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On October 7th, the ERUM consortium met for the third time, but, due to the current public health crisis, the meeting was held on Zoom. It was chaired by Judith, Alessandra and Johanna from the University of Vienna.  During this productive day, the project partners discussed about already achieved milestones Read more…

From the 15-17 October 2020 the #ErasmusDays initiative will be taking place across Europe and beyond, to celebrate the Erasmus+ programme. Cyprus Interaction Lab actively participates in the #erasmusdays and provides a sneak preview of the work produced in our Erasmus project #festem and #openlang.  FeSTEM The  Festem Erasmus+ project (https://festemproject.eu/) is 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…

We are looking for a competent candidate to work on our newly funded project via CYENS and an amazing consortium of partners. Attractive salary based on skills and experience. Skills desired: Business/Innovation, Learning Innovation Hubs, Educational Technology & Design, Strong Digital Skills Details:3 years projects starting 01/01/2020 This Knowledge Alliance project builds Read more…

As the maker movement is increasingly adopted into K‐12 schools and nonformal makerspaces, students have more opportunities to generate unique, personalized projects and artifacts, such as computer programs, robots, DIY electronics and to develop new competencies and skills. Digital making technologies if coupled with proper learning methodologies such as suggested Read more…

Jointly held under one management and one registration with HCI International 2021 http://2021.hci.international/lct Chairs Panayiotis Zaphiris (panayiotis.zaphiris@cut.ac.cy) Andri Ioannou (andri.i.ioannou@cut.ac.cy) 24-29 July 2021, Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, USA The LCT conference, affiliated to HCI International conference, addresses theoretical foundations, design and implementation, as well as effectiveness and impact issues 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…

Στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος ReCOVer20 το οποίο επιχορηγείται από τον Οργανισμό Νεολαίας Κύπρου, πραγματοποιήθηκε η δράση «Δημιουργία ταινιών μικρού μήκους (animation videos) με παιδιά δημοτικού για τον διαμοιρασμό θετικών εμπειριών που απορρέουν από την περίοδο της καραντίνας».  Συντονίστρια της δράσης ήταν η κ. Νικολέττα Παντέλα, ερευνήτρια στο Cyprus Interaction Lab. 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…

Dr. Andri Ioannou is the Guest Editor for the upcoming Special Issue: Shifting to digital: Informing the rapid development, deployment and future of teaching and learning, in Educational Technology Research & Development.  This Special Issue is unique in that it will focus on multiple perspectives where respondent authors write about Read more…

A research project coordinated by the Cyprus University of Technology partnering with the University of Cyprus and Harvard University examined the potential of augmented reality in achieving sustainable urban governance. The project Sustainable Urban Governance through Augmented Reality (SUGAR – sugar.cyprusinteractionlab.com) has been successfully completed, responding to the key question: Read more…

Διεξάγουμε έρευνα για την λειτουργία εικονικής αναζήτησης (visual search) και με χρήση εργαλείων eye tracking (κάμερες καταγραφής οφθαλμικών κινήσεων) αναλύεται η ανταπόκριση του χρήστη σε αναζήτηση εικονικού τύπου πληροφορίας σε εικόνες. Έχει αναπτυχθεί μια πρωτότυπη ψηφιακή εφαρμογή η οποία θα χρησιμοποιήσει  ζεύγη εικόνων με έργα τέχνης προκειμένου μελετηθεί πώς ένας χρήστης παρατηρεί Read more…

Second partner meeting of the FeSTEM project once again united the partners from Cyprus University of Technology / Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου and ARIS from Cyprus, Ic Geoss from Slovenia, Magenta Consultoría Projects from Spain, CESIE from Italy and University of Macedonia from Greece – this time online. The participants have Read more…

Despite the great challenges that Covid-19 brought, this milestone of our ERUM Project has now been achieved thanks to the great dedication and intensive cooperation of all project partners. We are all the more pleased to be able to announce the publication of a general report and five case studies Read more…

Stage 1 (Teacher training) of the EIT Climate-KIC Young Innovators programme was successfully completed on Tuesday 30th of June 2020.  The training sessions were designed and delivered by members of the teams of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the Cyprus Energy Agency (CEA) with the support of CYENS Read more…

Members of the EdMedia Multidisciplinary Research Group (MRG) and the Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) participated at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2020), held between June 19th and 23rd, 2020 with the following paper presentations:  Ioannou, M, Ioannou, A., Georgiou, Y. & Retalis, S. (In press). Designing and Read more…

Members of the EdMedia Multidisciplinary Research Group (MRG) and the Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) participated at the 6th International Immersive Learning Research Network conference (iLRN 2020), held between June 21st and 25th, 2020 with the following work-in-progress presentation:  -Georgiou, Y., Tsivitanidou, O., Eckhardt, C. & Ioannou, A. (In press). Work-in-progress: Read more…