Location Based Services - Reconnecting Excluded Communities and Lifelong Learning

A project that will develop location based services in assistive technologies started on the 01 November 2009. These services will allow people with disabilities to plan and independently carry out their route to work and community activities.
By: Petya Grudeva
 
Jan. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- RECALL project started on 01 November 2009 and will last until 30 October 2012. The project is partially funded under Key Activity 3: Informational and Communication Technologies (ICT) - Lifelong learning programme of the European Commission.
web site: www.recall-project.eu

Who can take advantage from the project results?

-   People with learning disabilities
-   People with sensory impairments
-   People with mobility impairments
-   Trainers and carers
-   Parents, friends and relatives of disabled people
-   Social Service providers
-   Organisations of/for disabled people
-   Travel networks


What the project is about?

This project will develop location based services in assistive technologies to allow people with disabilities to plan and independently carry out their route to work and community activities.

This reconnection to work and community and reengagement in active citizenship will significantly increase the personal fulfilment in a multiply disadvantaged and excluded group.  

Which are our products?

Three modes of RECALL will allow the end users to plan, rehearse and then actually reconnect with learning, employment and other community opportunities.  This approach combines location based services with games based learning approaches.

The Plan mode promotes User Created Content and allows RECALL to be personalised to users’ needs.

The Challenge mode uses games based learning approaches and context awareness to engage users in rehearsing, reflecting on and reinforcing the ways in which they have planned their reconnection with these opportunities.

The Usage mode also offers self directed learning opportunities by specifying and personalising the key community and road safety messages that they require to be triggered by location.

RECALL is an application developed for the Android Operating System and will be specified in English, Bulgarian, Greek and Romanian languages.

The RECALL will develop lifelong learning skills of:
-   route planning
-   memory and concentration
-   stress management
-   time-management
-   understanding targets and deadlines.


Who are the partners involved in the project?

NOTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY – UNITED KINGDOM – Project Coordinator
(www.ntu.ac.uk)

MARIE CURIE ASSOCIATION – Bulgaria
(www.marie-curie-bg.org)


E-ISOTIS – Greece
(www.e-isotis.org)

BID Services with Deaf People – United Kingdom
(www.bid.org.uk)

GREENHAT INTERACTIVE – United Kingdom
(www.greenhat-interactive.co.uk)

Centre of Professional Training in Culture – Romania
(www.cppc.ro)


To follow the project progresses please visit the project web site:
www.recall-project.eu

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About Marie Curie Association: MCA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1997. Our office is situated in Plovdiv – the second largest city in Bulgaria. We provide guidance, training and services to people with disabilities, their trainers, friends and families and older people (55+). The scope of services spreads to work and social integration, as well as vocational counselling, support and training of our target groups.
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Source:Petya Grudeva
Email:***@marie-curie-bg.org Email Verified
Zip:4023
Tags:Assistive Technologies, Active Citizenship, Learning, Employment, Location Based Services, Games
Industry:Technology
Location:Plovdiv - Plovdiv - Bulgaria
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