ICT/AT training for people with disabilities

Training People with Disabilities
in:
- Basic ICT Skills;
- ICT-based Assistive Technologies

Supported By E-mentoring

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Recent surveys/research
END-USERS: identified barriers
• Surveys and state of the art
analysis conducted in 2011-2012
• ViPi project
• Understanding the need for
basic ICT skills training
• ATLEC project
• Understanding the need for
basic ICT based AT training
• eMentoring project
• Research on best mentoring
practices around Europe

www.vipi-project.eu / www.atlec-project.eu / www.ementoring.eu

And don’t forget …

(e)Inclusion stops where the
beneficiary cannot understand or
afford (ICT Based) AT solutions.


Reference model for training:
actors and paths

Policy makers

Schools Employers +
self
employment
Vocational
training
centres

AT providers
Carers
Support needed
Support needed


VIPI - VIRTUAL PORTAL FOR
INTERACTION AND ICT
TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH
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DISABILITIES
www.vipi-project.eu
511792-LLP-1-2010-1-GR-KA3-KA3NW

GENERAL INFORMATION
 Start: 01 January 2011
 End: 31 December 2013

 Duration: 36 months

 Target groups:
 People with disabilities (PwD)
 Trainers, VET centres, etc.

 Financial support:
 75% EU Grant from European Commission, Lifelong
learning programme, Key Activity 3 ICT 6


PROJECT CONSORTIUM
 Nottingham Trent
University (United Kingdom)
– project contractor
 PhoenixKM BVBA (Belgium)
– project coordinator
 Hypertech S.A. Informatics &
New Technologies (Greece)
 Steficon SA (Greece)
 VŠĮ HITECO – High
Technologies for Cooperation
(Lithuania)
 G.M Eurocy Innovations Ltd
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(Cyprus)


THE STORY
 An estimated 45 million people in Europe have a long-
standing health problem or disability (LSHPD)
 16% of men and women aged 16-64 in the EU as a whole
(Source: 2002 EU Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the 2004
EU Statistics on Incomes and Living Conditions)
 Only 33% of these people are not restricted in the
kind or amount of work they could do or their mobility
to and from work
 Figures vary across EU members (10-50%), directly linked
to the level of prosperity and the assistance available
 Of those, 68% are in employment.
 While for the ones restricted, only 28% are in
employment 8


VIPI VISION
 ICT provide alternative and creative solutions for the
employment of PwD
 PwD can benefit enormously from digital competences
 core life and employability skills (see Lisbon Objectives)
 Recent studies (www.accessible-project.eu,
www.aegis-project.eu)
 Main barrier is the lack of specific training support or
material
 ViPi project envisages fulfilling the gap by…
 making available accessible and flexible training,
 designed to be adopted directly by PwD,
 and through centres providing special education and
vocational training. 9


MAIN AIMS
 A “one-stop-shop” interactive portal & learning
environment (online and via Android mobile phone) that
delivers:
 a multilingual platform (English, Dutch, Greek, Lithuanian)
with:
 an embedded social community (for VET centres, PwD, ICT
training centres, etc.);
 accessible (WCAG 2.0) online ICT for learning environment for
PwD, their trainers;
 with an interactive and vast repository of interoperable
SCORM compliant learning objects
 supported by Web 2.0 social services, and Web 3.0 for
semantically enriched content
 Bring together key stakeholders and gatekeepers (VET,
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target groups, umbrella organizations)


EXPECTED RESULTS - PRODUCTS
 State of the art analysis on ICT skills LOs for people
with disabilities;
 Comparative analysis of findings in UK, LT, GR & CY;
 A culturally adapted curriculum on ICT skills, tailored
to individual user’s needs;
 Multilingual training materials in alternative formats;
 Trainer handbook;
 Fully accessible online ViPi platform;
 Serious games for desktop and mobile usage;
 Local training workshops.

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MOBILE GAMES SOON
AVAILABLE!!!!

