EASIT. Easy Access for Social Inclusion Training.
Hello, I am a talking pencil.
I wear blue glasses and white gloves
and I have a pointing stick in my left hand.
In this video I will give you a short overview of the EASIT project.
EASIT stands for Easy Access for Social Inclusion Training.
It is an Erasmus+ project
and took place from September 2018 to August 2021.
The project is led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
and the consortium is made up of universities
such as the Universidade de Vigo, in Spain,
the Università degli Studi di Trieste, in Italy;
SDI München and Stiftung Universität Hildesheim,
both in Germany;
user associations, such as the National Association
of Dyslexia in Sweden (Dyslexiförbundet) and Zavod RISA in Slovenia,
and a broadcaster, RTV Slovenija.
It is an educational project that focuses on easy-to-understand language
in audiovisual media.
The project was developed in different stages.
The result of each stage is called Output.
In Output 1 we analysed the situation in Europe
in relation to easy-to-understand language,
both in terms of practice and training.
128 participants replied to our survey,
whose results you can access on the project website.
In Output 2 we researched how the concept
of easy-to-understand language, meaning both Easy or Plain Language,
could be transferred into the audiovisual world.
We held focus groups and interviews with experts from different fields.
In Output 3 we defined three professional profiles:
the expert on easy-to-understand subtitles,
the expert on easy-to-understand audio description,
and the expert on easy-to-understand
audiovisual journalism.
For each of these profiles, we created a skills card,
that is, a list of the skills the experts should have.
There are 3 blocks which are shared by all profiles
and 1 which is specific for each profile.
In Output 4 we designed two curriculum proposals:
a proposal for a MOOC, a massive open online course
with a vocational approach which could work
as a general introduction to the topic,
and a proposal for a university course.
In Output 5 we have produced educational materials,
including many videos, that are available online in open access.
Finally, in Output 6 we have made suggestions
on how certification could take place
for these new professional profiles.
You can access all the results
on the project website: https://pagines.uab.cat/easit/
This introductory video was prepared by Anna Matamala from UAB
and Blaž Zajc from RTV Slovenija.
It was produced by RTV Slovenija.