The Intensive Study programme was organized within the DELTA project from 11th to 15th October 2021 in Greece. It was a wonderful experience for 14 students of Archaeology and their trainers from Greece, Italy and Czech Republic to participate in a 5 days training and learning at Marathon, Greece. The Intensive Study Programme (ISP) has been organized in a way to follow the four modules of the DELTA blended course. In particular, after the first day which was devoted to the orientation and introduction to the archaeological site, the program and the excavation methodology, the following 4 days (days 2-5) were devoted to the subject of the four modules of the DELTA online course developed by the Universities – partners of DELTA, MASARYK, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Basilicata and Hellenic Open University.

The learning and training programme included lectures, presentations, applications of digital tools and software in archaeological excavations, usage of drones and thermal cameras, use  of  Total Station and RTK GNSS, 3D modeling, photogrammetry, storytelling techniques and group activities as well as study visits to museums, laboratory of conservation & archaeological sites!

The DELTA project partners contribute with the scientific paper “Digital Applications in archaeological education and excavation training: the DELTA course”, to the 14th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI) which will be organized virtually, due to the unstable situation of COVID, on the 8th – 9th of November, 2021. This publication will be included in ICERI2021 Proceedings.

The paper presents the results of the research, online and desk, aiming at recording the existing situation in the three countries regarding: (1) the use of digital applications in archaeological excavations, (2) current courses on excavation practices, methods and techniques and (3) the use of digital educational tools in such courses. This research provided the necessary evidence for the design and development of the DELTA blended training course that combines the use of an online platform with face to face and on-site learning in a joint excavation.

For the last 13 years, ICERI conferences are welcoming more than 800 participants in the field of education. The scope of ICERI2021 includes the following topics like:

COVID19: Distance Learning in Times of Crisis, Education: New Trends and Experiences, Pedagogical Methods and Innovations, Inclusive Learning, Cultural Diversity and Special Education, New Challenges in Education and International Cooperation, Teacher Training, Curriculum Design, Accreditation and Quality in Education, Research: New Trends and Experiences, University-Industry Cooperation, Global Issues in Education and Research, Technology in Teaching and Learning, Emerging Technologies in Education, E-content Management and Development.

The DELTA ISP training in Marathon, Greece organized by the DELTA partners, on 11 – 15 October 2021, and especially the last day dedicated to the public archaeology and open air museums, is now posted in the Erasmus days 2021 events map!

https://www.erasmusdays.eu/event/public-archaeology-within-delta-project/

On Monday, June 14^th of 2021, the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University organized the Greek online event entitled “Valorization and promotion of Cultural Heritage”, in order to disseminate the results of the European project S.I.L.V.HER.

In the first part of the multiplier event, were presented the objectives as well as the blended training SILVHER course designed and delivered for University students of Italy, Porugal and Turkey. The platform for the online part of SILVHER course was developed by the DAISSy – HOU (Greek partner).

In the first part, we had the honor to have two invited speakers. Ms. Artemis Stamatelou, Public Relations Officer at the European Parliament in the Directorate-General for Translation, presented the structure and objectives of the Citizens’ Language Directorate and then the open platform “My House of European History”, which contains a digital collection of written personal stories, memories and testimonies on any subject, as narrated by people from all over the world.

Ms. Maria Aivalioti, Tour script editor at Clio Muse Tours, presented the European project RePAST, focusing on the product and success story of the project: “Dark” pages of history in an audio tour. The company Clio Muse Tours creates thematic digital audio tours for places of culture in Greece and abroad.

The second part of the multiplier event, included presenations in particular of European projects on Tangible and Intangible Cultural heritage, CH management and Tourism, which HOU either coordinates or participates as partner. Namely, were presented by DAISSy – HOU researchers, the EUHeritage project and online course, the NICHE  project as well as ROMAN ROUTES project and online course.

More specifically, Mrs. Panagiota Polymeropoulou, Researcher at DAISSy Research Group of HOU presented the content and objectives of the European project DELTA  and specifically the content of the blended course of DELTA entitled “Digital Excavation”. The blended course is provided and is running during this period through the e-learning platform, developed by the DAISSy – HOU.  The course is targeting at elevating the digital skills of students of Archaeology through four main modules: M1. Digital Tools for Archaeological Practice/Excavation; M2. Documentation in situ and after excavation; M3. Digital Preservation of cultural heritage monuments and artifacts (3D representation and reconstruction); M4. Open-Air Museums and Experimental Archaeology (presentation and interpretation of research results and knowledge to wide public). Also, Panagiota presented the outline and content of e-learning platform, developed by the DAISSy – HOU.

