FemPower: 1st In-Person Meeting

The research project started in February 2022 and proceeded via regular teleconferencing meetings. Due to pandemic restrictions and other administrative difficulties, the partners met in person for the first time on the 1st of December 2022, in an intense, but also enthusiastic and fruitful, two-day meeting, that took place at Read more

By Panayiotis Hadjicostis, ago

ENTER EdTech Closing Event – Cyprus LIH

On Thursday, 26th of January, the CYENS Centre of Excellence, GrantXpert Consulting, and Cyprus University of Technology hosted the closing event of the ENTER EdTech project. The event involved a pitching experience for six EdTech start-ups, who competed for one of the following remarkable and valuable prizes

By Panayiotis Hadjicostis, ago

ENTER Edtech project meeting

ENTER EdTech 2nd face-to-face meeting has been successfully completed in Athens on the 21st of November! The partners developed fruitful discussions reflecting on the completed tasks, revised ongoing work, and agreed on an action plan for accomplishing the next steps.

By Panayiotis Hadjicostis, ago

DR FLEMP PROJECT: Emerging technologies and Foreign Language Learning

  Learning a Foreign Language Education (FLE) can increase engagement and can become more immersive and interactive with the help of emerging technologies. Language experts have been interested in using Extended Reality (XR) technologies in education [various simulation-based technologies, such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), Read more

By Panayiotis Hadjicostis, ago

The Future of Makerspaces in Education

Register @ https://www.facebook.com/events/797358381265455The “Future of Makerspaces in Education” organized by the Cyprus Forum, Youth Makerspace Larnaka and Oxygono, will begin with an introduction to the Erasmus+ project Assessmake21 and what was achieved in the context of developing and piloting a digital tool to assess the development of 21st C Skills.The Read more

By Panayiotis Hadjicostis, ago

Multiplier Event: ASSESSMAKE21 Final Conference and Dissemination Event Invitation

Multiplier Event:ASSESSMAKE21 Final Conference and Dissemination Event This end of project event is aimed at educators, facilitators of makerspaces and those interested in the development of 21st C Skills through making activities.As the Maker movement is increasingly adopted into Primary and Secondary schools and nonformal makerspaces, students have more opportunities to Read more

By Panayiotis Hadjicostis, ago

DR FLEMP: Design Thinking Workshop at the CIL

A Design Thinking Workshop took place in September at the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of technology, as part of the DR FLEMP project. In the workshop, language instructors, instructional designers and nursing professionals participated and a storyboard of the future VR application scenario was drafted. Some of the ideas discussed during the workshop include the engagement of the students in different real-life scenarios and real-life dialogue in medical emergencies, ways to increase active learning and promote learning autonomy of students as well as the promotion of collaborative learning.

By Panayiotis Hadjicostis, ago

EIT project in Cyprus featured in EU report

Our EIT Climate-KIC Cyprus #younginnovators program featured in UNECE Report on Youth Engagement for ESD Cyprus University of Technology Cyprus Energy Agency Climate-KIC EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology Andri Ioannou Andreas Pastides Theognosita Karra. Thank you Aravella Zachariou for inviting us! Reading: Engaging Young People in the Read more

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ETR&D Special Issue Call: Learning Through Design and Maker Education

Special issue ETR&D Special Issue Call:Learning Through Design and Maker Education https://link.springer.com/journal/11423/volumes-and-issues/72-1 Guest Editors: Andri Ioannou, Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus Interaction Lab), CYENS Center of Excellence, <andri@cyprusinteractionlab.com>, http://andriioannou.weebly.com/Brian Gravel, Tufts University, <brian.gravel@tufts.edu>, https://sites.tufts.edu/briangravel/ Research topics to be addressed include but are not limited to: Learning design meshing pedagogy and practice to Read more

By Panayiotis Hadjicostis, ago

CUT and DR FLEMP project

CUT is one of the members of the consortium of the DR FLEMP project   The DR FLEMP project [Erasmus + KA2] aims to support digital transformation in Foreign Language Education (FLE) in the EU, whilst focusing on filling the existing gaps and raising efficacy of foreign language education by Read more