Integrating Special Needs Individuals into Digital-Holistic Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Integrating Special Needs Individuals into Digital-Holistic Education

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Access for disadvantaged; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

As of 2019, Covid -19 epidemic, spreading all over the world, affected every sector, especially education. In general, special education students were seriously harmed as education moved towards digital field. However, in this process, the issue of education for the special education students , who are disadvantageous in using these communication tools, has not been on the agenda. Distance education contents were made available to students in need of special education by countries and they were requested to be used.

Special education differs from general education in terms of content. Today, there are 5-10% students with learning disabilities in the world. (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia etc.) Serious improvements have been achieved with inclusive education attack. (UNICEF work)
Due to the importance of inclusive education, not all academic education provided in general education is within the scope of special education. The developmental and spontaneous characteristics of an individual not having any disabilities can be gained through a structured and systematic education process. Content of the special education program is determined according to the needs of the individual. In this framework, it is aimed to improve daily life routines of individual with appropriate training program. In short, these individuals are tried to be prepared for life according to their interests and abilities by using special methods and tools. However, in this sense, existing materials are expected to be digital. Our project will meet this need by bringing universities, schools and institutions working in digital education field together.

Our project named “Integrating Special Needs Individuals into Digital-Holistic Education” is an innovative work that focuses on the inclusion of social, daily care-self-care skills of students with learning difficulties in the digital age.It aims to adapt special education academics and families to innovative practices, improving the potential of teaching profession. Partners:
IES Javier García Téllez, Spain
Asociación de Graduados e Ingenieros Técnicos de Telecomunicación,Spain
Gumushacikoy Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Turkey
UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI, Romania
Osnovna skola Vrgorac, Croatia
Instituto de Educação CIC, Portugal
Amasya University, Turkey
Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Lodzi, Poland.

Methodology:
Our project focuses entirely on digital education methods. The methods to be used are:
*E-Learning
*Digital Age
*Mobile learning
*Learning from digital educational resources
*Digismart Learning.

Our Project Goals:
*To establish a link between special education and higher education,
*To present a useful MODULE to special education teachers,
*To strengthen cooperation with NGOs in this field with highly useful materials,
*To ensure that students with learning difficulties gain relevant Social, Self Care and Daily Care,
*To have free and accessible licensed content in the virtual space,
*Developing the digital skills of institutions and making this special education,
*To ensure that students with learning difficulties, their families and teachers / academicians working in this field think from an EU perspective,
*Developing POLICY EXHIBITIONS for special education.

TARGET GROUPS:
*Special education students (mild-moderate learning disabilities)
*Special education teachers, guidance counselors
*Special education academics
*Parents of students
*School/University administrations,
*Relevant NGOs
*Public institutions we are affiliated with

ACTIVITIES:
*4 TPMs
*4 LTTs
*3 IOs
*2 MEs

OUTPUTS:
“Integrating Special Needs Individuals into Digital-Holistic Education” project has 3 outputs that will enable us to reach the target.
1. DIGITAL INCLUSIVE / SOCIAL EDUCATION MODULE (For teachers and academicians)
2.THE WHOLE CONTENT OF DIGITAL EDUCATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (MOBIL APP) (For students and families with learning difficulties)
3.E-LEARNING PLATFORM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION (WEB PLATFORM) (For teachers / academics, students and families)

IMPACT:
1.Digitalization in special education for teachers,
2.To be much more scientific and timid in this field among academics,
3.Reducing the impact of students’ barriers on life, digitalization,
4.Paying more attention to their children in families,
5.Increasing the EU phenomenon in partners and internationalization,
6 Policy change in the digital field,

At the end of the project, more than 100 participants will participate in project activities and more than 200 participants will participate in multiplier events. Over 175 special education teachers and 400 special students will benefit from the project activities and events. At the end of the project, it is among our goals to reach approximately 4000 – 5000 beneficiaries from stakeholders in partner countries through dissemination activities.
In the long run, our project is to use digital learning much more in EU-wide special education and to make it an education policy.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 221035 Eur

Project Coordinator

IES Javier García Téllez & Country: ES

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI
• Gumushacikoy Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi
• Osnovna skola Vrgorac
• Instituto de Educação CIC
• Amasya Universitesi
• Asociación de Graduados e Ingenieros Técnicos de Telecomunicación de Extremadura
• Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Lodzi