On the 28th May 2021, XENIA consortium participated in the third transnational meeting of the project. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting, originally planned in Athens, took place in online mode on the basis of an agenda developed by Sinapsi the coordinator and shared jointly by all partners.
After the greetings led by the coordinator Sinapsi, an overview of activities implemented under Work Package 2 and a special insight to XENIA Inclusiveness Index made by the IT partner Internet Web Solutions took place. In particular, partners discussed about the weighting of indicators for the objective matrix and development of indicators to capture students and staff perceptions about HE inclusiveness.
This innovative tool will calculates the score of tested HEI in each different area and overall, suggesting best practices to reinforce or improve their situation in each assessed area and overall. The results can be printed or shared on the main social networks and published in a dedicated section called ‘All Star Corner’ available anytime to ensure XENIA future sustainability.
Hellenic Open University, the responsible partner for Work Package 3 presented the activites tobe undertaken in the coming months. The work will be focused on piloting and rendering the XENIA Index – Beta version before it is official launch to the geneal public.
Xenia is a Project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission which involves 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 to support equality, diversity and inclusion in EU HE contexts.
Since 2004, on 17 May this year, 130 countries worldwide celebrated the International Day against Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Transphobia, 31 years after the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the category of mental illness.
Despite this, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are still criminalised in many countries for their sexual behaviour, with penalties ranging from fines to imprisonment and even the death penalty. Transgender people suffer much institutional violence, being denied their identities. In many countries, the process of affirming gender identity (when provided for) is extremely complicated, bureaucratic and full of obstacles. Moreover, the trans condition was only depathologised in the lat DSM (Diagnostic Manual of Mental Illnesses).
It should also be considered that, beyond the structural stigma against LGBTI people, there are often additional factors of oppression linked to nationality, skin colour, disability, poverty and level of education.
In the framework of the XENIA project, the consortium intends to measure the “inclusiveness” of European Universities, with the awareness that, especially in many disadvantaged areas, the school drop-out rate of no-Cisgender students is still very high.
On an institutional level, Italy is currently awaiting the approval of a law to fight lesbian-homose-bi-transphobia, misogyny and ableism, which recognises a very important role for schools.
It is from the new generations that we must start!
XENIA Erasmus+ Project is implemented by a Consortium of 7 Partners from 5 European countries (Italy, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Spain). Xenia will develop an innovative and integrated tool that will support European higher education institutions -HEIs- in evaluating the actual level of inclusiveness of their environment and in identifying any efforts that can be placed to best address the needs of sexual and gender marginalized groups and ensure the protection of their fundamental rights and academicopportunities.
Basic Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) competences are critical for succeeding in most of the technical, engineering and even management related jobs, therefore STEM education is the main competence source for scientists, engineers, and workers with technological skills. Thus, there is a lot of research within educational and research community regarding students’ gender differences in STEM/STEAM fields and education. However, research on gender differences regarding STEM/STEAM educators is limited.
A study conducted by Natalia Spyropoulou, Phd Candidate and Prof. Achilles Kameas from the Hellenic Open University (HOU), partner of the XENIA project, investigated educators’ perceptions about the role of a STE(A)M educator, along with the challenges and the professional development needs. Drawing on an online survey, based on specially designed close-ended and open-ended questions, the researchers analyzed the educators’ views in order to understand critical factors and to provide more insight regarding the successful preparation of STE(A)M educators. Additionally, they investigated the association between gender status and their perceptions. The sample of this research includes 59 educators (26 females, 33 males), who have been involved in the implementation of STE(A)M educational programs in Greece.
The results of this study concerning challenges and difficulties did not confirm a significant difference with respect to participants’ gender. However, some differences are identified between professional development needs. For example, a higher percentage of female educators (42.3%) required professional development in the topic “Engineering for Education” than male educators (33.3%). Regarding participants’ perception about the role of STE(A)M educator, the results identified gender differences in the Teaching and Learning (TEL) competences’ category, indicating that females find more important educators competences that are related to the teaching and learning than males responders.
More info and relevant publications about this study can be found here.
XENIA Erasmus+ Project will develop and test an innovative tool that will support Europe’s Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in evaluating their level of inclusiveness for students, and furthermore staff and teachers, with a target to achieve a more open and safe society for gender and sexual minorities.
