Month: September 2021

In today's labor markets, which are living exponential transformations that have a cross-cutting impact on practically all sectors and occupations, continuous training, c-VET, becomes a key tool. Training gaps have a quantifiable negative impact on the employment opportunities of workers, and especially in people with a lower educational level, who are exposed to almost twice as likely to be unemployed with the economic and social loss that this implies. Our Erasmus+ project ELMET develops on-line escape rooms for learning targeting c-VET students.The games are built as an on-line platform, which is now ready! see platform

A 2nd multiplier event was organized in Estonia on September 20, 2021. The event took place virtually due to Covid-19 restrictions. The audience first had the opportunity to see a presentation of the project objectives, activities, and outcomes. Then, the organizers presented the HERA game and delivered a demo. In addition, the organizers presented videos of the game and learning sheets of supporting activities. Participants discussed the benefits of the HERA problem-based learning approach and deployed a real HERA game scenario. They provided very positive feedback on the HERA game potential. The event concluded with a discussion about the game and how teachers perceive it. They were very optimistic about it and eager to engage with the game more at home for better understanding the mechanics. They saw great potential…

The multiplier event in Spain took place at the University of Santiago de Compostella and was attended by 51 students. The students had the opportunity to play the HERA game, which sparked their curiosity. The students found the game to be interesting and highly innovative http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr/heraproject/index.php/multiplier-event-in-spain/

he second consortium meeting of Erasmus+ project VIE: Virtual Presence in Higher Education took place in Volos on September 9-10, 2021. The meeting took place in hybrid mode, with some partners attending in person and some attending virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions. All partners were represented in the meeting, namely Tallinn University (Estonia), Tampere University (Finland), University of Vigo (Spain), Virtual Campus (Portugal), Advanced Technology Systems (Romania), and the University of Thessaly Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Creative Technology Learning Lab (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr). The VIE consortium in action during the September 9-10, 2021 hybrid meeting. Project VIE (http://projectvie.eu) focuses on the design and implementation of collaborative learning services that support group collaboration digitally or in class in higher education. The partners worked on the identification of learning requirements for the…