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Visit of EACEA at Sapir Academic College
Representatives and experts from the CBHE arrived at Sapir Academic College between the 5th-6th, 2016 to conduct a monitoring visit and learn about the entire history of international projects unit in Sapir Academic College, past and present. At the end of the visit, the CBHE representatives thanked Sapir Academic College for the delightful visit and promised to provide a report with conclusions and recommendations for the future.
During the visit of the CBHE, key representatives from the DARE project in Sapir Academic College presented the DARE project, main outcomes of the project and a movie created to present the work of the accessibility center in Sapir Academic College (the video can be found in the stories section of the portal).
Haifa University visit to Masaryk University
Working visit to Masaryk university, Brno, Czech Republic - 4-7 September 2016
A small delegation from the University of Haifa together with a specialist in the field of disabilities from Georgia visited the Teiresias Centre in Masaryk University, Brno in the Czech Republic. The delegation was comprised of staff members from the Dean of Students Office and Faculty of Education at Haifa University:- Mr Haim Kaplan, Head of Interdisciplinary Centre, Clinic Department
- Ms Nitza Aria, Coordinator of Accessible Services
- Dr. Michal Shecter-Lerner, staff member at YHAEL (Learning Disabilities Centre)
- Ms Kalanit Kleemer, Head of the Academic Excellence Unit
- Dr. Galit Caduri, DARE’s project manager.
We met Dr Petr Peňáz the Director of Teiresias Centre and its staff who warmly welcomed us and were keen to share with us their knowledge and dreams. The centre specialises in providing support services for students with special needs. The purpose of the visit was to learn from the staff of the Centre good practices and how they outreach students with special needs. We learned about the history of the Teiresias Centre and received a basic introduction to services provided to students with special needs at Masaryk University and their financing plans. We also learned about international mobility of students with special needs and the diagnostic process and services for students with dyslexia and psychological disorders. A few sessions focused on the use of technology for the service of people with visual and hearing impairment. The IT staff of the centre presented us assistive technologies such as a system for distribution of synchronous transcription in real-time, accessible documents, braille encoding, tactile graphics. An interesting session was on sign language and interpreting services and speech-to-text reporting. Some of the sessions were interpreted by Czech sign language interpreter since the presenters were using sign language in their presentation. We also visited the unique library of the centre which includes digital texts, hybrid books and hundreds of manuscripts in Braille (even maps!). In addition, we were presented with the sign language dictionary (which was really amazing) and the development of special language courses for students with special needs.
We also spent one day in the Language Centre learning from the Head of the centre Dr Libor Stepanek on their activities and the collaboration between them and Teiresias centre in cases of students with special needs.
The city is wonderful and we had the chance to hear local music, eat well and taste the local beer (which is great!). We are very grateful for this unique opportunity to learn so much and at the same time enjoy. we’re looking forward to collaborating with the Centre in the near future.
- Mr Haim Kaplan, Head of Interdisciplinary Centre, Clinic Department
Visit of EACEA at Haifa University
Visit of Ms Roisin McCabe from the EACEA to the University of Haifa - 4 December 2016
DARE's project officer, Ms Roisin McCabe visited the University of Haifa in order to meet with DARE's members. Prof. Hanan Alexander presented the University of Haifa from the perspective of the Dean of Students Office. Ms Tzameret Zohar, the Head of International School presented the activities of the International School. Ms Kalanit Kleemer and Mr Micha Rab presented the local activities within DARE and Dr Galit Caduri provided ashore overview on the main activities of DARE and future plans.
Ms McCabe reflected on what was presented and discussed with the team issues such as sustainability and future initiatives.
The visit included also a nice tour at the Louis Promenade located on the top of Carmel mountain with a beautiful view of Haifa bay and the north part of Israel.
EAN Training at Sokhumi State University 25th and 28th April 2017
EAN Training at Sokhumi State University 25th and 28th April 2017
The two-day training on 25th and 28th April 2017, focused on personal and institutional readiness for student success – improving multi-cultural teaching methods and sensitivity in supporting minority students. The sessions included PPT presentations and role-play exercises. Staff were introduced to the pluralistic approaches to teaching culturally diverse students, in particular language awareness, i.e. recognition of the languages ‘brought’ into the classroom by ethnic minority students. The ‘Exercise in Malay’ put participants in the shoes of minority students to feel how they feel, and thus learned to empathise with them. ‘Unboxing’ each other revealed that we have more in common than we thought. The ‘Getting it Right’ scenarios pointed out the right and wrong ways of dealing with diversity and how to avoid pitfalls. All the sessions were well attended by staff and students who were particularly active in the role-play scenarios.
Training at SSU by ISU Specialist, June 7th 2017
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QA Field Monitoring Visit to Georgia March 11-17 2018
QA Field Monitoring Visit to Georgia March 11-17
In order to see first hand the projects in action and be able to discuss and evaluate the impact and sustainability of DARE as well as hear from beneficiaries and stake holders the QA team visited each participating partner institution. In each institution the team reviewed the Field Monitoring Protocols that had been prepared in advance of the visit and had a chance to interact with students, staff, and policy makers as well as observe that the equipment was in use for the programs and labeled properly.
For more about the QA visits see the MagaDARE newsletter issue 4 (link)
QA Field Monitoring Visit to Israel April 8-13 2018
QA Field Monitoring Visit to Israel April 8-13
In order to see first hand the projects in action and be able to discuss and evaluate the impact and sustainability of DARE as well as hear from beneficiaries and stake holders the QA team visited each participating partner institution. In each institution the team reviewed the Field Monitoring Protocols that had been prepared in advance of the visit and had a chance to interact with students, staff, and policy makers as well as observe that the equipment was in use for the programs and labeled properly.
For more about the QA visits see the MagaDARE newsletter issue 4 (link)
EAN Training in Georgia: 21st – 23rd May 2018
EAN Training in Georgia: 21st – 23rd May 2018
The training was delivered by DARE partner from the UK at Ilia State University and University of Zugdidi. The purpose of the training is to gain a deeper understanding of the different cultural backgrounds of minority students, and the ability to communicate with them. The desire to possess such competences in order to serve the students better, was expressed by both staff and students during the QA interviews in March. The sessions are designed to meet their needs and will focus on listening, communication and reflection, through exercise and group discussion: (1) Cultural differences exercise; (2) Good and bad listening; (3) Communication strategies – role play scenarios; (4) Reflection – managing diversity in the classroom; (5) Way forward – personal and institutional readiness in supporting diversity and inclusion.
Read all about it in Issue 5 of the newsletter Magadare!
