Year: 2024

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly (ECE), and specifically the Creative Technologies Learning Lab (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr) research group, received a visit from the 6th Lyceum of Volos to the computer lab of the department on April 22, 2024. 20 students participated, accompanied by the school's principal, Mr. Raptis. The students were informed about the curriculum, the scientific directions of the department, and the career opportunities of the graduates. They participated in a discussion with questions related to career guidance in polytechnic directions. Students then actively participated in interactive educational exercises by collaborating in teams to design innovative solutions in science and sustainability. The students used the digital learning services developed by the Creative Learning Technologies team in the framework of the research project DigiMat: Excellence…

An instructor training event was delivered in the context of project ICT-INOV to erducators of the Evening Vocational High School of Volos on March 8, 2024. The purpose of the event was to train the school's educators on emerging learning design and good practices in the context of professional development. A full design thinking session was delivered by University of Thessaly researchers to 20 students. Ten educators of he Evening Vocational High School of Volos observed the session to draw inspiration for enriching their practices see more

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly, and specifically the Creative Technologies Learning Lab (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr) visited the University of Malaya and University Tenaga Nasional in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the framework of a scheduled collaboration meeting of the research project ICT-INOV: Modernizing ICT Education for Harvesting Innovation funded by the Capacity Building in Higher Education Erasmus+ program supports research collaboration for knowledge transfer from European universities to educational institutions in developing countries. The ICT-INOV research project aims to develop innovation skills in computer science and technology students by applying emerging processes of design thinking, a deeply human-centred methodology that contributes to introducing solutions to difficult challenges through empathy and ideation. The meeting gave the opportunity to the Creative Learning Lab to collaborate with 11 universities…