LETITBE project - promoting independent living

Learning Through Innovative Technology Boosting Equality

Skills teaching Android App

The European LETITBE project is promoted by the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God, with the aim of improving learning and autonomy in the field of disability through innovation and digital technologies. 

This project will last two years and have funding from the European Commission through Erasmus+, and the collaboration of the Vodafone Spain Foundation (FVE), being a continuation of the DESKTOP project. 

Currently, nine centers and entities from seven countries are involved, using the Mefacilyta digital platform created by Vodafone, among other tools, to promote the autonomy and social inclusion of people with disabilities. The project is coordinated by Juan Ciudad Foundation in Madrid and has the participation of Hospitality Europe in Brussels, as well as a center of the Hospitaller Sisters. 

LETITBE project pursues two general objectives: 1) enhance the social and professional inclusion of adult learners with disabilities through an increased use of digital technologies; 2) make educational centers more inclusive, participatory and respectful of the rights of learners with disabilities. 

The project will support the personal and professional growth of adult learners with disabilities in a digital learning environment. LeTITBE leverages also the potential of modern ICTs (particularly smartphones and tablets) to facilitate and speed up the learning process of adults with disabilities. This will create innovative and modern pedagogical approaches at the service of the needs and competences of learners with disabilities and enrich the offer of Open Educational Resources. Reinforcing digital skills is as vital as literacy and numeracy because Europe needs digitally competent people who are not only able to use but also to innovate and grow while using these technologies.