Erasmus+ project

We would like to discover new ways to reach the public while improving existing approaches so that they can better engage with a diverse audience (we believe that collaboration will help us in this, as this is a challenge faced by nearly every organization with a similar focus). We want to modernize and innovate the creation of educational content with the aim of not only attracting attention but also stimulating people’s natural curiosity and motivating them to actively seek out further information on their own. In setting these goals, we realized that it is important to consider factors such as the integration of experiential and educational elements, a focus on specific age groups, and the use of modern forms of online education. Only in this way can we raise awareness and foster long-term public interest in the topic.

In addition to wheelchair users, this includes people with visual or hearing impairments who require special assistive devices, as well as those with intellectual disabilities or special educational needs. Our goal is to learn how to involve all these groups equally and effectively in educational activities and how to properly support their interests and individual needs.

Given its length and the many stretches where it passes through uninhabited areas, the Baťa Canal allows visitors to observe interesting flora and fauna. Our goal is to inform visitors in an appropriate manner about what they are likely to see or encounter. Just as in other places, it is important to guide visitors toward nature conservation, especially since they often navigate freely through the landscape without supervision. We plan to draw inspiration and best practices from our partner organization, as we believe this is an area with similar challenges and opportunities for nature-based education.

Improving existing approaches to engaging the public:

• Here, we mainly want to address where and in what form to target the public so that, for example, educational materials reach a specific target group
• We need to identify which approaches have proven effective and where, conversely, the resources spent were ineffective
• We want to be able to prepare introductions to educational materials that are engaging and, at the same time, enhance the overall “WOW EFFECT”

Making the educational content we create more engaging and targeted:

• If we already know which educational materials have proven effective elsewhere and can create engaging introductions for them, it is equally important to prepare the overall educational content in a similar manner
• We want to learn how to create engaging content that captures the public’s interest and helps spark their motivation to seek out further information
• We would also like to incorporate other factors into the materials we create, such as: effectively combining experiential and educational elements, targeting specific age groups in education, and utilizing modern forms of online education

Opportunities for the equal participation of people with disabilities in educational events:

• We want to adopt inclusive teaching methods that enable the active participation of all participants regardless of their abilities
• We would like to explore options for structuring the schedule and format of events to accommodate diverse needs

Adapting teaching materials:

• Our goal will be to determine how to create teaching materials for people with various disabilities
• We want to learn how to test and optimize materials with the target group and gather feedback to improve them

We want to learn how nature conservation rules are presented elsewhere:

• Our primary focus is on identifying the teaching methods used for this purpose and the resulting practical impacts (how these rules are observed)
• We are also interested in the content of the educational materials themselves and how they connect to other educational activities in this area