Title: INTELED Project - Innovative Training via Embodied Learning and Multi-Sensory Techniques for Inclusive Education
Type of the resource: Project
Funded by: European Commission
Authors:
Type of disability: ALL TYPES
Target education level: General
Language(s): English
Greek
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OER:
Overall objectives of the inclusive learning resource
Inclusive learning intervention logic: (What are the overall broader objectives to which the action will contribute?)
Upgrade Educators training. Train Educators to use an Innovative Methodology for the Embodied Learning and Multi-sensory Techniques for teaching skills in Inclusive Education
Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement: (What are the key indicators related to the overall objectives?)
Sources and means of verification: (What are the sources of information for these indicators?)
Training INTELed aims to support special and general education teachers in acquiring knowledge and skills about the use of multi-sensory technology for learning and assessment, for addressing the needs of SEN children in inclusive education contexts. This will be obtained through an innovative training method, driven by theories of embodied cognition, research on embodied learning, and the premise of multi-sensory technologies.
The method will be accompanied by evidence of its effectiveness through pilot studies in schools at the four partner-countries. The partners will work on presenting the pedagogical framework, the training model and instructional materials, and the procedures for implementation and evaluation.
Risks and Challenges:
Specific purpose of the inclusive learning resource
Inclusive learning intervention logic: (What specific objective is the resource intended to achieve to contribute to the overall objectives?)
The project aims to support special and general education teachers in acquiring knowledge and skills about the use of multi-sensory technology for learning and assessment, for addressing the needs of SEN children in inclusive education contexts.
Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement: (Which indicators clearly show that the objective of the actions/resource has been achieved?)
The educators have completed the training and feel confident to utilize the Embodied Learning Methodology using the Kinect technology
Sources and means of verification: (What are the sources of information that exist or can be collected? What are the methods required to get this information?)
The pedagogical foundations of INTELed stem from the theories of embodiment and their confluence with pedagogical theories of learning, that have resulted in the ideas of embodied learning.
Embodied learning is a contemporary pedagogical theory of learning which emphasizes the use of the body in the educational practice. Put simply, the idea behind the pedagogical theory of embodied learning is that the body plays a significant role in shaping the mind.
Embodied learning as a pedagogical approach is gaining momentum due to the appearance of innovative and affordable interactive technological interfaces that enable new forms of interaction between humans and computers. At the same time, embodied learning has been largely embraced in special and inclusive educational settings, given that the characteristics of technological embodied interfaces fit well with the needs of children in such as motor impairments, Autistic Syndrome Disorder, ADHD, and other mental disabilities.
Risks and Challenges: (Which factors and conditions outside the user's responsibility are necessary to achieve that objective? (external conditions)) Which risks should be taken into consideration?
The Driver4VR utility features a step-by-step guide that walks you through the body calibration. The software must measure your body from several vantage points and positions, including standing and crouching poses in multiple locations within the tracked VR play space to build a model of your body’s movements. The user need to understand and follow those instructions also student with wheelchairs or physical disabilities might have difficulties with this procedure.
Expected results on implementation of the resource
Inclusive learning intervention logic: (The results are the outputs envisaged to upscale. What are the expected results?)
Teachers will undergo to 4 different stages: 1) Teachers as learners, 2) Teachers as "Teachers" 3) Teachers as "Innovators", 4) Teachers as "reflective Practitioners" Stage
Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement: (What are the indicators to measure whether and to what extent the action/resource achieves the expected results?)
Sources and means of verification: (What are the available sources of information for these indicators?)
Risks and Challenges: (What external conditions must be met to obtain the expected results on schedule?)
Activities
Inclusive learning intervention logic: (What are the key activities to be carried out and in what sequence in order to reach the expected results?)
1) Teachers as learners: this stage includes teachers’ familiarization with the notion of embodied cognition through the use of interactive and multi-sensory techniques. Stage 2)Teachers as "Teachers", teachers are introduced to INTELed educational resources.Stage 3)Teachers as "Innovators",This is the stage where teachers’ pilots take place in schools. During this stage, teachers will be asked to enact the INTELed educational resources in their classroom settings and Stage 4) Teachers will act as "reflective Practitioners" During this stage teachers will be invited to reflect on their pilots as well as to share their experiences with their colleagues.
Objectively verifiable indicators of achievement: (What are the means required to implement these activities, e.g. personnel, equipment, training, studies, supplies, operational facilities, etc.)
Kinect Camera
Educational resources for Kinect
Sources and means of verification: (What are the sources of information about action progress?)
Costs:
Kinect camera
Educational resources for Kinect (depends on the chosen resource)
Risks and Challenges: (What pre-conditions are required before the use of the resource starts? What conditions outside the user's direct control have to be met for the implementation of the planned activities?)
The pre-conditions required is the teacher to have the completed the training
To have a Kinect and know how to use it
Choose Educational Resources according to class needs
Some resources might be free but others need to be bought
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URL: https://www.inteled.org/
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