Objectives
- To define disabled student needs in both higher education and VET sectors
- To promote diversity within the educational environment and create social bonds between persons with and without disabilities
- To develop and field-test an innovative, flexible, Massive Open Online Course for higher education lecturers and VET trainers
- To validate the acquired expertise through certification that will be based on the ECVET principles, thus facilitating its use across Europe
- To generate genuine and sustainable improvements in the education and training system and policies
Activities
- Developing collaborative teaching and learning pedagogies. These will be used in two respects:
- the ALdia training methodology and practice will be using all the collaborative learning techniques available for distance learning
- the accessible learning design that will be taught by the ALdia training will incorporate, where appropriate, collaborative teaching techniques
- Creating synergies and encourage cooperation between education providers at all levels, in order to have a multiplier effect in Europe and beyond
- Providing evidence for policy-making that supports the development of learning environments that foster equity and inclusion
Results
- Innovative, comprehensive and sustainable framework that will promote the equal access of disabled students and trainees to University education and vocational training
- Flexible, massive open online course (MOOC) for higher education and VET education professionals
- ALdia training methodology and practice
Partners
- Coordinator: Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
- University of Piraeus Research Center (Greece)
- Fondo Formacion Euskadi SLL – (Spain)
- Four Elements (Greece)
