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Completion of the INSTRUCTION project in which DAISSy / HOU participated

logo-instructionOn March 31, 2022, the INSTRUCTION project (Upskilling school teachers for education-work transition), in which the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University participated was successfully completed. The duration of the project was two years and was funded under the program Erasmus + / KA2 / Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education. The project consortium included 6 partners from 4 European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Romania) and aimed to create an innovative teaching model to facilitate students’ transition from education to the world of work; and to strengthen the link between schools and business.

The DAISSy research team developed the innovative teaching model to support the internship / apprenticeship and participated in the development of the methodology for its application in the school environment through a six-step process. It participated in the design of the training program for 20 teachers from the project partner countries and designed and developed the e-learning platform used in both the teachers’ training program and the pilot implementation of the innovative teaching model in 5 European secondary schools. Based on the results of the pilot actions, the DAISSy research team determined a set of opportunities for integrating the innovative teaching model at local, regional, national and European level. Finally, it made a key contribution to the authoring of a scientific paper for the dissemination of project results.

The feedback received from teachers, students and representatives from the business community highlighted the usefulness and compatibility of the proposed model in different educational systems. The findings of the pilot implementation evaluation underlined the completeness in the coverage of the required skills by the teachers, the quality of the educational material, the efficiency and the applicability of the teaching model, but also the effectiveness of its application methodology for the training of the teachers and the support of the students for their transition in the workplace. The students felt that they were more informed and better understood the purpose and activities of the various stages of the internship / apprenticeship describing a sense of security that developed as they received adequate support and guidance especially during the preparation phase.

For more information about the INSTRUCTION project and the DAISSy research group:

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The DELTA consortium participated to 6th project meeting in Brno, Czech Republic

delta-logoOn the 31st  March and 1st April 2022, the DELTA consortium participated in person, in the sixth transnational meeting of the project in Brno, Czech Republic, hosted by the Department of Archaeology and Museology of the Masaryk University (project partner).

The DELTA project – Digital Excavation through Learning and Training in Archaeology, is funded under the program Erasmus + / KA2 / Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education. The project is coordinated by the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University (EAP) and is implemented by a consortium of four partners – Universities from three countries (Greece, Italy and Czech Republic). Project DELTA aims to design and develop a course that combines the physical space of an archaeological excavation with the digital space of online learning. With this course, students of Archaeology will be able to improve update their knowledge and skills and develop digital and 21st century skills in particular.

The meeting started with an overview of the project and its progress by Hellenic Open University. The DELTA consortium has decided after to provide again this year the online course entitled “Digital Excavation”, attracting 580 learners. The course will complete on the 23nd May 2022. HOU, the Intellectual Output II leader, presented the progress of the MOOC 2022, the first grade results, as well as other points of consideration in tutoring in platform. All partners as developers of each Module presented the status of work in the translation done in each module (IO2/A3). Masaryk University presented the finalization steps in DELTA Teaching Handbook (IO1/A3) and in Policy recommendations document (IO1/A5). The second day of the in-person meeting included equally important presentations, regarding the organization of the Final meeting in Athens (2 and 3 June 2022) that will be hosted by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as well as the planning of the Final Conference in Athens (4th June 2022) that will be organized by Hellenic Open University, with the active participation and contribution by all partners. Presentations on the procedure in finalizing the DELTA project on important aspects like communication/dissemination policy, financial & administrative issues and exploitation of the project results of DELTA, were conducted.

 

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More information on the DELTA project and other news of DAISSy research group -Hellenic Open University:

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Press release MICA

logo-micaThe DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University (http://daissy.eap.gr/en/ ) participates in the activities of the project “MU.SA International Community Activators – MICA”, which is co-funded by the Erasmus+ 2021-2027 programme.  The MICA project (12 months duration) aims to create a practical community of self-lifelong learning for Cultural Heritage and Museums professionals. Up to now, have been successfully completed the first three out of the five Work Cafés within the MICA project, which were conducted online and were live streamed on project’s Facebook page.

