We wanted to achieve the following goals in the project: -to promote the teachers' professional development and experience exchange in distance learning, thus strengthening teachers knowledge and profile and reducing learners risk of dropping out and -to develop and test innovative teaching materials according to learner’s perceptions (audios, visuals and kinesthetics), perceptual features and learning styles (following researchers' guidelines on learning techniques and features) When implementing the project, we wanted to achieve specific results: O1: Teachers education and experience exchange about the latest discoveries in developing teaching materials and the latest learning techniques O2: Research and determination of perception types of learners O3: Development of innovative teaching materials based on the results of made research on perception types and following researchers guidelines on learning techniques O4: Approbation/testing of created teaching materials O5: Preparation of a teaching material/guidelines on use of types of perceptions in teaching O6: Dissemination of information about project
Our school is always looking for ways to follow the latest trends in education. Learners in distance learning often interrupt the learning process because they do not have the basic skills to learn, they do not have the skills to create a structured, planned, self-directed learning process. This blocks the further development process, that can lead to early school leaving which in turn increase the risk of poverty and social exclusion. As distance learning takes place digitally, it is important to keep up the teachers with the latest information presentation trends, as well as to be up to date on techniques for developing teaching materials so that the material is easy to understand. In order to create teaching materials that are as engaging as possible and in line with modern technological possibilities, it is necessary to educate teachers and improve their skills in developing innovative teaching materials. By combining the skills of teachers with the basic principles of creating modern digital materials, where the connection between learning styles and perceptions is formed, it is possible to stimulate interest in learning and prevent the risk of early termination/dropout.