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Multimedia Advocacy �
A new way of self expression and communication for people with intellectual disabilities
Gosia Kwiatkowska, Thomas Tröbinger, Karl Bäck
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• Rix Centre/Atempo
• Multimedia Advocacy Approach (MMA)
• W2id project and Klik In Pilot
• Pilot Evaluation and Findings
• Questions and answers
Plan
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• Founded in 2001
• Located in Graz, Austria
• Specialised services for people with Intellectual Disabilities
Atempo
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The Rix Centre • Research Centre and a Charity
• Established in 2004 • Based in the University of East London, School of Arts and Digital Industries, UK
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Difficulty in: - Organising Thinking - Remembering - Communication
Intellectual Disability (ID)?
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Multimedia Advocacy
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• Self-advocacy- individual’s ability to communicate effectively, convey, negotiate or assert one’s own interests, desires, needs, and rights (VanReusen et al., 1994)
Multimedia Advocacy
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- enables people to express themselves
- helps to promote self satisfaction, pride and confidence
- enables people to better understand information
Multimedia Advocacy
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• 2 years EU-project
– lasting until the end of 2012
– funded by European Commission
– ‘W2ID’ means Web 2.0 for people with Intellectual Disabilities
What is W2ID Project?
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England
Belgium
Finland
Portugal
Austria
Latvia
Source: Googlemaps
Partners
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• Support progression of young people into adulthood
• Improve opportunities to get work
• Improve opportunities to participate
• Learn new ICT skills
Aims?
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The ’klik in’ platform
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‘klik in‘ pilot
• Klik in was tested by 380 users
• Pilot 2.5 months
• Standardised curriculum of 6 learning sessions
• Session plans and learning material
• Baseline analysis and
• Evaluation of impact
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• Focus on
– Personal level impacts and multimedia content produced
• Multi-perspective approach
– Users, teachers and supporters, partners
• Via questionnaires, website content analysis, case-studies, self-reporting
Evaluation
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• About the ‘klik in’ project:
– Most of the student had never participated in a project like that before (84%),
– liked the project (85%)
– would like to continue working with it(78%).
Findings – users’ view (I)
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Users’ Feedback
• Video from UK
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Users’ view (II)
• ICT-Skills and Use of Internet
– 89% use the computer on a weekly basis, 56% daily
– Learning goals general computer use: 55% Edit Pictures, 46% watch pictures
– 79% use the internet at least once a week, 53% daily
– Learning goals for those who use the internet: 89% would like to get better, 60% would like to build own-websites, nearly half of the sample would like to find music, sounds and video clips
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Users’ view (III)
– 52% use facebook, 44% at least weekly, 32% at least daily (28% of the European population)
– 58% of those, who never used facebook, said, they would like to learn how to use it.
– 80% of user have experiences in taking pictures
– 39% take pictures weekly
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Supporters’ view
• The biggest learning impacts were related to ICT-Skills, self confidence and communication.
– ICT-Skills (90% observed changes, 48% at least big changes)
– Self confidence (88% observed changes, 46% at least big changes)
– Communication (92% observed changes, 40% at least big changes
• Improved active citizenship including digital inclusion
• New ideas about employability – e.g. video production, media journalists, accessible information creators
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Supporters’ view
• Klik in can help people with ID to gain greater self confidence (86%)
• Students felt proud of what they have done and many of them had never presented anything in front of the class before
• Improved group cohesion and sense of community raised (e.g. helping each other)
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Conclusions
• Multimedia content and self-built Websites seem to be appropriate means for communication of personal stories, goals and achievements.
• Multimedia content will be more and more important in the future (e.g. in Finnish and British Schools, in Austrian Organizations)
• Klik in is useful, satisfying and want to continue using it
• Klik in is something new and beneficial for multiple purposes
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Thank You
Gosia Kwiatkowska, Rix Centre, UEL, UK [email protected]
Thomas Tröbinger, Atempo, Austria [email protected]
Karl Bäck, Atempo, Austria
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