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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…

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…

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…

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…

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.  

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…

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…

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…

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…

Celebrating one year of ERUM project: As we are one year into the project, we decided it is about time to look back at the milestones and what has been achieved despite the current COVID-19 crisis and give a summary of what is yet to come in the forthcoming months. Read more…

The European Commission is currently working to implement a comprehensive set of actions to tackle the spread and impact of online mis- and disinformation in Europe. These initiatives have particularly increased in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to massive disinformation campaigns. This raises the broader question 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, 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…

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…

There are a lot of amazing women working in the field of STEM. To acknowledge their career and achievements, FeSTEM is preparing an annual list of “FeSTEM Women: Next Door Mentors”. The call for nominations is now open. This is your chance to nominate someone you respect and admire! Do Read more…