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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
LEARNING
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THROUGH A UNIFIED
CURRICULUM
www.atlec-project.eu
518229-LLP-1-2011-1-UK-LEONARDO-LMP

GENERAL INFORMATION
 Startdate: 01 January 2012
 Enddate: 31 December 2013


 Target groups:
 People with a disability
 VET centres, ICT training centres, special and inclusive
education, employment centres, HR departments, etc.

 75% EU Subsidy by European Commission, Lifelong
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Learning Programma, Multilateral project


PROJECT CONSORTIUM
 Oak Field School and Sports
College (UK) – project contractor
 PhoenixKM BVBA (Belgium) –
project coordinator
 Αναπηρια Τωρα (Disability Now)
(Greece)
 Associazione Italiana Assistenza
Spastici (A.I.A.S.) Della Provincia
Di Bologna onlus (Italy)
 Greenhat Interactive Ltd (UK)
 University of Athens (Greece)

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ATLEC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
 Promote the development of ICT based AT (Assistive
Technologies) skills among people with disabilities;
 Develop digital skills relevant to the labour market
needs – New Skills for New Jobs.
 Support the development of innovative ICT based
content, services & practice for lifelong learning;
 Support participants in accessing training activities that
will facilitate personal development & employability
in the European labour market;
 Increase participation in lifelong learning by people
of all ages, including those with learning and/or physical
needs.
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IS ATLEC RIGHT FOR YOU?
 The project offers a solution for:
 People with disabilities (learners & potential
trainers) who seek employment or who are
employed but find their career options are limited
by their lack of basic ICT AT skills;
 Trainers of ICT AT at training centres, VET &
special education centres;
 Human Resource (HR) managers in companies
who want to improve their knowledge of ICT AT.

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OUTCOMES:
 To create a specific ICT AT curriculum taking
into account individual needs/different disabilities
(with pilots in UK, BE, GR and IT);
 To deploy an online as well as mobile learning
platform that will enrich the learning experience;
 To make the working environment more
accessible for People with Disabilities by
implementing a novel, contemporary and
benchmarked learning of ICT AT solutions;
 To prepare the necessary steps for qualifying
people with disabilities as ICT AT trainers.
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EUROPEAN MENTORING
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NETWORK FOR DISADVANTAGED
ADULTS
www.ementoring.eu
2011-1-TR1-LEO05-27999

GENERAL INFORMATION
 Startdate: 01 October 2011
 Enddate: 30 September 2013


 Target groups:
 People with a disability
 VET centres, ICT training centres, special and inclusive
education, employment centres, HR departments, etc.

 75% EU Subsidy by European Commission, Lifelong
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Learning Programma, Multilateral project


PROJECT CONSORTIUM
 Istanbul Education Authority
Adults Training Department
(Turkey)
 Zgura-M (Bulgaria)
 PhoenixKM (Belgium)
 Inova Consultancy (United
Kingdom)
 Amitie Srl (Italy)
 Istanbul Anatolia Educators
Association (Turkey)

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E-MENTORING AIMS AND
OBJECTIVES
 To provide self-confidence and training in ICT and
create a mentoring system targeted at physically
disabled adults in order to increase their skills,
 To develop and pilot supporting materials for
physically disabled adults (mentees),
 To develop and pilot training materials for trainers
(mentors),
 To develop widely-available training materials,
accessible free-of-charge through the internet.

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OUTCOMES:
 Training needs analysis
 Research on best practices around Europe

 Training modules for social workers, mentors and
pedagogues.
 Web based training and video/chat mentoring
platform
 Pilot training (training of trainers)

 ICT trainings (mentees)

 Mentoring and coaching activities for people with
disabilities
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FURTHER INFORMATION:
 ViPi
 Official web page: www.vipi-project.eu
 Twitter: Twitter.com/ViPi_project
 Facebook: www.facebook.com/vipiproject
 ATLEC
 Official web page: www.atlec-project.eu
 Twitter: Twitter.com/ATLEC_project
 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ATLECproject
 e-Mentoring
 Official web page: www.ementoring.eu
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 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ementoringproject


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