On March 28th 2022, the 1st Work Café on “Digital Environment for the Mu.SA Community” was held with the keynote speaker Myriam Hadnes, who shared with her experience of digital platforms as a behavioral economist and host of the podcast “Workshops Work” with the participants. The second guest was Sherif Abaza, Chief Growth Officer of Withlocals, a company specializing in affordable and sustainable tourism promoted by locals and an expert on the Slack platform. The speakers answered the questions and then, in the second part of the Work Café, participants explored the Welo platform and discussed, in small groups, the topics of the talks and how a community could be not only attractive but also sustainable.

On April 4th 2022, MICA project hosted the 2nd Work Café on “Best practices in cultural communities” where examples of successful cultural communities were presented and questions were raised about their potentials and weaknesses and how the MICA community can develop its own potentials. The first speaker, Maria Ann McNair, museum educator at History Colorado Museum, described how storytelling can be the strongest tool to create empathy, connection and networking in the process of building a community. Also, hosted Harikleia Haris, architect, urban planner and Mu.SA course successful learner from Greece, who described to participants how different digital platforms are used by different digital communities around the world, how to measure their impacts and the importance of balancing online and offline cultural community’s elements. In the second part of the Work Café, on the Welo platform, the speakers’ contributions deepened and discussed ways of building and feeding a digital or even physical (face-to-face) community which is open to the exchange of knowledge and experiences but also to critiques based on trust and respect.

The 3rd Work Café was dedicated to “Best practices in non-cultural communities” and took place on April 11th 2022. The main focus of the discussion was the participation of community members in the community and how to keep it active. The first speaker was Stella Tsala, head of the Cookpad Greek community, who described the three groups into which a digital community can be divided, the role that each group has and finally, how these groups can contribute to the development and maintenance of the community. Then, Susana Gomes da Silva, Head of education of the Gulbekian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal explained to the participants how museums keep in touch with their communities. The last speaker was Lana Jelenjev, author and “alchemist” of communities, who highlighted the importance of different ways of reaching out to members of a community. Participants, in the second part of the Work Café, were again moved to Welo platform where they exchanged views on the speakers’ key topics and discussed new strategies.

On May 2nd 2022 will be organized the 4th Work Café, entitled “Crowdfunding strategies and tools” with keynote speaker Zoe Akrivouli, Economist and researcher of the DAISSy group of the Hellenic Open University.

View the next work cafés livestreamed in Facebook of MICA project!

For more information about the MICA project and the activities of the DAISSy research group:

 

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Πρόσκληση στο Εθνικό Πιλοτικό Πρόγραμμα του NICHE

niche-logoΗ ερευνητική ομάδα DAISSy του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου σας προσκαλεί να δηλώσετε συμμετοχή στο Εθνικό πιλοτικό πρόγραμμα που διοργανώνει με τίτλο “Εκπαίδευση για την ενίσχυση της επιχειρηματικότητας στην Άυλη Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά”, στο πλαίσιο του έργου NICHE!

Το πρόγραμμα κατάρτισης διάρκειας είναι δωρεάν, ανοικτό προς όλους και θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο χρονικό διάστημα από 2 έως 29 Μαΐου 2022, μέσα από την πλατφόρμα του NICHE: http://www.nicheproject.eu/.

Το πρόγραμμα εκπαίδευσης προσφέρεται στα Ελληνικά  και θα περιλαμβάνει αυτορρυθμιζόμενη μάθηση και online συναντήσεις με τον εκπαιδευτή! Θα απονεμηθούν Βεβαιώσεις συμμετοχής!
Δηλώστε το ενδιαφέρον σας συμπληρώνοντας τη διαδικτυακή Φόρμαέως και 29 Απριλίου 2022.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες στην Πρόσκληση.

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Press release of the NEFELE online inaugural meeting

logo-nefeleThe inaugural online meeting of the NEFELE project, co-financed by the European Commission Erasmus +, took place on 16 February 2022 in Naples, Italy. The DAISSy research team of the Hellenic Open University (http://daissy.eap.gr/en/) participates in the activities of the new project, which is co-financed by the Erasmus + 2021-2027 program.

Hosted by the University of Naples (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), 18 people participated in an online meeting, representing all project partners from Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands.

The project meeting was dedicated to networking, project overview, questions about the administrative / financial aspects. It was fundamental for all partners, as it allowed for a common understanding of the project objectives, the validation of the work plan, a better clarification of each partner’s rules and responsibilities, and the definition of agreements and communication procedures.