The DAISSy Reserach Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU), the Greek patner, presented the european project Advanced Media Literacy Education to counter online hate-speech (AmeLiE) at the national Conference entitled “European Curricula: Challenge and Innovation in Education”. The event was co-organized by the Regional Directorate of Education of Western Greece in collaboration with the Hellenic Open University and, due to COVID-19 restrictions, took place online on Friday, June 4, 2021.
The Conference targeted to promote the Erasmus+ projects’ results, the practices already developed and share ideas for upcoming opportunities. Αttendees exceeded 100, representing policy making, scinetific guidance and educational administration as well as teachers and students (over 60) of schools of primary, secondary and vocational education active or interested in the Erasmus+ program. Following a series of presentations, AMeLiE has been presented at the last part of the event as a European project nearing its 1st year and having completed the important stage of national research.
The presentation denoted the importance to address the online hate speech phenomenon and highlighted the main aim of AMeLiE, i.e. to train school communities on how to deal with online hate speech using social networking ICT tools with peer learning and crowdsourcing techniques. Participants were also introduced to project’s partnership, funding, structure, target groups, benefits for the educational community and other main elements that were analyzed.
AMeLiE presentation received a most positive feedback from both the participants as well as the event’s facilitators. Worth noting that material from the AMeLiE presentation is uploaded on the Regional Directorate of Education of Western Greece official webpage.
Τη Δευτέρα 14 Ιουνίου 2021, η ερευνητική ομάδα DAISSy του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου διοργάνωσε την Ελληνική διαδικτυακή εκδήλωση διάχυσης των αποτελεσμάτων του Ευρωπαϊκού έργου S.I.L.V.HER, με τίτλο “Αξιοποίηση και ανάδειξη της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς”.
Ο Διευθυντής της DAISSy και Καθηγητής της ΣΘΕΤ του ΕΑΠ, κ. Αχιλλέας Καμέας, άνοιξε την εκδήλωση με έναν σύντομο χαιρετισμό και στη συνέχεια παρουσίασε τις ερευνητικές δράσεις και τα έργα που υλοποιεί η ομάδα DAISSy, τα οποία σχετίζονται με την ανάδειξη της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς.
Στη συνέχεια, παρουσιάστηκαν τα αποτελέσματά του έργου S.I.L.V.HER – SafeguardingIntangibleCulturalValuesandHeritage από την κ. Βίκυ Μαράτου, ερευνήτρια και διαχειρίστρια του έργου εκ μέρους της ομάδας DAISSy. Συγκεκριμένα, παρουσιάστηκε το μάθημα μικτής εκπαίδευσης και το MOOC, που αναπτύχθηκαν στο πλαίσιο του έργου, καθώς και κάποιες ιδέες των συμμετεχόντων φοιτητών για έργα αξιοποίησης και ανάδειξης της τοπικής πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς.
Η εκδήλωση συνεχίστηκε με δύο πολύ ενδιαφέρουσες ομιλίες σχετικά με την προώθηση της πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς μέσω ιστοριών.
Η κ. Άρτεμις Σταματέλου, Στέλεχος Δημοσίων Σχέσεων στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο στη Γενική Διεύθυνση Μετάφρασης, παρουσίασε τη δομή και τους στόχους της Διεύθυνσης Γλώσσας των Πολιτών και κατόπιν την ανοικτή πλατφόρμα “My House of European History”, που περιέχει μια ψηφιακή συλλογή γραπτών προσωπικών ιστοριών, αναμνήσεων και μαρτυριών για οποιοδήποτε θέμα, όπως τις αφηγούνται άνθρωποι από όλον τον κόσμο. Πρόκειται για ένα συνεργατικό και πολύγλωσσο έργο που παραμένει ενεργό, ένα μωσαϊκό ιστοριών που σχετίζονται με την Ευρώπη και συνεισφέρουν στην κατανόηση του παρελθόντος αλλά και του παρόντος. Η πλατφόρμα είναι διαθέσιμη για όλους όσοι θέλουν να μοιραστούν μια προσωπική ιστορία που αφορά στην Ευρώπη.
Στη συνέχεια, η κ. Μαρία Αϊβαλιώτη, Tour script editor στην εταιρία Clio Muse Tours, παρουσίασε το Ευρωπαϊκό έργο RePAST, εστιάζοντας στο προϊόν και success story του έργου: “Σκοτεινές” σελίδες της ιστορίας σε ακουστική ξενάγηση. Η πρόκληση του πώς μπορεί κάποιος, με σύγχρονο τρόπο, να ανακαλύψει και να μάθει το παρελθόν, και κυρίως τις σκοτεινές πτυχές του, αντιμετωπίστηκε μέσω της δημιουργίας οκτώ θεματικών ακουστικών ξεναγήσεων που αφορούν σε μελανές σελίδες της σύγχρονης ιστορίας, προερχόμενες από την κάθε συμμετέχουσα χώρα στο έργο. Η εταιρία Clio Muse Tours δημιουργεί θεματικές ψηφιακές ακουστικές ξεναγήσεις για χώρους πολιτισμού στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό. Οι ξεναγήσεις αυτές είναι διαθέσιμες στον ιστότοπο της εταιρίας.
Η εκδήλωση συνεχίστηκε με παρουσιάσεις Ευρωπαϊκών έργων τα οποία υλοποιεί η ομάδα DAISSy. Η κ. Παναγιώτα Πολυμεροπούλου, Ερευνήτρια στην ομάδα DAISSy, παρουσίασε το Μαζικό Ανοικτό Διαδικτυακό Μάθημα (MOOC) του έργου EUHeritage, καθώς και το διαδικτυακό μάθημα του έργου DELTA.
To έργο EUHeritage στοχεύει στη δημιουργία ενός διακρατικού προγράμματος σπουδών για επαγγελματίες της πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς, εστιάζοντας κυρίως σε δεξιότητες ψηφιακές, εγκάρσιες και κοινωνικές, άμεσα συνδεόμενες με τον πολιτιστικό τουρισμό. Το νέο διαδικτυακό μάθημα θα ανοίξει τη Δευτέρα 21η Ιουνίου 2021 και θα προσφερθεί από την πλατφόρμα EUHeritage την οποία σχεδίασε και ανέπτυξε η ερευνητική ομάδας DAISSy – ΕΑΠ.
Το έργο DELTA ανέπτυξε ένα μάθημα μικτής μάθησης για φοιτητές Αρχαιολογίας, με στόχο τον εμπλουτισμό των δεξιοτήτων και των γνώσεων τους σε θέματα όπως τα ψηφιακά εργαλεία στην ανασκαφή, η τεκμηρίωση στο πεδίο, η ψηφιακή διατήρηση των μνημείων και η πειραματική Αρχαιολογία. To Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο είναι ο συντονιστής του project DELTA. To DELTA course με τίτλο «Digital Excavation» είναι σε εξέλιξη και προσφέρεται από την πλατφόρμα DELTA, την οποία σχεδίασε και ανέπτυξε η ερευνητική ομάδας DAISSy – ΕΑΠ.
Το έργο NICHE, που φιλοδοξεί να χαρτογραφήσει τις ανάγκες εκπαίδευσης, και στη συνέχεια να εκπαιδεύσει άτομα που εμπλέκονται με την άυλη πολιτιστική κληρονομιά της χώρας τους, παρουσιάστηκε από τον κ. Ρίζο Χαλιαμπάλια, Ερευνητή στην ομάδα DAISSy.
Η εκδήλωση ολοκληρώθηκε με την παρουσίαση του έργου ROMAN ROUTES από την κ. Χαρά Κόκκινου, Ερευνήτρια στην ομάδα DAISSy. Το έργο ROMAN ROUTES αφορά στις ιδιαίτερες δυνατότητες για επιχειρηματικότητα συνυφασμένη με την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, που προσφέρει το δίκτυο των αρχαίων Ρωμαϊκών οδών. Στο πλαίσιο του έργου, αναπτύχθηκαν δέκα σύντομα μαθήματα για την πολιτιστική επιχειρηματικότητα, τα οποία διατίθενται δωρεάν, και χωρίς εγγραφή, στην πλατφόρμα του έργου.
Το βίντεο της ζωντανής μετάδοσης της εκδήλωσης, είναι διαθέσιμο στο YouTube
The DAISSy Reserach Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) presented the european project Creative Audiovisual Lab for the promotion of critical thinking and media literacy (CrAL) at the multiplier event entitled “VOCATIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS go Erasmus+: Benefits for teachers and students II”. The event was co-organized by the Regional Centers for Educational Planning (PEKES) of Western Greece, Thessaly, Ipeiros and the 2nd PEKES of Attica. It took place online on the 10th June 2021 attracting more than 80 representatives of educational and policy making sectors in Greece.
Following a series of presentations on projects’ benefits for teachers, students and the educational community, CrAL has been presented at the final part of the event as a newly initiated European project. Its main aim, i.e. to enhance the digital skills, creativity, critical thinking and media literacy of both teachers and students via audiovisual creative writing and reading, as well as the project’s partnership, funding, structure, target groups, benefits for the educational community and all other main elements have been analyzed.
CrAL’s presentation aroused the interest and received a really positive feedback from both the participants as well as the event’s facilitators. A number of teachers’ and key stakeholders expressed their interest to learn more about the trainings that will follow within the project’s context.
DAISSy, the Greek partner of CrAL, will contibute to all project outputs; implement all actions in Greece, and is leading the project’s Quality Assurance actions as well as the Platform’s developmet.
The DAISSy Reserach Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU), presented the european project Creative Audiovisual Lab for the promotion of critical thinking and media literacy (CrAL) at the multiplier event entitled “European Curricula: Challenge and Innovation in Education”. The event was co-organized by the Regional Directorate of Education of Western Greece and the HOU, and took place online on the 4th June 2021 attracting more than 50 representatives of educational, cultural and policy making sectors in Greece as well as a significant number of pupils (over 60) of all levels of education.
Following a series of presentations on projects’ results and general actions targeting the educational community, CrAL has been presented at the second part of the event as a newly initiated European project. Its main aim, i.e. to enhance the digital skills, creativity, critical thinking and media literacy of both teachers and students via audiovisual creative writing and reading, as well as the project’s partnership, funding, structure, target groups, benefits for the educational community and all other main elements have been analyzed.
CrAL’s presentation received a most positive feedback from both the participants as well as the event’s facilitators, with a number of teachers’ and key stakeholders even expressing their interest to learn more and participate at the trainings that will follow within the project’s context.
DAISSy, the Greek partner of CrAL, will contibute to all project outputs; implement all actions in Greece, and is leading the project’s Quality Assurance actions as well as the Platform’s developmet.
The DAISSy Reserach Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU), the Greek patner, presented the european project Creative Audiovisual Lab for the promotion of critical thinking and media literacy (CrAL) at the national multiplier event entitled “Enhancing teachers’ digital skills and creativity”. The event was organized in the context of another Erasmus+ project, the “CrowdDreaming – Youth co-create digital culture”, and due to the COVID-19 restrictions it took place online on the 14th April 2021, attracting more than 50 representatives of educational, cultural and policy making sectors in Greece.
Following a series of presentations on projects’ results and general actions targeting the educational community, CrAL has been presented at the last part of the event as a newly initiated European project. Its main aim, i.e. to enhance the digital skills, creativity, critical thinking and media literacy of both teachers and students via audiovisual creative writing and reading, as well as the project’s partnership, funding, structure, target groups, benefits for the educational community and all other main elements have been analyzed.
CrAL’s presentation received a most positive feedback from both the participants as well as the event’s facilitator, with a number of teachers’ even expressing their interest to learn more and participate at the trainings that will follow within the project’s context.
Τη Δευτέρα 14 Ιουνίου 2021, ώρα 17:00 – 19:00, η ερευνητική ομάδα DAISSy του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου, διοργανώνει τη διαδικτυακή εκδήλωση διάχυσης των αποτελεσμάτων του έργου S.I.L.V.HER, με τίτλο “Αξιοποίηση και ανάδειξη της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς”.
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Τη Δευτέρα 14 Ιουνίου 2021, ώρα 17:00 – 19:00, η ερευνητική ομάδα DAISSy του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου, διοργανώνει τη διαδικτυακή εκδήλωση διάχυσης των αποτελεσμάτων του έργου S.I.L.V.HER, με τίτλο “Αξιοποίηση και ανάδειξη της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς”.
Το έργο SILVHER – SafeguardingIntangibleCulturalValuesandHeritage, στοχεύοντας να εφοδιάσει τους φοιτητές με γνώσεις και εργαλεία προκειμένου να σχεδιάσουν και να προωθήσουν έργα για την αξιοποίηση και ανάδειξη της τοπικής Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς, έχει αναπτύξει ένα μάθημα μικτής εκπαίδευσης αποτελούμενο από τρεις Ενότητες:
Διαχείριση έργων πολιτισμού,
Ψηφιακή αφήγηση της άυλης πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς,
Επαυξημένη και εικονική πραγματικότητα στον τομέα του πολιτισμού.
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