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HANDBOOKMETHODOLOGIES

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

2020-1-PT01-KA203-078338

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MEMBERS

PROFESSORS

Maria Potes Barbas | Helena Luís

FRONT WINNERS MEMBERS

Maria Potes Barbas | Maria Evgeniou | Stephanie Kirwan | Irena Kovacs | Suzana Monteiro Leonardi

STUDENTS

Afonso Seixas | Diogo Raimundo | David Torrezão | Gonçalo Gomes | Renata Pintor | Rui de Sá | Rui Serrão | Tiago Raimundo

LAYOUT

Renata Pintor | David Torrezão

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PART I

PRACTICAL GUIDELINES ON OPEN EDUCATION

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PRACTICAL GUIDELINES ON OPEN EDUCATION

CONTENTS

WHAT IS OPEN EDUCATION;

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GENERAL GUIDELINES;

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PART II

DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING IDD PEOPLE RESOURCES

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FONTS FOR DYSLEXIA;

CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES;

ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION TOOL;

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DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING IDD PEOPLE RESOURCES

CONTENTS

COLOR ORACLE - FOR THE COLOR IMPAIRED;

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FONTS FOR DYSLEXIA

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FONT FOR

DYSLEXIA

Opendyslexic is a typeface designed against some common symptoms of dyslexia.

dyslexic is free to use: the newest version of opendyslexic now uses the sil-ofl license, giving you freedom to use it for personal use, business use, education, commercial, books, ebook readers, applications, websites, and any other project or purpose you need.

https://opendyslexic.org/

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HOW TO USE OPENDYSLEXIC

  1. Head to

https://opendyslexic.org/

  1. Click “Download Now” button

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HOW TO USE OPENDYSLEXIC

You will be redirected to this page.

To download, you need to insert

a price. In this case put a 0 (zero)

and press “Eu quero isso!”

black button to download it for free.

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Next, you need to write your email address.

After you write it, press “Obter” button.

You can also send it as a gift to a friend

by writing their email address.

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You will receive an email to

open the download page.

To open the download page,

press “Ver conteúdo” button.

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After, you will be redirected

to the download page.

Press the “Download” button.

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You will download a winrar file.

Select all the files inside

and open them.

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HOW TO USE OPENDYSLEXIC

This window will open.

Press the “Instalar” button

to install the typeface.

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COLOR ORACLE - FOR THE COLOR IMPAIRED

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COLOR ORACLE

Color oracle is a free color blindness simulator for windows, mac and linux. it takes the guesswork out of designing for color blindness by showing you in real time what people with common color vision impairments will see.

Color oracle applies a full screen color filter to art you are designing, independently of the software in use. eight percent of all males are affected by color vision impairment – make sure that your graphical work is readable by the widest possible audience.

https://colororacle.org/

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HOW TO USE COLOR ORACLE

  1. Head to

https://colororacle.org/

  1. Click the “Windows” button

below Download.

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HOW TO USE COLOR ORACLE

After clicking the “Windows”

button,you will download

a winrar file.

Open the application inside.

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HOW TO USE COLOR ORACLE

To use this application you will

need to install a software called “Java”.

To install that head over to

https://www.java.com

Press

Concordar e Iniciar Download Gratuito

red button to initiate the download.

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HOW TO USE COLOR ORACLE

Once you install the application,

head over to the corner of your

screen and select the arrow.

Right click the application icon.

There you will be able to choose

which type of color blindness.

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Once you choose a type,

your screen will change its color.

It will remain that way and it will

go back to normal once you

move your mouse.

To change the color again,

redo the process.

This is an idle application,

which means it will always open

when you turn on your computer.

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CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES

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PRACTICES

TEXT

FORMATS

Fonts: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica;

Bigger gap between sentences (e.g. 1,5 lines or double);

Bigger font size;

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PRACTICES

TEXT AND

PICTURES

Use words with pictures;

Put the text next to the picture (up and down), not into the picture;

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PRACTICES

CONTENT

PRESENTATION

Talk directly to the student;

Reinforce speech with facial expressions, signs and gestures;

Rephrase or repeat words that may not have been understood;

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WEB CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES

Web content accessibility guidelines (wcag) is developed through the [w3c process] (https://www.w3.org/wai/standards-guidelines/w3c-process/) in cooperation with individuals and organizations around the world, with a goal of providing a single shared standard for web content accessibility that meets the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments internationally.

the wcag documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. web “content” generally refers to the information in a web page or web application.

https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

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DIGITAL CONTENT PLATFORM

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ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION TOOL

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ACCESSIBILITY

EVALUATION TOOL

WAVE is a suite of evaluation tools that helps authors make their web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities. wave can identify many accessibilities and web content accessibility guideline (wcag) errors, but also facilitates human evaluation of web content. our philosophy is to focus on issues that we know impact end users, facilitate human evaluation, and to educate about web accessibility.

https://wave.webaim.org/

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HOW TO USE WAVE

  1. Head to

https://wave.webaim.org/

  1. Choose your website

address and click the arrow

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HOW TO USE WAVE

After clicking the arrow,

Wave will show you the errors

of accessibility that your

website currently has.