NEFELE is a 30-month Erasmus + project (December 2021-May 2025), which aims to train high school teachers who can act to prevent NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) by supporting students in their development. skills and their professional identity.

The project includes the creation of a handbook that will contain an innovative framework for teachers which will include the Career Development Framework, the Positive Youth Development Framework and the TUIs (Tangible User Interfaces). This framework will be the basis for the development of MOOC, NEFELE BOX and the creation of Open Education Resources material that will be freely available on the NEFELE Platform. The last part of the MOOC will contain examples of using the NEFELE BOX.

The platform will share all the content of the project, as well as guidelines and good practices for professional teachers, policy recommendations and will allow the download of all content to those who will use the NEFELE training model.

 

 

If you or your institution are interested in NEFELE and would like to contribute, benefit or just follow the development of the project, you can contact the EAP DAISSy research team for more information and other activities at the following:

Project partners:

  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II UNINA, Italy, Coordinator
  • HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY, Greece
  • UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA , Spain
  • SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA, Switzerland
  • SMARTED SRL,Italy
  • VERENIGING VAN EUROPEAN DISTANCE TEACHING UNIVERSITIES, Netherlands
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Press Release of LEAD-Online project.

lead-project-prThe DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University (http://daissy.eap.gr/en/) participates in the activities of the new project entitled “LEAD-Online: Learn, Engage, Act: Digital Tools to Prevent and Counter Hate Speech Online”, which is co-funded by the CERV Programme (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme).

The LEAD-Online project (with a duration of 24 months) aims to enhance critical thinking and digital & media literacy skills in young people, as causally linked to the low levels of reporting and the “normalization” of hate speech online (HSO). The project will empower youth, teachers, media and social media activists in 7 countries (AT, BG, CY, HR, IT, EL, RO) to become agents of change by

  • training them to recognize hateful discourses and underlying forms of intolerance, prejudices and discrimination, using a rights-based approach;
  • providing them with innovative digital tools to classify, decode and counter HSO, and
  • opening up spaces for discussion of HSO, promoting attitudes and behaviour that respect human rights and values.

On April 7th and 8th 2022, the kick-off meeting of the LEAD-Online project was delivered with physical presence of the partners in Sofia Bulgaria, hosted by SDA team from Bulgaria, Coordinator of the project.  The first project meeting was dedicated to an overview on the LEAD-Online project, the proposal submitted and previous agreements among partners. The project meeting was dedicated to networking, project management, administrative, financial aspects, quality evaluation, and reporting obligations of all partners. It was a great help for the partners in order to properly understand the Project management and coordination, Self-Assessment And Development of Hate Speech Ontologies, the “Digital Gardening” To Tackle Hate Speech Online, the Play Against Hate: Online Game To Detect and Counter Hate Speech Online and the general Dissemination and Communication of the project. In addition, the meeting clearly defined the work plan and tasks to be implemented by each partner.

At the end of the project, target groups and stakeholders in education, civic sector, media sector in partner countries will benefit from new multiple open-access learning resources and sustainable, scalable, interactive digital instruments for countering HSO. Policy-makers in partner countries will be provided with recommendations to support formal educational activities for media literacy.

For more information about the project and the other activities of DAISSy research group:

  • Website: http://daissy.eap.gr
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daissyresearchgroup/
  • Facebook: @DAISSyResearchGroup
  • Twitter: @daissy_research
  • Instagram: @daissy_researchgroup
  • Email: info@daissy.eap.gr

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4th Transnational Project Meeting of “XENIA: He Inclusiveness Index”

project-xeniaThe DAISSy Group of Hellenic Open University participated in the 4th Transnational Meeting of the project XENIA, in Barcelona, 29-30 March 2022. The meeting was organized at the University of Barcelona (Deparment of Psychology) and was held in hybrid mode, with both in-person and remote attendees.

The discussion was moderated by the SInaPSi centre of the University of Naples Federico II, Coordinator of the project Consortium. After a brief overview of their joint progress so far, the Consortium partners discussed the current status of the project and their plans for the next months.

Particular attention was paid to Work Package N. 3 – Validation Plan, the completion of which is led by Hellenic Open University. The afore-mentioned work package involves the pilot implementation (in stages) of social survey tools for assessing the Inclusiveness of European academic communities as regards sex, gender and sexual orientation. The whole process will be supported by a dedicated, accessible web platform.