The event attended students and graduates of study programs related to Culture and Tourism, researchers and educators. The event was organized online due to the epidemiological data of the country during this period, attracting more than 35 participants, while it was also significantly promoted on social media. Also, the event was broadcasted live on the DAISSy YouTube channel with over 90 views.

The Greek Archaeological Committee UK takes great pleasure in inviting you to its 61st lecture “Marathon Revisited: The new excavation of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at the site of Plasi”.

On Tuesday 25 May 2021, at 19:00 (CET), 20:00 (EET) Yiannis Papadatos, Assc. Prof. of Archaeology (NKUA) and partner of DELTA partnership, will give a lecture about the NKUA excavations at Marathon, with the title “Marathon revisited: the new excavation of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at the site of Plasi”.

The DELTA course will also be presented. Students of the DELTA blended course will have the opportunity to learn about the excavation, where the Intensive Study Programme (part of the DELTA blended course) will take place.

Register here !

The DELTA project consortium participated in the fourth transnational meeting of the project. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting initially scheduled to take place in Athens, Greece but finally took place online, on Tuesday 4^th and Wednesday 5^th May 2021.

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). The project is implemented by a consortium of four partners – Universities from three countries (Greece, Italy and Czech Republic).

The meeting started with an overview of the project and its progress by Achilles Kameas, Head of the DAISSy Research Group, Hellenic Open University. The actions that will take place in Intellectual Output I (IO1) were then analyzed, such as presentation of the developed Module 1 material (Masaryk University), the status of Module 2 (NKUA), the status of Module 3 (UNIBAS) and the status of Module 4 (HOU). The University of Basilicata (UNIBAS) presented the results of the selected applicants derived by the application online form, which closed on the 2nd May 2021.  The e-learning platform opens on the 10th May 2021 with Module 1 and all partners will assign two people as Tutors in the Platform. HOU will provide the monitoring and technical support throughout the blended course, to both Tutors and Students in platform.

Also, Masaryk University presented the content of the DELTA Teaching Handbook (IO1/A3) and the Policy recommendations structure (IO1/A5). The first day of the meeting ended with NKUA who showed a list of questions that constitute the evaluation forms of the blended course material (IO1/A4) in Platform.

The second day of the web meeting included equally important presentations, regarding the pending issues of the DELTA platform for the provision of the training program under Intellectual Output II (IO2) as well as the communication, dissemination policy for the more effective dissemination of the project results and deliverables (HOU). University of Basilicata (UNIBAS) presented an indicative detailed programme for the 5 days learning and training [ISP] for the 15 selected students and the 3 trainers, coming from the partner countries that will travel and collaborate in the joint excavation at Μarathon, Greece. The ISP programme is designed by UNIBAS and NKUA will be the host partner of the excavation.

The fourth meeting closed with the presentation of the time –plan and the financial issues by HOU, for the smoother implementation of the DELTA project.

The registration process is already closed! Thank you for applying! All selected learners have received their credentials for entering the platform (https://mooc.cti.gr/delta.html). We wish you the best in participating to DELTA course!

Η ερευνητική ομάδα DAISSy του ΕΑΠ διαθέτει το μικτό μάθημα Digital Excavation, το οποίο αναπτύχθηκε στο πλαίσιο του Ευρωπαϊκού έργου DELTA – Digital Excavation through Learning and Training in Archaeology.

Το έργο DELTA είναι ένα διακρατικό πρόγραμμα που χρηματοδοτείται στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος Erasmus+/KA2 EU (Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education). Συντονιστής του προγράμματος είναι η ερευνητική ομάδα DAISSy του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου. Το DELTA ενσωματώνει τον χώρο της ανασκαφής ως εκπαιδευτικό εργαλείο στη διδασκαλία των αρχαιολόγων στο αμφιθέατρο, με τη χρήση ψηφιακών μέσων. Το έργο υλοποιείται με τη συνεργασία 4 φορέων/Πανεπιστημίων από 3 Ευρωπαϊκές χώρες: η ερευνητική ομάδα DAISSy του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου – Ελλάδα, το Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών – Ελλάδα, το Τμήμα Ευρωπαϊκών και Μεσογειακών Πολιτισμών: Αρχιτεκτονική, Περιβάλλον και Πολιτισμική Διαχείριση (DiCEM) του Πανεπιστημίου της Basilicata – Ιταλία και το Τμήμα Αρχαιολογίας και Μουσειολογίας του Πανεπιστημίου του Masaryk – Τσεχία.

