Tips project - Pilot study results

PILOT STUDY REPORT: ITALY Grundtvig Project Ref # 2011-1-IT2-GRU06-23685-1

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This communication re8lects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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METHODOLOGY AND TARGET SELECTION • In

order to disseminate the eBook, with the aim of collect the largest amount of responses, we started a Google AdWords Campaign and a Facebook campaign to disseminate both project website and institution tips dedicated webpage.

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METHODOLOGY AND TARGET SELECTION • On

21th February 2013 our Facebook page reached 93 “likes”, as detailed below, and it’s still increasing its popularity.

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METHODOLOGY AND TARGET SELECTION • So

the Italian pilot study was conducted:

• in

part through online copies of our book downloaded by interested people

• in

part involving the parents of some dyslexic children who attend our Dyslexia Study Center (both in Fondazione Mileno and CORISS).

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METHODOLOGY AND TARGET SELECTION • We

created an online questionnaire with Google Drive so each parent - or each website visitor - could fulfill our questionnaire by its own.

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METHODOLOGY AND TARGET SELECTION • At

the start of the pilot study, the Italian team performed a selection of the parents to whom we have provided detailed information about the eBook and the related project. This decision took into account the following parameters / factors: •

Interest in the topic because parents of dyslexic children;

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Medium-high socio-cultural level;

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Involvement of parents in previous Foundation Mileno’s activities

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METHODOLOGY AND TARGET SELECTION •

The parents were initially invited to visit our website and download the book.

Unfortunately they reported that their Internet access is not on daily basis so they preferred to read the book in a more classical printed format. So we printed about 15 copies and set a deadline for a complete reading and application of the book.

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After the deadline for reading the book, the parents were asked to complete the online questionnaire but in this case too the majority of them (10) reported a preference for the printed version. Only three parents completed the online questionnaire.

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Furthermore other parents spontaneously downloaded our eBook from the Foundation website or directly from the project website. They also spontaneously fulfill the online questionnaire so we were able to collect 20 responses.

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RESULTS Are you the mother or the father of the dyslexic child?

Father 40% Mother 60%

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RESULTS Your age

10% 40% 50%

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36-45

46-55

RESULTS Education level

10%

15%

25%

50%

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High school

College

Master

RESULTS Which kind of format did you prefer for our book?

15% 45%

15%

25% PDF lunedĂŹ 11 marzo 13

ePub

Apple iBook

Printed version

RESULTS How the e-book helps you to understand better dyslexia background?

20 15 10 5 0

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1-Low

2

3

4

5-High

RESULTS • Everyone

answered “YES” to the following questions:

• Are

you going to disseminate this eBook to other parents of dyslexic child?

• Are

you interested in other e-learning or multimedia materials for parents of dyslexic child?

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RESULTS

• Everyone

answered “Clear / Easy and intuitive” about the following topics: • The

content layout of e-book

• The

navigation through contents

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GLOBAL RESULTS Chapter 1 General informations on dyslexia

Chapter 2 Tips for parents

Chapter 3 European Legislative Framework

Usefulness

Usefulness

Usefulness

Interest

Interest

Interest

Comprehensibility

Comprehensibility

Comprehensibility

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CONCLUSIONS

• Comparing

the results of the three different main section of the book we can observe a slightly worst score for the last chapter about the European framework legislation (the higher score means more positive results). This is probably due to the particular argument that can be perceived a bit off-topic from the reader point of view.

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CONCLUSIONS

• We

are really satisfied of our pilot study results because parents found the book useful and understandable.

Furthermore they appreciated the book to the point of suggesting it to others so we can aspect a spontaneous viral dissemination in the next months.

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RESOURCES

• Foundation

Mileno dedicated webpage:

http://www.fondazionemileno.it/informazioni/progetti/tips-eu-project/

• CORISS

dedicated webpage:

http://www.coriss.it/schede.php?id=9

• Questionario

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studio pilota

Thank you

Fondazione P. A. Mileno Onlus and CORISS Calabria

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