From Sea
to Sea
Continuity and Changes between the Bronze and Iron Age on the territory between the Adriatic and the Panonnian plain
Erasmus+ KA203 action – Strategic Partnership for higher education
Ad hoc
Accessible and Digitalized Cultural Heritage for persons with disabilities
15. 12. 2019 – 15. 12. 2022
The Erasmus+ project “Accessible and Digitalized Cultural Heritage”, financed as part of the KA203 action – Strategic Partnership for higher education has been initiated as of December 2019. The project is coordinated by the Faculty of Philosophy at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia, and partners in the project are: University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia; University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Italy and the NGO Artifactory, Athens, Greece.
The project aims to create and share innovative practices in the digitalization of the cultural heritage and to promote its accessibility among the persons with disabilities. One of the project outputs is to generate a framework for creating new approaches for producing accessible online materials in the area of cultural heritage for persons with disabilities, new curricula for online courses, as well as new open educational resources (OER). The innovative value of the project lies in the accessibility of the OER and in developing increased compatibility with specific technology, easy connection with screen readers and voice-recognition software for visually impaired persons. Some of the artefacts that are interested in the wider population will be prepared on a 3D printer and swell touch machine. The tangible outcome of this output is the operational OER, which will contribute to a higher level of social inclusion for the disadvantaged learners in different types of activities (blogs, webinars, on-line discussion forums etc.).
The project results are expected to be incorporated within the framework of the high education offered by the participating institutions. This would mean that once planning and implementation are completed, it becomes a regular part of HEI, but at the same time, it will be open for use by other stakeholders, including museums, galleries, schools, etc.
Project leader: Faculty of Philosophy at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia - Prof. Viktor Lilcic Adams, PhD
Project partners:
University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia - Assoc. Prof. Martina Blečić Kavur, PhD
University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Italy - Assoc. Prof. Michele Angelaccio, PhD
NGO Artifactory, Athens, Greece - Dorothea Papathanasiou, PhD