IDE Project
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IDE Project
@ideproject.bsky.social
IDE is an Erasmus+ project researching interpreter-mediated deaf education. Find more on our website: https://ide-project.eu/
Happy New Year from the IDE Project! 2026 is shaping up to be the year where theory finally meets practice. Our resolution for this year is to finally start building our Open Educational Resource (OER)!

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January 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Meet our Norwegian partners in the IDE project: NTNU, experts in interpreter-mediated education and special needs education, and Queen Maud University College (DMMH), focusing on early childhood education and special needs. That wraps up our Meet the partners series!
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Introducing our Irish partners in the IDE project: Trinity College Dublin, experts in sign language linguistics and deaf education, and Holy Family School for the Deaf, Ireland's largest school for deaf students. Follow along as we continue to introduce more partners!
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Introducing our German partners in the IDE project: PH Freiburg, the project coordinator leading the development of the Open Educational Resource (OER) and BBZ Stegen, experts in bimodal-bilingual education for deaf students. Follow along for more partner introductions!
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Introducing the IDE partners! We're bringing together universities, schools, and deaf organisations from Germany, Ireland, and Norway. EUD leads dissemination efforts, ensuring the project reaches deaf communities, policymakers, and educators. Follow along as we introduce our partners!
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Why IDE matters:
Despite the growth of mainstream inclusion, there's limited research on how deaf pupils experience interpreter-mediated classrooms.
We're gathering insights from pupils, teachers, interpreters & families to fill that evidence gap.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Year one milestones:
✅ Consortium meeting in Dublin
✅ Advisory committees in all three countries
✅ Launched multilingual website (ide-project.eu)
✅ Ethics approvals secured
✅ Data collection started in Norwegian schools
✅ Materials created for parents & schools
Next up: more fieldwork in classrooms!
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What's IDE about?
We examine how teaching and learning work when classroom communication is mediated through sign language interpreters.
A collaboration across Germany, Ireland & Norway studying what actually supports inclusion in mainstream classrooms.
Findings → Open Educational Resource for all
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ready to share our Erasmus+ project on interpreter-mediated deaf education in primary schools. How do deaf pupils actually experience inclusion in bilingual classrooms? Following that question through research, resources & insights.
🔗 ide-project.eu
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM