We have used the Microsoft Publisher program which helped us create a visually rich product. It supports many other formats. The dictionary contains many photographs, videos, some quizzes and audio recordings. It is saved in its final form as a PDF format, which allows easy storage, sending, printing and publishing online. At the same time it keeps hyperlinks active.
We would like the product to be interactive, attractive and easy to use, for both students and teachers.
The students participated in creating the dictionary, so we invite you to encourage your students to take an active part in the process of using the product, too.
Student-centred learning approach will give students an opportunity to decide what they want to learn and how they want to learn. In this way students will be more motivated.
When implementing and using the material, the session with the students will be very dynamic, entertaining and easy to understand.
The main idea is to transfer life skills in an attractive and exciting way. Therefore, students will not lose attention and will be more likely to develop their competencies. The learning is centered on activities and tasks that lead to both individual and group reflection.
Furthermore, they will have space to negotiate and decide in groups on real problems and how to deal with them.
At the same time as they are using this digital material, the students will have a significant role in the implementation, just as they have had in the design of the material.
The learners with disabilities have played an active role in co-designing and co-creating the educational product and we invite teachers to adopt a similar approach with students, supporting them in co-creation processes.
In conclusion, the methodology and learning is based on a shared process of communication between participants, based on reflection and challenges, supported by a digital educational product with videos and animations.
