The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will be hosting our secondOnline Intensive Study Programme (ISP) for students of different disciplines at master and PhD level! The ISP will be held in two parts:July 19-21 and September 13-14. View details here 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…
We are happy to announce our event under the title ‘Needs, challenges and experiences of women in STEM: Best practices from Higher Education and the Industry’. The event aims to uncover the needs and challenges of women in the field of STEM in Higher Education and the Industry. The event Read more…
Αφορά εκπαιδευτικούς ή makerspace tutors που διδάσκουν σε παιδιά ηλικίας 12-18 χρονών σε δημόσια και ιδιωτικά σχολεία ή σε makerspaces. is the OPEN Call is the informative leaflet 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 Read more…
20 May 2021, 10:00-16:30 (CET) Follow our Online Event here
Online conference – 20 May 2021, 10:00-16:30 (CET) The mis- and disinformation spread in the Media has gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic. This raises the broader question of the role of media professionals and researchers in the spread of science and communication. Public understanding of scientific key issues is Read more…
The mis- and disinformation spread in the Media has gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic. This raises the broader question of the role of media professionals and researchers in the spread of science and communication. Public understanding of scientific key issues is often limited and misinformation or even deliberate disinformation Read more…
Design of the ASSESSMAKE21 tool is underway!Happy to inform you that our first important task, the design of the ASSESSMAKE21 tool, is well underway! The last four months CIL (leader of O1) with contributions from the project partners mapped out and formulated the journey that the students will traverse with Read more…
CIL proudly participates in the Erasmus+ ASSESSMAKE21 project aiming to raise awareness of the development of 21st-century skills in makerspace contexts through the use of a digital self-assessment tool. As part of the project, CIL has documented the 21st-century skills most frequently found and developed in makerspace contexts. The decision Read more…
Project Ref.: 2019-1-CY01-KA203-058407Female Empowerment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Higher Education (FeSTEM) Learn about the FeSTEM project and how you can participate by watching this video in less than 3 minutes! If you are a university-level educator/instructor or student, feel free to contact us via our contact form or Facebook page.
ASSESSMAKE 21 Inaugural Multiplier Event for Educators and Makers Dublin Maker, partner on our Assessmake21 project, is excited to announce that we are hosting a new event as a partner of a new Erasmus+ project called ASSESSMAKE21. This inaugural Multiplier event is for Educators, Makers, Makerspace facilitators and anyone involved Read more…
CA19122 European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics.1st Application Call for STSM Applications for Missions occurring until 1st May 2021 The main aim of CA19122 Action is to improve gender balance in Informatics at all levels, from undergraduate and graduate studies to participation and leadership in academia and industry, through the creation Read more…
We are grateful to put together our newsletter once again (2020 CIL Newsletter), which despite the difficulties due to the pandemic, it does not look any less rich than our previous newsletters. Rather, it demonstrates the hard work and the many achievements of the group! This year is signalled by two PhD graduations Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab (https://www.cyprusinteractionlab.com/) of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, through the Social Computing Research Center (SCRC) (http://www.socialcomputing.eu) of the Cyprus University of Technology secured funding under the Erasmus+ program (Sector of School Education) with the project ASSESSMAKE21. The Cyprus Interaction Lab, led by Associate Professor Andri Ioannou, Read more…