TREBNJE JAVNI ZAVOD (Slovenia) – coordinator
- A.N.F.F.A.S. Onlus di Pordenone (Italy)
- VsI Tarptautinis darbo kontaktu tinklas (Lithuania)
- Keski-Pohjanmaan koulutusyhtymä (Finland)
- Upstream Stories (Denmark)
- ReykjavíkurAkademían ses (Iceland)
Contact info:
- Tel: +386 7 34 82 100
Resources:
- Digital Storytelling Programme (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/project-result-content/04225a93-f394-4ad1-9b17-07bed713891c/IO2_DS_programme_English.pdf
- Manual For Facilitators (https://spark.adobe.com/page/Hp15o5zAk3bBE/)
- Guidelines For People With Intellectual Disabilities (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/project-result-content/a460351c-7c84-4187-91cc-14515c5fc938/manual_ENGLISH_final.pdf)
- Report On Prototyping Phase To Define The Real Needs Of The Two Target Groups (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/project-result-content/2bc31d6d-d007-4183-ad95 81f8cde32717/IO1_Report_on_prototyping_phase_FINAL_ENG.pdf)
Challenge or social need:
The project deals with an educational challenge to promote the full inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.
Description:
Projekto tikslas – sukurti novatorišką mokymosi metodą – skaitmenes istorijas, pritaikytas žmonėms, turintiems intelekto negalią, siekiant pateikti novatorišką, įgalinančią ir įdomią priemonę kiekvienam asmeniui / pagalbininkams, dirbantiems su intelekto negalia. Tai padėtų jiems tobulinti įgūdžius. suprasti ir įgalinti intelekto negalią turinčius asmenis.
Konkretūs projekto tikslai:
- jgūdžių tobulinimo pagalbininkams / mokytojams, kurie dirba su intelekto negalią naudoti skaitmeninio pasakojimo metodas, pritaikytas sutrikusio intelekto ir turinčių Intelektualus negalios) įvairių gyvenimo įgūdžių įgijimas: raštingumas, skaitmeniniai įgūdžiai, socialiniai įgūdžiai ir kt.
- didinti mokymosi galimybes intelektualiai neįgalus, kad galėtų visapusiškai dalyvauti visuomenę ir sėkmingai valdyti perėjimą darbo rinka
- tobulinti proto negalią turinčių žmonių pagrindinius įgūdžius (raštingumą ir skaitmeninius įgūdžius), sudaryti sąlygas jiems dalyvauti visuomenės gyvenime ir taip didinti jų socialinę įtrauktį.
- to mainsream and sustain innovative digital strorytellin methodology that explains the practical implementation of the process with practical cases and includes Methodology implementation manual and Simple guideline for people with ID for future use.
Benefits/success factors/ measurement of success:
Project addresses niche target group in Lithuania and partner countries which is often forgotten and moreover project focuses on today’s and relevant skills acquisition that would increase integration of people with disabilities.
Critical points/weaknesses:
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Sustainability characteristics:
Resources are translated in native languages, digitalized and openly accessible to anyone.
Transferability characteristics:
This action do not require extra budget financial resources. Starting from the educational experiment, certain characteristics of the course were identified as worth exploiting in an educational format to evaluate the impact of other future training interventions.
Inclusive characteristics/Innovative elements:
Project gives priority for analysis of target groups needs in ordert to understand current situation, developed accessible resources and guidelines to use it in private and mainstream practices and educational institutions.