Successful completion of the Navigatible Project: Theme of the day: Communication and learning is fun!

e-ISOTIS in the context of the European Project NavigAbile organised a symposium on “Applications of IT for people with learning and communication disabilities”. The symposium took place on the 15th of September 2008, in TITANIA Hotel in Athens with distinguished speakers from across Europe.

The workshop succeed to indicate that communication and learning must be considered as a pleasant and entertaining activity. Greece, Great Britain, Spain, Sweden and Italy presented case studies and different initiatives which all share the same idea : Communication and learning is fun!

Speakers discussed their experiences; the difficulties currently encountered; and seeked the ingredients for successful collaborations and long term results. Is Information Technology the only ingredient? Is special education? Therapy and endorsement? Previous work and initiatives were presented by experts who have wide experience in the field of mental disabilities. All speeches were lively translated from English to Greek and vice versa.

The symposium was open to all audiences with interest in learning and communication disabilities and was organized by the eTen Project NavigAbile. To receive more info from the meeting please send us an email with your full name and the company / organization which you represent at learning-difficulties@e-isotis.org

For further information please contact Ms Marianna Koukara (phone: +30 210 26 93 760) or by email at learning-difficulties@e-isotis.org

The symposium programme is available at http://www.e-isotis.org/learning-difficulties/ with some of the presentations also made.

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