XΕΝΙΑ, a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission, is run by a Consortium of 7 Partners from 5 countries (Ireland, Italy, Greece, Slovenia and Spain). The project aims to promote social and educational inclusion of sexual minority and gender marginalised groups in EU HEIs, by developing and implementing an innovative inclusiveness index (“the XENIA Inclusiveness Index”) to support Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in EU HE contexts.

  • Website  : http://daissy.eap.gr/en/projects/xenia/, https://www.xeniaindex.eu/
  • Facebook : @DAISSyResearchGroup, @ XENIA Erasmus+ Project
  • Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/daissyresearchgroup/
  • Twitter : https://twitter.com/daissy_research
  • Instagram  : @daissy_researchgroup
  • Email : info@daissy.eap.gr
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Press release of STEAMedu project study visits coordinated by the DAISSy research team of HOU

The two STEAMedu study visits were successfully completed, which were conducted online in coordination with the DAISSy research team of HOU. The STEAMedu project aims to provide practical solutions to help close the gap between industry needs/expectations and educational system outputs, by creating a STE(A)M education master programme. The later will train in-service and future educators at all levels of education to implement STEAM-related courses in 13 universities of 3 Western Balkan countries (Kosovo, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina). It will develop innovative learning material and services offering educators a multidisciplinary perspective and participating universities the chance to exchange best practices, modernize, renew and align their curricula towards multidisciplinary skills and competencies necessary for rapidly changing job markets.

The role of the two online study visits, with a duration of 3 days each, was twofold. First, they aimed at transferring knowledge and expertise from EU partners to Western Balkan partners on STEAM education and curriculum development. Second, they gave the consortium the opportunity to work together to co-create the STEAM curriculum courses and decide upon fundamental issues of the curriculum the STEAMedu project will develop, such as duration, ECTS, structure and student profiles.

The first online study visit was organized by the DAISSy research team with the participation of a total of 63 participants, 47 of whom were university professors from the Western Balkans. On the first day of the visit, the operation model of HOU, the relevant research activities of the DAISSy team, as well as basic information about STEAM education and the way it has been integrated in the Greek education system so far were presented. On the second day, similar postgraduate programs offered in Greece and Europe were analyzed, which in combination with the results of relevant research programs in which the DAISSy research team participates, formed the basis for the proposed structure of the MSc in STEAM education. This was followed by the presentation of the voting results, which took place before the visit with the participation of all project partners and concerned the proposed structure of the MSc. Finally, on the 3rd day, the participants in the visit were divided into 4 working groups and collaboratively formed the outlines of 22 MSc courses.

The second online study visit was organized by the University of Cyprus with the participation of a total of 57 people, 43 of whom were university professors from the Western Balkans. The first two days were dedicated to the presentation of results from research programs in the field of STEAM education, while on the 3rd day of the visit the collaborative development of STEAM MSc course outlines continued with emphasis on the fields of training material, equipment and required resources.

For more information on the STEAMedu project and the activities of the DAISSy research team:

 

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Δελτίο τύπου εκδήλωσης απονομής πιστοποιητικών ειδίκευσης ψηφιακών ικανοτήτων στελεχών έξυπνων πόλεων με τη συμμετοχή της ερευνητικής ομάδας DAISSy του ΕΑΠ

devops-logoΤην Τετάρτη 16/3/2022 πραγματοποιήθηκε η εκδήλωση απονομής πιστοποιητικών ειδίκευσης ψηφιακών ικανοτήτων στελεχών έξυπνων πόλεων στα πλαίσια του έργου SmartDevOps (https://smartdevops.eu). Στο έργο “DevOps Competences for SmartCities”  συμμετείχαν 13 εταίροι (4 από Ελλάδα, 3 από Γερμανία, 3 από Ιταλία, 2 από Κύπρο και 1 από Βέλγιο), μεταξύ των οποίων και το Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο (ΕΑΠ) μέσω της ερευντικής ομάδας DAISSy. Ο βασικός του στόχος ήταν η επαγγελματική ανάπτυξη μέσω κατάλληλης επιμόρφωσης των στελεχών που εργάζονται ή θα εργαστούν σε Δήμους, οι οποίοι σταδιακά μετασχηματίζονται σε Έξυπνες Πόλεις. Για την επίτευξη του στόχου αυτόύ, προσδιορίστηκαν τρία νέα επαγγελματικά προφίλ για όσους επιθυμούν να εργαστούν σε μία έξυπνη πόλη και καθορίστηκαντις βασικότερες ικανότητες για κάθε προφίλ.

