As part of T29 Tutorial (T29: Shifting to Digital: Gamification in Course Design) at HCII2021, http://2021.hci.international/, the Cyprus Interaction Lab team presented the Assessmake21 project. Namely, the CYENS team has presented how *Gamification* has been used in the design of Assessmake21 app to support students’ progression as they self-reflect on Read more…
Visit our ENTER Edtech project website http://www.enteredtech.eu/ and follow us on Social Media https://www.facebook.com/ENTEREdTech/. The Cyprus Interaction Lab of CUT and EdMedia of CYENS Centre of Excellence will assume the creation of the EdTech Learning & Innovation Hub in Cyprus, enacted with pilot studies and local stakeholders. Stay tuned!
Keynote speakers: Rupert Wegerif, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge and Asbjørn Følstad, Senior research scientist at SINTEF “Edubot adventures in dialogic space” by Rupert Wegerif: Can Edubots support the sort of educational dialogues which expand student’s minds? He will look at the arguments against this statement and challenge us Read more…
On May 12-13, EdMedia-CYENS and the Cyprus Interaction Lab successfully delivered two workshops for the ASKFOOD GAMIFICATION ACADEMY, a tool ASKFOOD EU project developed to keep informing and educating food scientists in gamification. We would like to thank the organizersfrom ASKFOOD, Dr Dimitris Tsaltas (Cyprus University of Technology, CY), Professor Paola Pittia, Ms Federica Striglio and Ms Cecilia Tonelli (University of Teramo, IT) and Mr Rainer Svacinka (University of Teramo and Sumo Technologies Gmb) for Read more…
Members of the Interactive Media and Education/Edutainment (EdMedia), Immersive Technologies for Intelligent and Creative Applications (ITICA), and Smart, Ubiquitous and Participatory Technologies for Healthcare Innovation (HealthXR), Multidisciplinary Research Groups (MRGs), will participate at the 23rd International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCII 2021), which will take place virtually between July Read more…
The kick-off meeting for the QUASI project (Qualitative Study on SELFIE Impact) took place on the 19th of March, virtually. The project aims to analyze the impact of SELFIE, a self-reflection tool that supports schools going digital. Five goals have been set: Understand the digital readiness of 15 schools from three Read more…
ENTER Edtech project Kick-starting a highly ambitious EU project, along with 8 partners from 6 countries(XEdu Accelerator in Finland, LearnLaunch Accelerator in Boston, and GrantXpert Consulting). We aim to create an ecosystem for EdTech-preneurs. We look forward to welcome: pioneers, revolutionaries, start-up founders, spin-offs and industry partners interested to transform education. Link to social Read more…
Edubots has completed 1 Year of work. Our interim report has been successfully submitted. You may enjoy the promotional videos of the project for educators and students. Please contact us if you wish to learn more about the Differ Chatbot solution and if you wish to try it out as Read more…
Andri Ioannou, Associate Professor at CUT, Team Leader of CYENS EdMedia, is a member of the Management Committee of the Action representing CUT and CYENS). The main aim of this COST Action is to improve gender balance in Informatics through the creation and strengthening of a truly multi-cultural European network Read more…
Dr Andri Ioannou (Associate Professor at CUT, Team Leader of EdMedia ) was a panelist at AECT pannel discussing on “Shifting to Digital”. The purpose of this panel is to discuss various perspectives published at the emergent special issue, which 1) provided practical information for educational professionals who are making the Read more…
Andri Ioannou, Associate Professor at CUT, Team Leader of CYENS EdMedia, was invited to chair and be the discussant for the session on XR in Education at the #DIMENSIONSXR2020 — #DIMENSIONSXR2020 is an international conference and exhibition, which brings together XR pioneers, leading scientists, researchers, engineers, practitioners, technology developers and policy Read more…
Olia Tsivitanidou of the EdMedia Multidisciplinary Research Group (MRG) participated at the online Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS), organized by the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) of the University of Zagreb since 1989. The aim of the conference is to be the interface between researchers and professionals Read more…
In the context of the “Othello Tower” project, which is funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the CYENS Centre of Excellence and the Cyprus Institute collaborate for the development of an educational game that addresses aspects of the history of the walled city of Famagusta, staring with the Read more…
The 2nd coordination meeting of the EDUBOTS project (Best practices of pedagogical chatbots in higher education) took place online on the 25th of August 2020. The EDUBOTS project, which is funded by the European Commission, is composed by six partners (EdTech Foundry, Anna & Hubert Labs, the University of Leeds, the University Read more…
Andri Ioannou has chaired session S321 at HCII 2020 – Learning and Collaboration Technologies, in which Yiannis Georgiou has presented some of our CYENS-EdMedia work. S321: Learning Experience Design: Embodiment, Gesture, and InteractivityChair(s): Andri Ioannou, Yiannis Georgiou, Cyprus; Mina Johnson, United States Designing ‘Embodied’ Science Learning Experiences for Young ChildrenRhiannon Thomas Jha, Sara Read more…
Dr Andri Ioannou (Associate Professor at CUT, Team Leader of CYENS EdMedia) was invited to present at EIT Climate-KIC Journey, https://journey.climate-kic.org/ about CYENS’s work and projects relevant to Sustainable Development. The Journey took place online (due to the pandemic) in July 2020. The EIT Journey is a programme for everybody who wants Read more…
We are happy to consider applicants with expertise and interests relevant to EdMedia, https://www.cyens.org.cy/en-gb/research/research-groups/interactive-media-and-education/ How to apply? Please see: https://www.cyens.org.cy/en-gb/vacancies/rise-coe-internship-programs/
Is the COVID-19 pandemic changing the ed-tech industry forever?Online Webinar, 13:30 – 14:30, Thursday 21 st May Summary:Kinems is a breakthrough interactive learning gaming platform supporting Whole Child Approach with learning andkinetic analytics that transforms general and special education by bringing movement-based learning, academicdevelopment via multiple modalities, precise individualization and Read more…
The kick-off meeting of the EDUBOTS project (Best practices of pedagogical chatbots in higher education) took place on January 15, at the Startup Campus, Oslo, Norway. The EDUBOTS project, which is funded by the European Commission. See https://www.edubots.eu/ Cyprus was represented by CYENS CoE (https://www.cyens.org.cy/en-gb/) who has a leading role in Read more…
EDUBOTS [ERASMUS+ KA2 Knowledge Alliances; 1/11/2019-31/10/2021] is coordinated by EdTech Foundry in Norway and CYENS CoE (Cyprus Interaction Lab members involved) is a major member of the consortium which also includes distinguished organisations such as the Anna & Hubert Labs, the University of Leeds, the University of Zagreb, and the Read more…