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In the left side of the screen, you will have

the summary report of your website.

This is where you can see all the errors,

contrast issues, alerts and features of your website.

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Here you can see the specific errors and

features you have in your website.

If you click on it, it will show the error in

your website page.

The reference tab will show you what type of errors your website has.

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The structure section will show you how your website is built in code.

The contrast tab will demonstrate you text’s colors and it’s background will pass or fail.

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PART IIl

PROJECTS HELPING

IDD PEOPLE

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COMMUNICATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE;

DIGITAL LITERACY FOR THE LABOUR MARKET, BUSINESS ORGANIZATION;

TIPS & TRICKS IN MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION;

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PROJECTS HELPING IDD PEOPLE

CONTENTS

DIGITAL LITERACY FOR THE LABOUR MARKET, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATION;

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COMMUNICATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE

Communication can be seen as the giving and receiving of information. Effective communication involves a number of important and intersecting skills. Some individuals with special needs may struggle to communicate  because they experience difficulties remembering and learning from previous experiences, maintaining the topic of discussion, easily shifting and modulating reactions to peers, attending to the visual information presented during social discourse, and interpreting the nonverbal cues and body language.  

Source: https://do2learn.com/SocialSkills/CommunicationSkills/index.htm

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What is customer service?

Customer service is the support offered to customers (both before and after they buy and use products or services) that helps them to have an easy, enjoyable experience with the brand. But customer service is more than solving a customer’s problems and closing tickets.

Today, customer service means delivering proactive and immediate support to customers anytime on the channel of their choice — phone, email, text, chat, and more.

Source: https://www.salesforce.com/resources/articles/what-is-customer-service/

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COMMUNICATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE

To improve the students’ communication and customers service skills, it is necessary to plan, develop and implement activities aimed at:

Tone of voice and volume control

  • to help individuals with communication and social issues learn to modulate their voice volume to an appropriate level

Reciprocal conversation

  • to help individuals with communication and social deficits to understand the back and forth nature that is the basis of a reciprocal conversation

Source: https://do2learn.com/SocialSkills/CommunicationSkills/index.htm

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Responding to questions

  • to give students with social and communication issues an understanding of why someone would ask them a question and why they should respond

Staying on topic

  • to help individuals with communication issues understand why they should stay on topic when having a conversation

Appropriate conversation topics

  • to help students understand the boundaries of their conversational behaviour with different classifications of people

Source: https://do2learn.com/SocialSkills/CommunicationSkills/index.htm

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You can access existing activities and resources as examples on: https://do2learn.com/SocialSkills/CommunicationSkills/index.htm

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DIGITAL LITERACY FOR THE LABOUR MARKET

Applying “inclusion” in a real context and effectively, specifically, social and digital inclusion for students with intellectual difficulties, is a real challenge, because in addition to forcing a paradigm shift in the context where the experience is inserted, it adds a sense of responsibility and adaptability in the institutions and human resources that perform their profession in them.

Creating digital literacy trainings, it is necessary to ensure that the training model is fully adapted to the social, pedagogical and emotional needs of each student, and it is essential to situate and understand the importance of two agents involved in this process: 1. families, who are the starting point for the motivation of this target audience and 2. volunteers, who are from stakeholders, technicians to trainers and other students.

Source: DIGITAL LITERACY FOR THE LABOUR MARKET: INCLUSIVE TRAINING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, https://repositorio.ipsantarem.pt/bitstream/10400.15/3093/1/85190_Digital%20Literacy%20for%20the%20Labour%20Market_Inclusive%20training%20in%20HEI.pdf

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DIGITAL LITERACY FOR THE LABOUR MARKET

The Digital Literacy for the Labour Market Training that begun in October 2018, at the ESE of IPSantarém, as a pioneering course in Portugal was inspired by a model with 12 years of experience at the Autonomous University of Madrid, in Spain, a model that does not confer a degree aimed at young people with Intellectual and Developmental Difficulty (DID). The offer created in Portugal shares the same type of structure in terms of the study plan.

