The project “ Digital Storytelling for up-skilling and empowerment of learners with intellectual disabilities”

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
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Challenge or social need:

The project deals with an educational challenge to promote the full inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

Description:

Projenin amacı, zihinsel engellilerle çalışan öğretmenler/kolaylaştırıcılar için yenilikçi, güçlendirici ve eğlenceli bir araç sunmak amacıyla zihinsel engelli bireylere uyarlanmış yenilikçi bir öğrenme yaklaşımı - dijital hikaye anlatımı geliştirmektir.

Projeye özel hedefler:

  • Zihinsel engellilerle çalışan kolaylaştırıcıları/öğretmenleri, zihinsel engellilere uyarlanmış dijital hikaye anlatımı yöntemini kullanmaları için eğitmek ve böylece ID'li (zihinsel engelli) kişilerin farklı yaşam becerileri edinmelerini artırmak: okuryazarlık, dijital beceriler, sosyal beceriler vb.
  • Zihinsel engellilerin topluma tam olarak katılabilmeleri ve işgücü piyasasındaki geçişleri başarıyla yönetebilmeleri için eğitim fırsatlarını artırmak
  • Zihinsel engelli bireylerin temel becerilerini (okuryazarlık ve dijital beceriler) geliştirmek, topluma katılımlarını sağlamak ve böylece sosyal içermelerini artırmak
  • 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.