As part of All Digital Summit 2021 (https://summit.all-digital.org) the Cyprus Interaction Lab team (via EdMedia CYENS) presented the Assessmake21 project. We had the opportunity to post and showcase projects from our organization. Assessmake21 project was posted in a section where individuals and organizations could learn more about the project.
On the 6th of October 2021, CYENS Centre of Excellence and GrantXpert Consulting co-delivered the first dissemination event for ENTER_EdTech Erasmus+ project. The event was held in Nicosia, with several esteemed participants attending from the Cypriot entrepreneurship and EdTech ecosystem. The event titled “The Future of Education”, aimed to instigate a discussion around the Read more…
ENTER Edtech project Innovation Networking event – 06/10/2021 Unprecedented changes have taken the world by storm, and hence EdTech has become central to how education functions. Innovation is at the core of EdTech, with an online future which looks bright. CYENS Centre of Excellence and GrantXpert Consulting are organising a Read more…
The EdMedia-MRG participated at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) 2021 Conference, that was held virtually from the 30th of August – 3rd of September 2021. A paper ‘Enabling conceptual understanding in Physics via Immersive Virtual Reality’ was presented by Dr. Olia Tsivitanidou, concerning our work with VR as 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…
Members of the EdMedia-MRG participated at the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2021), that was held virtually from the 24th – 29th of July 2021. Two papers from our work with chatbots in higher education, have been presented, namely, a paper presented by Dr. Olia Tsivitanidou, reflecting our ongoing work Read more…
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!
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…
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 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…
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…