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On April 28th the ERUM partners – under the lead of the University of Vienna – hosted the third ERUM conference “Facts & Figures | Evidence-based Information in Contemporary Societies: The Role of Academia and the Media” to present and discuss the project’s outcomes. An interested audience from higher education and media institutions as well as (non)governmental bodies was able to participate in Vienna as well as online. How To: Enhancing Media and Information Literacy In the morning, participants had the chance to get an introduction to the ERUM project and find out more about the learning material that was developed in the course of the project. The material will be available to the public as Open Educational Resources by the end of May and addresses different aspects related to the fostering of higher education students´ media and information literacy. The learning modules build upon the previous outcomes of the project …

We are pleased to invite you to the 3rd Multiplier event of the FeSTEM project, which is organised by the team of SMILE Lab of the University of Macedonia, Greece, which will take place on Monday, May 16th, 2022 between 11:15-15:30 CET. We are pleased to invite you to the 3rd Multiplier event of the FeSTEM project, which is organised by the team of SMILE Lab of the University of Macedonia, Greece, which will take place on Monday, May 16th, 2022 between 11:15-15:30 CET. The event entitled “Connecting women STEM: building a stronger network & a brighter future !” will introduce participants to the final outcomes of the FeSTEM project, but will also host wonderful keynote speakers and panelists that will discuss today’s challenges for girls and women in STEM and their promising future.  Keynote speakers: Dr. Lina Ntokou, Yale University, USA, Founder of “Greek women in STEM”  Dr. Lilian Balatsou,  Bangor University, UK, Founder of “Greek Girls Code”  Panelists:  Dr. …

At the last monthly consortium meeting, partners of the ENTER project discussed about various aspects of the most prominent work packages leading to the implementation of the Learning Innovation Hubs (LIHs) that will take place in the fall. The discussion was mainly about the structure of the online learning environment for the blended learning courses, the establishment of the EdTech LIHs in the four partner countries (Portugal, Germany, Greece and Cyprus) and the validation of the learning courses through the pilot seminars. The next consortium meeting of the project will take place physically for the first time in Cyprus, at the CYENS premises on 19th-20th of May. We are looking forward to having our esteemed guests in Nicosia to work together towards contributing to the establishment of the LIHs.

QUASI  Qualitative Analysis of SELFIE (QUASI) is an ongoing study funded by the Joint Research Center which aims at assessing the impact of SELFIE and understanding in depth how SELFIE is used and perceived by teachers, students and school leaders in 3 different countries in Europe (Spain, Netherlands, and Cyprus) using qualitative methodologies. https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/selfie/items/737144/en The project is sponsored by the Joint Research Center, the European Commission’s science and knowledge service. The goals of the project are the following: Understand the digital readiness of 15 schools from three different countries in Europe (Spain, Netherlands, and Cyprus). Explore how SELFIE is used and perceived by its users in 15 different schools. Identify and describe the impact SELFIE is having in 15 different schools in Europe. Situate the impact of SELFIE in the more complex nexus of interrelated concepts like: digital readiness of schools, school management models, the changing landscape of technologies, theory …

The EDUBOTS consortium of partners (#differ.chat, #University of Leeds #Faculty of Organization and Informatics #CYENS Centre of Excellence #Hubert.ai #Universidad de Granada) is planning the closing event of the project on Tuesday, Jan 18th, entitled “Best practices of chatbots in higher education: Findings and insights from 2 years of applied research”. Join the event!  FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/4609612502491316 LnkdIn: https://www.linkedin.com/events/bestpracticeofchatbotsinhighere6879133835964100608/ On a high-level, Edubots has the goal of improving educational attainment in European higher education. We do that by exploring best practice use of chatbots, and by creating a learning community of Educators in Europe. 1. We focus on engagement between students and educators facilitated by chatbots. 2. We focus on increasing the frequency and accuracy of feedback between educators and students. 3. Project pilots are designed with the overall goal of decreasing dropout rates by using chatbots. 4. We form a learning community of educators to participate in the project activities and make use of the research, free learning resources, …