On 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:

• Websites: http://daissy.eap.gr/en, http://re-educo.eu/
• Facebook: @DAISSyResearchGroup, @RE-EDUCO
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daissyresearchgroup/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/daissy_research
• Instagram: @daissy_researchgroup
• Email: info@daissy.eap.gr

On 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 will be held at Byzantino hotel, Riga Feraiou Street. 106, Patras. Participation is free and certificates of participation will be given.

For access to the venue of the event, all the restrictive measures announced by the competent bodies apply.

You can see the program of the event here.

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

• Websites: http://daissy.eap.gr/en, http://re-educo.eu/
• Facebook: @DAISSyResearchGroup, @RE-EDUCO
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daissyresearchgroup/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/daissy_research
• Instagram: @daissy_researchgroup
• Email: info@daissy.eap.gr

To REthinking EDUcation COmpetencies. Εxpertise, best practices and teaching in Digital Era (RE-EDUCO) είναι ένα ερευνητικό έργο που στοχεύει στη δημιουργία των καλύτερων συνθηκών ανταλλαγής βέλτιστων πρακτικών για την καινοτομία και συνεργασία μεταξύ των χωρών-εταίρων (Ιταλία, Ισπανία, Φινλανδία, Ελλάδα, Κύπρος ). Το έργο RE-EDUCO στοχεύει στην ενίσχυση του ρόλου της ψηφιακής κουλτούρας ως μέσου για τη βελτίωση των ευκαιριών ανάπτυξης για μαθητές και εκπαιδευτικούς, διευρύνοντας τις επιλογές τους στην ιδιωτική και επαγγελματική ζωή, μέσω έρευνας, ανταλλαγής καλών πρακτικών, κατάρτισης και δημιουργικών δραστηριοτήτων.

Στο πλαίσιο της πρώτου εκ των βασικών αποτελεσμάτων του RE-EDUCO, πραγματοποιήθηκαν διάφορα σεμινάρια πληροφόρησης και προσανατολισμού και εκπαιδευτικές δραστηριότητες σε όλες τις χώρες-εταίρους για την ενδυνάμωση των ανθρώπων και της κοινότητας και την ευαισθητοποίηση σχετικά με τους κινδύνους και τις ευκαιρίες ψηφιοποίησης για τη ζωή, τη μάθηση και την επαγγελματική αποκατάσταση. Οι δράσεις είχαν συνολική διάρκεια 52 ωρών (ανά χώρα) και τα θέματα που εξετάστηκαν περιελάμβαναν:

• Ευρωπαϊκό πλαίσιο για την ψηφιακή καινοτομία
• Νέες τεχνολογίες: κίνδυνος και ευκαιρίες για εργασία και ζωή
• Κυβερνοεκφοβισμός
• Ψηφιακή ηθική
• Κρίσιμη χρήση δεδομένων κοινωνικών μέσων και Διαδικτύου
• Νέες δεξιότητες και νέες εργασιακές προοπτικές: Τάσεις, προφίλ, αναδυόμενες ικανότητες
• Ψηφιακές τεχνολογίες & Κοινωνία 5.0
• Νέα ψηφιακή ταυτότητα και ενεργός πολίτης
• Δεξιότητες ασφάλειας και ιδιωτικότητας δεδομένων και νέες εργασιακές προοπτικές

Συγκεκριμένα, τα σεμινάρια και οι εκπαιδευτικές δραστηριότητες στην Ελλάδα πραγματοποιήθηκαν από 1/3/2021 έως 24/4/2021 με τη συμμετοχή τριών σχολείων της επαρχίας, του 5ου Γενικού Λυκείου Αγρινίου, του 5ου Γενικού Λυκείου Ηρακλείου και του Πειραματικού Γυμνασίου Μυτιλήνης. Συνολικά εγγράφηκαν και συμμετείχαν 127 μαθητές και 9 εκπαιδευτικοί. Δεδομένου ότι τα σχολεία έκλεισαν σε όλη την Ελλάδα λόγω της πανδημίας COVID-19, όλες οι δράσεις πραγματοποιήθηκαν με διαδικτυακό τρόπο. Τόσο οι δάσκαλοι όσο και οι μαθητές εξέφρασαν την ικανοποίησή τους για τα θέματα και το εκπαιδευτικό περιεχόμενο και εξέφρασαν την έντονη επιθυμία τους να συμμετάσχουν και σε άλλες δραστηριότητες του έργου, όπως η διαδικτυακή κατάρτιση των εκπαιδευτικών και ο σχολικός διαγωνισμός του RE-EDUCO.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με το Ευρωπαϊκό έργο RE-EDUCO και την Ερευνητική Ομάδα DAISSy, μπορείτε να δείτε σε:

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

The online teacher training program, which was designed, developed and offered by the DAISSy research team of the HOU has been completed. The program was delivered in the context of the Erasmus+ research project RE-EDUCO (REthinking EDUcation COmpetencies. Εxpertise, best practices and teaching in Digital Era). The training of teachers lasted from 18/10 to 8/11/2021 with the participation of 655 people from all partner countries. Participations from Greece reached an impressive for the size of the project number of 540. Four 2-hour sessions were held that focused on the following topics:

• Student Centred Learning Techniques
• Peer Assisted Learning Strategies
• Technology Enhanced Assessment
• Technology Enhanced Learning Tools
• Module Design – Carpe Diem Workshops
• Managing RPL Assessments and Portfolios

The training program was successfully completed by 214 trainees with 188 (88%) being Greeks. A prerequisite for successful completion and obtaining the corresponding certificate was the submission of a group-based assignment, in which the trainees were asked to design a lesson plan using techniques and tools they learned during the training to describe a teaching activity.

The results of the evaluation of the training program were quite positive and encouraging. Specifically, the e-learning platform, the structure and content of the program, as well as the overall learning experience were evaluated. The usability, layout, organization and ease of navigation were evaluated positively by more than 90% of the trainees who participated in the evaluation (n = 169). The answers regarding the quality, usefulness and relevance of the educational material to the work tasks of the trainees fluctuated at the same levels. Finally, in percentages that exceeded 85%, the trainees agreed that they enjoyed their participation in an interesting program that covered modern and applied topics.

We would like to thank all the RE-EDUCO project partners for their support. Most importantly, we would like to thank all the trainees of the online training program for their massive participation, smooth collaboration and constructive feedback that will allow us to improve the learning experience, quality and content of similar programs in the future.

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

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