Atollo Project

ongoing

This project aims to empower learners with disabilities by creating inclusive digital materials. Through a consortium of partners from Croatia, Bulgaria, Austria, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Australia, including an EdTech company, universities, schools for children with SEN, public authorities, and NGO, we will analyse and compare existing programs, develop innovative digital tools and create high-quality digital educational content. We will pilot and test the digital materials and evaluate their implementation and then focus on the improvement of developed digital materials based on the feedback from the learners, teachers and experts. The result of the scientific evaluation of the use of digital materials will be an inclusive digital education toolkit that will contain advice and instructions for everyone who works with it, and uses digital educational materials for children SEN. We will use a user-centred design approach to ensure that the materials are accessible and inclusive for learners with various types of disabilities. This iterative process of improvement will help us create digital materials that are effective and engaging. Furthermore, the project will provide capacity building for teachers to use developed digital materials effectively. The expected results include a cutting-edge set of digital learning materials, capacity building for teachers and an inclusive digital education toolkit for policymakers and education institutions. We will share our findings and outcomes through various channels to reach a wider audience, including policymakers and education institutions, and create awareness about the importance of inclusive digital materials for learners with disabilities. The project will have a direct impact on the involved schools and their learners as well as a broader impact on the underrepresented group of children with disabilities, their educators and wider academic community through research paper derived from this project.