Raising awareness about specific needs of students in communication, the importance of knowledge of students’ diversity and the significance of inclusion is one of project’s top goals. One of the objectives was developing literacy and communication skills through combining travel writing and movement, our next goal was to develop communication skills curricula by employing knowledge about sign languages for online/classroom communication skills courses. Due to specific rules in sign communication, we included non-verbal communication in general and raising awareness about specifics of sign languages. Our next goal was enhancing writing skills as the core of successful education and business, and if they are developed and enhanced successfully, this is beneficial for the overall development of the communities, especially underprivileged rural communities. Our goals were also to further develop reading, writing, social, digital and intercultural skills, to create a partnership that will be inclusive and disseminate the results of the project successfully on the local, regional, national and international levels; to support teachers and students of HEI. Focus was on the creation of flexible, creative and active learning paths.
The partnership for this project was formed to create innovative state-of-the-art curricula for teaching communication skills that are significant in all areas of our lives - from personal development to progress in business and economic growth. Such curricula (for BA and MA levels) could contribute to higher quality of HEI (upgrade of teaching), improved inclusion of students with less possibillities and of impaired students, and to more successful students, who will become successful professionals contributing to a better, more understanding and sustainable economy. The innovation of the proposed communication skills curricula is in combining of travel writing, movement, reading, rhetorical skills and intercultural communication and non-verbal communication (signing). Significant emphasis is on digitalisation, inclusion and individual's responsibility for their own health and healthy way of living. The main idea of this Erasmus+ project was to raise awareness about students with lesser opportunities, help them and increase awareness about the challenges they are facing, and develop and offer communication skills curricula for students so that they will become more responsible and more successful in inclusion on the job market.