This e-course is the culmination of ID GAMES project’s efforts. It is targeted at trainers, carers and people of local community who are interested on the inclusion and empowerment of people with intellectual disabilities. The course will guide the participants through all steps of understanding the needs of people with intellectual disability, learning how to implement the innovative methodology of participatory game co-creation living labs as well as how to use the 6 serious games of ID GAMES for the empowerment of skills of people with intellectual disabilities.
The course consists of 4 modules and is available on the fields of:
- Learning about ID GAMES project, partnership and instructors
- Defining the Intellectual Disability, the levels of severity, the needs of people with intellectual disabilities and methods of supporting them
- Investigating on how to use the serious games for inclusion and empowerment of people with intellectual disability
- Learning how to implement the innovative co-creation participatory living labs of ID GAMES
The modules consists of chapters and subchapters that you can open gradually and follow throughout the course. In order to do so click on the title of each chapter or subchapter to open it. The material include videos with presentations, interviews, text documents and pdfs, extra resources as well as quizzes to evaluate your learning outcomes. You can always visit the chapters and subchapters of the modules any time when you are logged in. In the end of the course there is also an evaluation questionnaire for the E-course as an experience for you. Your input is valuable to improve the e-course. After completing the e-course and answering the quizzes in the end of each module you will receive certificate of participation.
Through this introductory module you will:
- learn more about the ID GAMES project
- meet the partners of the project
- meet the instructors of the lessons as well as the project's team members
- learn through a guide how to utilize the e-course the best way
The key learning outcomes will be:
- defining the term Intellectual disability and the severity levels
- realizing the main needs of people with intellectual disabilities and the existing methods of supporting them
- investigating the attitudes of non disable people towards people with intellectual disability
- realizing the societal changes that enforce the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities
- reflecting on the inclusion methods of your country
The key learning outcomes will be:
- understanding what is a serious game
- reflecting on ways that games can support people with intellectual disabilities
- investigating how to adapt a game for specific needs
- learning how to play the 6 serious games of ID GAMES project
- reflecting on the views of professionals about the games
- experiencing the power of games on people with intellectual disabilities
The key learning outcomes will be:
- understanding the objectives and the purpose of the event
- learning step to step how to implement the co-creation game workshops
- realizing the challenges and the opportunities
- reflecting on the views of professionals
- experiencing the change of attitudes on the participants of the workshops