

The DAISSy Group
The DAISSy group was founded in 2001 by highly skilled and motivated researchers pursuing research, innovation and adoption of the broader Ambient Intelligence vision. Currently the group consists of two branches, both based in Patra
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Since its establishment, the DAISSy group has participated in more than 60 national and European projects, in various frameworks (i.e. FP5, FP6, FP7, Lifelong Learning, Erasmus+, etc.), amassing a total funding of more than 2,5 MEuro.
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The international conference of the OLMEdu project, organized by DAISSy-HOU, attracted high interest!
The DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU ) organized with success the hybrid International Conference on the European project “Open Lab for the up-skilling of higher education staff in online Management Education-OLMEdu“, which took place on 21st February 2023, at the headquarters of HOU in Patras, Greece (10.00’- 16.00’). The main […]

Leveraging tabletop games in education – Multiplier event and workshop of the TEGA project by DAISSY-HOU
On Friday 3rd March 2023, the multiplier event of the European project TEGA – Training the Educators to facilitate the teaching and assessment of abstract syllabus by the use of serious GAmes, took place in Patras (Greece). The event included individual presentations regarding the outputs of the project so far, as well as a hands-on […]

The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University identifies the positive BIBLIO impact on the training opportunities context for Librarians in Greece!
The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU), the Greek project partner, has been monitoring the impact of the Librarian education and training opportunities context in Greece and the findings are precious! Namely: Many librarians were involved in the BIBLIO activities in Greece and already sought a new second phase! Although the project […]

The DAISSy Research Group of the HOU launched its activities on CLIP european project on visual Media Literacy and tackling visual disinformation
The “CLIP: Critical visual media Literacy and emPowerment” is a newly approved European co-funded project that addresses the digital transformation through the development of digital and green readiness, resilience and capacity, of the Higher Education (HE) sector. Thus, CLIP project aims to strengthen the digital capabilities of the HE sector by boosting their resilience to […]

LEAD-Online Talks #Ηate: Mίσος και Τοξικότητα στο Διαδίκτυο: Μάθε και ενήργησε
Η Ερευνητική Ομάδα DAISSy του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου (ΕΑΠ) σε συνεργασία με το 2ο και το 8ο ΓΕΛ Ιωαννίνων και την ΑΡΣΙΣ-Κοινωνική Οργάνωση Υποστήριξης Νέων, σας προσκαλούν στην εκδήλωση με τίτλο: #Hate: Mίσος και Τοξικότητα στο Διαδίκτυο: Μάθε και ενήργησε Δευτέρα 13 Μαρτίου 2023, στις 18.30’ Πολιτιστικός Πολυχώρος «Δ. Χατζής» (Παλαιά Σφαγεία), Ιωάννινα Η δράση […]

The CRISIS MOOC for Smart City Resilience Officers starts with the support of the DAISSy-HOU Participation is free and registrations are open!
The DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) announces the launch of the CRISIS Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on 20th March 2023! This MOOC was developed in the framework of the European project “CRISIS-Competences for Resilient Smart Cities’ Staff“, which proposes a holistic approach to the professional development of the workforce of […]

Training activities of the CRISIS project with the participation of the DAISSy team
The DAISSy research group participated in the training activities that took place within the framework of the CRISIS project in Frankfurt from 6 to 10 February 2023. The activities were carried out live on the premises of FernUniversität, which is Germany’s state distance education university. The CRISIS project (Competences for Resilient Smart Cities’ Staff) is […]

The DAISSy Research Group of the HOU participated at the ‘CLIP: Critical visual media Literacy and emPowerment’ transnational kick-off meeting
The transnational partners’ kick-off meeting of the ‘CLIP: Critical visual media Literacy and emPowerment’ european project took place on the 3rd and 4th of November 2022, in Rome (Italy) launching its implementation. The CLIP project aims to strengthen the digital capabilities of the HE sector by boosting their resilience to information overload, manipulation and polarization, […]

XENIA for Valentine’s Day with students from the Federico II University in Naples
The 14th February Saint Valentine’s Day, the day dedicated to lovers, is usually celebrated worlwide. For this celebration, the Anti-Discrimination and Culture of Differences Section of the Centre SInAPSi from the Federico II University (Italy) organised a social campaign to disseminate all the forms of love with photos taken by the students themselves. The love […]

XENIA SURVEY ADMINISTRATION KICK OFF for IDAHOBiT
The XENIA consortium of 7 partners from 5 European countries(Italy, Ireland, Spain, Greece and Slovenia) symbolically chose the commemorating day of May 17th, the International Day Against Homo-lesbo-bi-transphobia, to start the survey administration to students at the “Federico II” University in Naples, University College Dublin in Ireland, University of Barcelona in Spain, Hellenic Open University […]

HOU/ DAISSy participated at the XENIA face-to-face meeting at the University of Barcelona
On March 29th and 30th 2022, the fourth transnational meeting of the European project XENIAtook place at the University of Barcelona. Finally, almost 2 years of online meetings and monthly call via Zoom due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions the consortium was able to meet and work face-to-face. Great enthusiams and collaboration animated the two […]

XENIA presented at the “Málaga Innosocial competition” edition 2022
The need to turn university environments into more inclusive spaces to any form of gender expression and sexual orientation, through an IT algorithm,is the core of the Xenia Project. In June 2022, XENIA took part in the “Málaga Innosocial competition”, II edition, after the IT partner of the consortium Internet Web Solutions spotted the local […]