1. LeHoCombined Dissemination Activities by EDEN at Online Educa 2013Learning at Home and in the HospitalPresentation by Matteo Uggeri

2. Main project data Programme: LLP Key3 Multilateral Network Runtime: January 2014 December 2016 Coordinator: Fondazione Politecnico di Milano (ITA) Contact person: Matteo Uggeri Partners: Universit degli Studi di Perugia (ITA) Bednet (BE), Staatliche Schule fur Kranke Muenchen (GER) MMB (GER) EDEN (UK) Funditec (ES) Childrens Hospital School of Leicester (UK) Third Country: 57357 - Children's Cancer Hospital (EG) 3. The starting point Students in hospital or ill at home face isolation and cannot access mainstream education. ICT can play a key role in providing better communication and mediation of the educational processes whilst a student is absent from school due to a medical condition. 4. The issue of HHE (Home and Hospital Education) Providing education to children and youngsters with medical or psychological needs: a world-wide problem Every country has its own solution for it. Need for an international confrontation on this subject In some countries there are online/digital solutions that may help the schools and the family to guarantee the right to education also to these children. 5. Objectives and targets - 1 Improving: the education of the ill child with ICT: by a connection with his own class/home school; by a connection to a virtual classroom of ill students. the profile and competencies of the hospital/home teacher in connection with technologies and their role. the competencies of the workers involved (nurses, volunteers, technicians...) with ICT and their role. 6. Objectives and targets - 2 Provide helpful ICT solutions in terms of information and support to parents and families of students with medical needs. Raise awareness of the contribution of ICT and digital media in support HHE beyond the network itself. 7. Aims of this project Outline key educational factors & good practices needed by ill students; Explore and design ICT-based solutions which will enable children in hospital, in home therapy, or who attend school part-time, to access education. Verify how technology can impact on the methodology and pedagogy in Home and Hospital Education (HHE). 8. Not only for ill people Moreover, the initiatives adopted in the HHE, which represents an educational extreme are designed to be innovative and to improve education in difficult contexts. They may also be effectively applied in normal didactical situations. 9. Find and follow us Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/LeHo-LearningHome-in-Hospital-4966339 Website (not available yet): www.lehoproject.eu 10. Find and follow us Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/LeHo-LearningHome-in-Hospital-4966339 Website (not available yet): www.lehoproject.eu