project for e-accessible education
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Vulnerable groups at risk of exclusion trends & challenges by Magdalena Dimkova-Velevska (Open the Windows, Macedonia)TRANSCRIPT
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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR E-INCLUSION
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Short info about “Open the windows”
Based in Skopje, OtW is a Macedonian non-profit, non-government organization focusing on promoting assistive technology.
service provider
project-based organization
“Giving people with disabilities access to IT, they will be able to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to integrate into their communities and participate in an e-society”
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http://www.dom-iris.si/en/prilagoditve.php?id=3
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Challenges and difficulties in accessing computer or internet
• barriers to providing computer input, • interpreting output, and • reading supporting documentation.
• Hardware and software tools (known as adaptive or assistive technologies) have been developed to provide functional alternatives to these standard operations.
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ASSISTIVE ICT
Software and hardware that is adapted to each user’s needs, regardless of disability.
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Assistive technology in education
Primary school student writes her homework and prepares her projects .
Student having fun and exercises her motor skills by using assistive devices.
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Student prepares lessons for faculty.
Assistive technology in education
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Assistive technology + art + promotion
An artist communicates with her friends and organizes promotions of her work.
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E-inclusion = human right
UN Convention Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities
•Article 9 > …..” To promote access for persons with disabilities to new information and communications technologies and systems, including the Internet”…. •Article 21>…..” Providing information intended for the general public to persons with disabilities in accessible formats and technologies appropriate to different kinds of disabilities in a timely manner and without additional cost”……
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As a service providersAs a service providers
• Offer support and consultancy to beneficiaries;
• Offer support and consultancy to parents, other professionals, teachers, employers, etc.;
• Share experience;
• Promote your work;
• Advocate with relevant institutions;
• Develop resource materials.