Το DELTA course περιλαμβάνει μικτή μάθηση σε 4 διδακτικές ενότητες:

• Digital Tools for Archaeological Practice/ Excavation;
• Documentation in situ and after excavation;
• Digital Preservation of cultural heritage monuments and artifacts;
• Open-Air Museums and Experimental Archaeology.

Το μικτό πρόγραμμα κατάρτισης θα προσφερθεί δωρεάν στα Αγγλικά από την Διαδικτυακή Πλατφόρμα που ανέπτυξε η ομάδα DAISSy για το έργο DELTA.

Η εγγραφή είναι ανοικτή για φοιτητές/ τριες Αρχαιολογίας έως τις 2 Μαΐου 2021! Προτεραιότητα συμμετοχής έχουν οι φοιτητές/ τριες των χωρών της κοινοπραξίας.

ΕΓΓΡΑΦΕΙΤΕ ΤΩΡΑ 

Οι εκπαιδευόμενοι/ες οι οποίοι/ες θα ολοκληρώσουν επιτυχώς το DELTA course, θα λάβουν Πιστοποιητικό παρακολούθησης με ECTS credits και Online Badges!

Η έναρξη των διαδικτυακών μαθημάτων θα γίνει στις 10 Μαΐου 2021.

Η αναλυτική ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ Εκδήλωσης Ενδιαφέροντος βρίσκεται εδώ.

The DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University invites you to the first Greek online event, as coordinator within the DELTA project! The event will be organized and delivered online in Thursday 10^th December 2020 from 18:00 to 20:00, through the MS Teams platform.

The Department of History and Archeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, participates also in the event, as the Greek partner of the DELTA project.

A necessary condition for attending the event is your registration in the Pre-registration Form (only in Greek)!

Participation in the event is open to all students, graduates as well as the scientific and teaching staff of the Departments of Archeology, Culture and Tourism in Greece.

Download the poster and the programme of the event

• Language of the event is Greek.
• Link e-form (in Greek)

The DELTA project consortium participated in the third transnational meeting of the project. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting scheduled to take place in Matera, Italy, finally took place online, on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 November 2020. 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). The project is implemented by a consortium of four partners – Universities from three countries (Greece, Italy, Czech Republic).

The meeting started with an overview of the project and the work that has started, is in progress or is expected to start in the near future, by the DAISSy Research Group, which was represented by A. Kameas, Professor of EAP and Scientific Coordinator of the project, P. Polymeropoulou, researcher and P. Zafeiropoulou, administrative.

The team of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) presented the most important points of the original research that took place online by the project consortium in March 2020 in the form of a questionnaire distributed to archaeology students, University professors, researchers and professionals of the field of Culture and Archaeology, in Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic. The results of the research are available on the DELTA project website.

The actions that will take place in Intellectual Output I (IO1) were then analyzed, such as the validation of the methodology for the design and development of the DELTA educational program, which will combine mixed learning (online and face to face learning in class) with the joint excavation in Marathon, Attica. Also, Masaryk University presented the draft for the DELTA Teaching Handbook while the University of Basilicata (UNIBAS) the selection criteria of the trainees who will participate in the pilot test of the DELTA educational program. The partners presented, discussed in detail and finalized the design of the four basic learning modules that will be developed in the DELTA training course. These are:

1. Digital Tools for Archaeological Practice/Excavation
2. Documentation in situ and after excavation
3. Digital Preservation of cultural heritage monuments and artifacts (3d representation and reconstruction)
4. Open-Air Museums and Experimental Archaeology.

The first day of the meeting ended with the presentation of the managerial and financial issues by the DAISSy group of HOU in order to better monitor the implementation of the project.

The second day of the web meeting included equally important presentations by the Coordinator, regarding the design and development of the DELTA platform for the provision of the training program under Intellectual Output II (IO2) as well as the communication policy for the more effective dissemination of the project results and deliverables. The 3nd meeting closed with the presentation of the time -plan, which included deadlines per activity for the smoother implementation of the project.

For more information on the DELTA project and other initiatives of the DAISSy Research Group:

• Website        : http://www.project-delta.eu/ –  http://daissy.eap.gr
• Facebook      : @projectdeltaeu – @DAISSyResearchGroup
• Twitter          : @deltaprojecteu – @daissy_research
• Email     : info@daissy.eap.gr