Inclusion International

The project Inclusion International (call nr. 33-02, City of Vienna) combines the fields of action “internationalization” and “e- Inclusion” (support of people with disabilities through modern information and communication technologies). Through the development and implementation of targeted measures, the project addresses current challenges of the Internationalization Strategy 2025 of the UAS Technikum Wien – in particular the increase of student and staff mobility, the provision of new internationalization activities for different faculties and study programs as well as the intensification of cooperation with international partner universities.

Specifically, the project Inclusion International develops and applies didactic concepts that transfer existing results from R&D projects in the field of ICT-based assistive technologies (AT) into international teaching and learning formats. Special emphasis is placed on teaching practical skills and abilities, and materials and kits are made available so that functional AT modules can be produced in project-based teaching modules, which are then made available to international partner organizations as open source hardware and software, allowing people with disabilities to benefit directly from the project results.

Together with the four partner universities – Czech Technical University Prague (Czech Republic), Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje (Northern Macedonia), Waterford Institute of Technology (Ireland) and Transilvania University of Brașov (Romania), the following measures will be implemented in the course of the project:

The project will also plan, implement and execute the following educational formats:

ASSIST HEIDI Course

The ASSIST HEIDI course is held regularly and organised as a project-based course for the UAS Technikum Wien International Campus, with the aim of promoting international teams of Erasmus+ and UASW TW students. Student teams work alongside people with disabilities to co-design and implement assistive tools.

ASSIST HEIDI Summer School

The ASSIST HEIDI Summer School 2025– International Summer School for Accessible Gaming was held in July 2025.

Please have a look at the webpage for Fotos, Videos and Project results.

International Accessibility Hackathon

The International Accessibility Hackathon was held with students of the Iowa-State University (USA) at Technikum Wien in May 2024.

The following tools have been developed by various funded projects by the city of Vienna and will be continuously developed:

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