On April 28th the ERUM partners – under the lead of the University of Vienna – hosted the third ERUM conference “Facts & Figures | Evidence-based Information in Contemporary Societies: The Role of Academia and the Media” to present and discuss the project’s outcomes. An interested audience from higher education and Read more…
We are pleased to invite you to the 3rd Multiplier event of the FeSTEM project, which is organised by the team of SMILE Lab of the University of Macedonia, Greece, which will take place on Monday, May 16th, 2022 between 11:15-15:30 CET. We are pleased to invite you to the Read more…
Innovative digital solutions to assess 21st century skills in makerspaces Are you an educator or makerspace facilitator? Are you interested in making? Would you like to know how to promote self-assessment and help your students develop their 21st century skills while they are working in making activities? If so, register Read more…
EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES: THE ROLE OF ACADEMIA AND THE MEDIA Hybrid conference: Vienna & Online – 28 April 2022, 10:00-16:30 (CET) Based on the findings of the Erasmus+ project ERUM (Enhancing Research Understanding through Media), this hybrid conference addresses the issue of evidence-based communication within the media and higher education institutions and the role of Read more…
JOIN US: “Dare to STEM!” – A multiplier event of FeSTEM project We are pleased to invite you to the 2nd Multiplier event of FeSTEM project, in which ARIS participates as a partner, that will take place on March 15th, 2022 at ARIS in Limassol. The event under the title “Dare to STEM!” will provide information Read more…
Consultancy project: UX Study of New online service for an e-banking System February 2022 The EdMedia MRG (a natural extension of the Cyprus Interaction Lab) conducted a user-experience (UX) evaluation study with users of a new online service, that will be integrated into an existing e-banking system. The study, which concentrated on Read more…
SELFIE_EU: helping schools assess their technology use Our QUASI project moving onto its second and last phase. Our team is ready to start planning the second phase of the Quasi Project – a project about qualitative analysis of #SELFIE_EU impact, with DBR-based interventions in ES (@GSIC/EMIC Research Group), CY (EdMedia@Centre of Read more…
Αφορά εκπαιδευτικούς ή makerspace tutors που διδάσκουν παιδιά ηλικίας 12-18 χρονών σε δημόσια και ιδιωτικά σχολεία ή σε makerspaces. Το ευρωπαϊκό έργο ASSESSMAKE21 (https://www.assessmake21.eu) που χρηματοδοτείται από την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή στο πλαίσιο του ERASMUS+, προσκαλεί υποβολή δηλώσεων ενδιαφέροντος για συμμετοχή σε επιμορφωτικό πρόγραμμα με θέμα τη χρήση καινοτόμου εργαλείου αυτο-αξιολόγησης Read more…
You are invited to the final Multiplier Event of the Erasmus+ project OPENLang Network [Open Languages & Cultures Network], entitled: “OPEN Language Learning Interactive Environments: Exploring language OERs & e-Tandem Language Learning”, which will take place online on December 15, 2021, 13:00-17:30 CET. The event is organised by the University Read more…
“Design, develop and use language materials: The example of language OERs” WHEN?Monday, December 13th, 202113:30 CY time Are you a language instructor and would you like to learn how to integrate open educational resources into your classroom? Would you like to improve your Curriculum Design? You will be happy to learn Read more…
You are invited to the Multiplier Event of the Erasmus+ project OPENLang Network [Open Languages & Cultures Network], entitled: “Open Educational Resources and Practices in Language Learning and Teaching”, which will take place online on December 10, 2021, 9:00-13:30 GMT. The event is organised by The Open University and will Read more…
Consultancy project: Eye-tracking Usability Study of New e-banking System July-August 2021 The EdMedia MRG (a natural extension of the Cyprus Interaction Lab) conducted an eye-tracking usability study for a new e-banking system aiming to understand how the new system meets the needs of its users, to uncover possible usability issues and to Read more…
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will be hosting our secondOnline Intensive Study Programme (ISP) for students of different disciplines at master and PhD level! View details here The ISP will be held in two parts:July 19-21 and September 13-14. The aim is to help participants gain a better understanding of current scientific Read more…
In recent months, we were able to make substantial progress within our project. Not only have we managed to successfully implement several events online, but we have also finalised one of the big milestones of our project, which are the guidelines for evidence-based communication that we published this spring. With Read more…
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) will host an interdisciplinary Intensive Study Programme “From Post-Truth to Pseudoscience: Understanding the Impact of Disinformation on our Societies” for master and phd students. The ISP will be held online in two parts, July 19-21, and September 13-14, 2021. To participate please contact saridout@jour.auth.gr and include Read more…
We are happy to announce that our guidelines for evidence-based communication targeting early stage researchers and journalists that were presented during last week’s conference, are available through our website in the “resource” section: https://projects.uni-foundation.eu/erum/
As strange as it may sound, research tells us that some humans and chatbots (and robots) are starting to grow fond of each-other and develop relationships. Is this a next step in human evolution? That might be too early to tell, but chatbots has indeed entered the world of our students, and we Read more…
Together with leading educational scientists, chatbot researchers and practitioners, we are gathering the European HE community on June 22 to explore the future role of chatbots in Education. Among the speakers is: – Prof. Rupert Wegerif, from Cambridge Education– Dr. Wayne Holmes, Unesco Consultant for AI in Education.– Asbjørn Følstad, Senior Read more…
The Edubots Erasmus+ project, in which EdMedia CYENS is a partner, has now worked on the CMOOC community. Join at https://join.edubots.eu/ The community consists of HE professionals with a curious mind, and an interest to improve teaching & learning with the help of learning technology and new innovative methodologies. It Read more…
On May 26th, the ERUM consortium met for the fourth transnational project meeting Due to the current public health crisis, the meeting was held virtually, on Zoom. It was chaired by Judith, Alessandra and Johanna from the University of Vienna. During this productive day, the project partners discussed already Read more…