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Despite international efforts and legal actions to address the inequities the Deaf face in their daily lives and education, the problems they encounter continue to exist and there is still a need to raise the awareness of society about the Deaf-related issues. Due to the lack of enough number of certified and qualified sign language interpreters, …
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Objectives

Objectives

Certificate Programs

A sign language coordination network is suggested to coordinate data-driven approach for initiating and/or revising curriculum for sign language interpreting in order to increase both the number of sign language interpreting undergraduate programs and certificate programs, and qualified sign language interpreters.

The Coordination Network

The coordination network will also be responsible for a common disciplined sign language education curriculum across countries, which also form the basis of proposed sign language prep school to make students have enough competence to follow sign language- medium instruction.

AI-based Infrastructure

To solve their inequity problem in education, the artificial intelligence (AI)-based infrastructure which can interpret from sign language to text/speech and from text/speech to sign language will be investigated.

Efforts to raise awareness about the Deaf community

A deaf and sign language center is planned to be established to coordinate studies and efforts to raise awareness about the Deaf community, and function as an academic body to study sign language teaching, sign language interpreting, and technological innovation that could promote the Deaf to become independent and successful.
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Our Events

EYAF EXPO

  • Dec. 1, 2022, midnight - Dec. 4, 2022, midnight
  • Turkey
We are taking our place at Accessibility Fair & Awareness Summit EYAF EXPO on 1-4 December 2022! As part of our project's efforts to raise awareness about the Deaf community and Sign Language, Result 3, you can check our event calendar to attend the presentations by our partners from Istinye University, Turkish Confederation of the Deaf, HUMAK University of Applied Sciences, Stockholm University, the Association of Sign Language Interpreters and Osmangazi University.

EDUSIGN at CODA Camp

  • Jan. 27, 2023, 10 a.m. - Jan. 29, 2023, noon
  • Darıca, Kocaeli, Türkiye
We have come together with the CODAs at the CODA Camp organized in cooperation with the Turkish Confederation of the Deaf and Kocaeli Municipality.

EDUSIGN & SIGNEDU at EYAF Accessibility Fair

  • Dec. 1, 2022, noon - Dec. 4, 2022, noon
  • Istanbul Expo Center
As EDUSIGN & SIGNEDU Project and Istinye University, we will be joining the Accessibility Fair & Awareness Summit to be hold on 1-4 December 2022.

Toward a Literature of Sign Language

  • May 23, 2023, 4:30 p.m. - May 23, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
  • Zoom
You are invited to the online event to be held by Istinye University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences on 23 May, 2023, at 16:30. Event: Toward a Literature of Sign Language Project Name: 2021-1-TR01-KA220-HED-000027580 EDUSIGN & SIGNEDU ‘JOINT VENTURE OF CURRICULUM STUDIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SIGN LANGUAGE’ Organizer: Istinye University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Event Date: 23 May 2023 / Tuesday Event Time: 16:30 Zoom ID: 969 6826 9531 Link: https://zoom.us/j/96968269531

TPM2 of EDUSIGN Project

  • Aug. 22, 2023, 9 a.m. - Aug. 23, 2023, 6 p.m.
  • Vadi Campus, Istinye University
The Second Transnational Project Meeting (TPM2) of our project will be held on August 22-23, 2023 at Vadi Campus, Istinye University.
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