The Digital Literacy training for the Labour Market, during the academic years 2018-19 / 2019-20 achieved a set of relevant results in terms of raising awareness of the need for the integration of this population in higher education institutions, within reach of a set of positive effects on young people who attend it, be it effects on their performance, either in the way they relate, in their self-esteem or even in their autonomy as adult citizens.

For more information about this project and an example of good practice visit:

https://repositorio.ipsantarem.pt/bitstream/10400.15/3093/1/85190_Digital%20Literacy%20for%20the%20Labour%20Market_Inclusive%20training%20in%20HEI.pdf

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY

Digi-ID is a pan-European partnership that addresses the challenge of digital inclusion and digital literacy among people with intellectual disabilities. Digi-ID is an EIT Health funded multidisciplinary project involving partners from Ireland, France, Sweden, and The Netherlands who are experts in education, health, and technology.

The project is developing an innovative digital skills education programme, delivered via an accessible solution/app, using an inclusive co-creation process with approximately 250 adults with intellectual disability, supporters, professionals and families/carers.

The goal of the Digi-ID team is to empower people with intellectual disability with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and social inclusion needs digitally, to ensure they are not left behind in our digital age.

Source: November TCAID: In Focus - Digi-ID – Accessible Digital Skills Education: https://www.tcd.ie/tcaid/tcaidinfocus/NovemberInFocus.php

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY

You can find more information about this very interesting project in the following video:

Digi-ID: https://vimeo.com/user154260823?embedded=true&source=owner_portrait&owner=154260823

Source: November TCAID: In Focus - Digi-ID – Accessible Digital Skills Education: https://www.tcd.ie/tcaid/tcaidinfocus/NovemberInFocus.php

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What is Business Communication & Why Do we Need It?

Business communication is the process of sharing information between people within and outside a company. Effective business communication is how employees and management interact to reach organisational goals. Its purpose is to improve organisational practices and reduce errors.

Source: What is Business Communication & Why Do You Need It? - https://www.nextiva.com/blog/what-is-business-communication.html

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BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

The importance of business communication also lies in:

  • Presenting options/new business ideas
  • Making plans and proposals
  • Executing decisions
  • Reaching agreements
  • Sending and fulfilling orders
  • Successful selling
  • Effective meetings

Source: What is Business Communication & Why Do You Need It? - https://www.nextiva.com/blog/what-is-business-communication.html

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Types of Business Communication

  • Internal
  • External

Methods of Business Communication

  • When business communication actually happens, it’s either verbal or written.
  • Furthermore, communication takes place either in person/face-to-face or remotely.

Neither of these are better or worse for a company on their own and entirely depend on the context.

Source: What is Business Communication & Why Do You Need It? - https://www.nextiva.com/blog/what-is-business-communication.html

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  • First impressions are one of the very important integral parts of Business Communication, for more information please watch the following video:

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BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

For further information and best practices on Business Communication watch the following video:

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BUSINESS ORGANISATION

What is Business Organisation?

The term business organisation describes how businesses are structured and how their structure helps them meet their goals. In general, businesses are designed to focus on either generating profit or improving society. When a business focuses on generating profits, it is known as a for-profit organization. When an organisation focuses on improving the social good through the arts, education, health care, or some other area, it is known as a nonprofit (or not-for-profit) organisation and is not typically referred to as a business.

Source: Business Organization - What It Means: https://www.encyclopedia.com/finance/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/business-organization

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TIPS AND TRICKS IN MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

Using multimedia contents in education has a significant potential to enhance the accessibility of the learning environments for IDD students.

Multimedia in e-learning offers significant potential in enhancing the learning environment, through helping to widen access to education, enhancing the learning experience and supporting multiple learning styles (Thornhill et al., 2002; Littlejohn, 2003). As availability, capability and affordability of technology (hardware and software) improves, teachers have increased opportunity to create and use multimedia in curriculum design. 

Source: Using multimedia to enhance the accessibility of the learning environment for disabled students: reflections from the Skills for Access project: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687760500479936

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TIPS AND TRICKS IN MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

Things to Remember while creating your multimedia content

  • rehearse/stick to the script
  • do a test recording/know your equipment
  • use a tripod
  • check your audio 
  • titles stay on for as long as you can read them twice
  • don't use crazy effects
  • frame your subject matter
  • keep your focus and be aware of what the camera is picking up
  • ask for help

Source: Multimedia Project Guidelines: Top 10 Things to Remember: https://cnu.libguides.com/c.php?g=23259&p=7084611

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TIPS AND TRICKS IN MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

If you would like to create more visual, practical and up-to-date multimedia learning resources for, or with your students, you should consider a couple of different aspects.

You can find some useful tips and tricks in the following video:

Tips and Tricks for Educational Video Creation