Online course (part of the “Spektrum” project)

The National Museum in Krakow is the leader of the “Spectrum” project (2022) within the framework of “Erasmus+ Youth. Action 2 – Strategic partnerships”. The MNK is implementing the “Spectrum” project based on the rich and long-standing experience of European partners (Spain, Belgium, UK, Italy) in working with people on the autism spectrum. The outcome of the activities was the development of strategies and methodologies to make museums in Poland more friendly to people on the autism spectrum. During a study visit to Madrid, a series of educational films were jointly produced with staff from the Universidad Nacional De Educacion a Distancia (UNED), participants in the project, which discussed some of the aspects of adapting a museum to the needs of people with ASD.

The realisation of educational films in an international environment demonstrates the importance of exchanging information and achieving the best results on the basis of different experiences depending on the environment, geographical region and diverse socio-cultural background.
The preparation of the films provided an opportunity to share experiences in:

• preparing museum staff to create an autism-friendly space
• talking to people with autism spectrum disorder planning a visit to the museum
• creating a neutral environment for highly sensitive people
• using the museum’s resources and multisensory tools to work with people on the autism spectrum

All these aspects appear in the following modules of the training materials.

https://mnk.pl/artykul/projekt-spektrum-nooc

Each film deals with a different issue. It features the speaker and the most important information in the form of bullets, the use of bold font, and underlining of important content, some of these elements being the key points of easy to read and understand writing

Training materials in the form of videos available in English and Spanish.

Employees of museums, cultural institutions and anyone who would like to make their space ASD-friendly (autism spectrum disorder).

Open source

You can use the computer, mobile or tablet to watch videos.

Videos are available and compatible with all the browsers.

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Each video is accompanied by a short written summary as an introduction to the presented topic of the respective training module.

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The recordings have good sound, the speaker’s voice is clear, the language is communicative. The message is reinforced non-verbally – the speakers gesture and use body language to interact with the viewer/listener of the online course.

The course was delivered by individual users. Each module has a different number of impressions.

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