Την εκδήλωση τίμησαν με την παρουσία τους και χαιρέτησαν ο καθηγητής Οδυσσέας Ζώρας, Πρόεδρος του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου, ο καθηγητής Ζήσης Μαμούρης, Πρύτανης του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας, ο κ. Δημήτριος Δεληγιάννης, Αντιδήμαρχος Διοίκησης, Παιδείας και Δια Βίου Μάθησης του Δήμου Λαρισαίων, η κα Γεωργία Ρεμπούτσικα, Διευθύνουσα Σύμβουλος Εθνικού Συστήματος Υποδομών Ποιότητας και ο Οδυσσέας Ράπτης, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος e-Trikala A.E..

Οι ομιλητές της εκδήλωσης ήταν η κα Ευγενία Λόκανα, επικεφαλής της Διεύθυνσης Ψηφιακών Ικανοτήτων της ΕΔΥΤΕ Α.Ε. / Εθνική Ακαδημία Ψηφιακών Ικανοτήτων, η οποία παρουσίασε τις ανάγκες στην εκπαίδευση των στελεχών και των πολιτών στις έξυνες πόλεις και ο κ. Πάνος Φιτσιλής, καθηγητής του Τμήματος Διοίκησης του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας και συντονιστής του έργου DevOps Competences for Smart Cities, ο οποίος παρουσίασε τα νέα επαγγέλματα για την ανάπτυξη των έξυπνων πόλεων.

Στα πλαίσια της εκδήλωσης απονεμήθηκαν πιστοποιητικά επαγγελματικής κατάρτισης αλλά και πιστοποιητικά παρακολούθησης σεμιναρίων (για όσους παρακολούθησαν τμήμα του συνολικού προγράμματος). Συνολικά δόθηκαν 36 πιστοποιητικά για το επαγγελματικό προφίλ «Σχεδιαστής έξυπνων πόλεων», 8 για το προφίλ «Προϊστάμενος του τμήματος πληροφορικής έξυπνης πόλης», και 24 για το προφίλ «Ειδικός ψηφιακών συστημάτων έξυπνης πόλης».

Μέρος του εκπαιδευτικού υλικού έχει αναρτηθεί στην ψηφιακή ακαδημία πολιτών και βρίσκεται στην ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση https://nationaldigitalacademy.gov.gr/texnologies-aixmhs-6 και είναι διαθέσιμο δωρεάν στο κοινό.

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις δραστηριότητες της ερευνητικής ομάδας DAISSy:

 

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Press release of the RE-EDUCO project multiplier event organized by the DAISSy team of HOU

logo-reeducoOn Friday, April 1 2022, from 18:00 to 20:00, the DAISSy research team of the Hellenic Open University, organizes the live event entitled “Digital culture as a means of developing students and teachers” to disseminate the results of the RE-EDUCO (REthinking EDUcation COmpetencies. Εxpertise, best practices and teaching in Digital Era) project. The RE-EDUCO project aims to strengthen the role of digital culture as a means to improve the growth opportunities for students and teachers, widening their choices in private and professional life, through research, exchange of good practices, training and creative activities.

The event was held at Byzantino hotel, Riga Feraiou Street. 106, Patras and was attended by 56 people in total. It lasted 2 hours and was split in two parts. The first focused on presenting the project’s key information (scope, objectives, partnership, etc.) and the outcomes achieved so far. Specifically, the Greek national desk research on the emerging trends and needs from the digital transformation with a special emphasis on education, the orientation seminars and training activities for students of Greek schools, as well as the online course for teachers that was developed and delivered by the DAISSy research group were presented. The second part of the event focused on similar activities of the DAISSy research team in other Erasmus+ projects.

Three short interviews with people who attended the event were realized, who expressed their satisfaction with the knowledge they gained and their willingness to participate in both future educational activities and dissemination events from the projects of the research team DAISSy.

For more information for Re-EDUCO project and the DAISSy research team: