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Benefits of sport for VIP

The “Benefits of sport for VIP” MOOC is oriented towards the entire network, supporting and providing educational and sports services to the VI users. The objective of the MOOC is to show and explain why physical activities and sport are important in VIP’s lives, especially the youngest, for both their psychological condition, locomotor condition and their social skills’ development. While explaining all these topics, the MOOC also provides connections to specific sports or physical activities that have been included in the portfolio of sports by specifically listing those connections.

The MOOC does not only act as a preparation for the VisiBall introduction and practice, but directs all interested parties to a wide array of other existing practices, which should be explored and adopted for the benefit of our target group.

The MOOC has been organized for use by three main categories of interested parties – PE teachers and administrators from schools, sports coaches from various sports clubs and organizations and parents. The link towards the RESOURCES will take you to a number of activities, proposed by the partners in relation to the different MOOC aspects. By means of the proposed resources, the users will be able to:

  • understand the complexity and requirements of inclusion,
  • check the environment, which will be used for sports,
  • assess the current status of their v.i. students,
  • assess the progress these students make, as well as the changes, which can be observed among the groups of sighted students, which are involved in the activities,
  • learn how to build a buddy network and an inclusive environment, surrounding the v.i. youth, etc.

    • If you are on your way to becoming a VisiBall trainer, you will need to secure a badge for successfully completing the MOOC course. In order to do that, you need to take our QUIZ, which is accessible to registered users.

    We wish you a pleasant learning process and remain at your disposal if you need our support for getting deeper into certain aspects of the MOOC, which require a person-to-person interaction.

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    A PE teacher or school administrator
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    A coach or trainer in a sports club or another sports organization
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    A parent or caregiver of a child with impaired vision
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    Quiz
    Should you require to receive a badge as a VisiBall trainer or an inclusive sports venue, you need to pass the quiz to this and the remaining two MOOCs. Before you proceed with this quiz, please make sure you have registered on the portal. We wish you good luck!
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    Resources
    Here you can find activities and further materials, which can help you organize your inclusive sport process for visually impaired participants in the best way possible. Starting from considering the accessibility of your environment and the skill-level of the visually impaired sports people, going through network development and progress assessment and closing up with communication and reporting to parents. The 4MB project team remains at your disposal.
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