Month: April 2025

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly (DECE), and specifically the Creative Technologies Learning Lab research team (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr), is coordinating a new research action that harnesses the power of biomimicry — the practice of learning from nature to solve human challenges — to promote innovation in vocational education and training. Drawing inspiration from tried and tested in time models, processes, and strategies of the natural world, project Let’s Mimic: Biomimicry Design for Sustainability in VET, funded by the Erasmus+ program through the Greek National Agency IKY, aims to equip vocational training trainees with the creative and practical skills needed for the green transition. Biomimicry encourages students to explore how nature designs for efficiency, resilience, and sustainability, helping them develop innovative solutions that are both progressive…

The Final Conference of project DigitCreche on innovation in the creative industries in the Western Balkans took place at International University Europa Prima in Skopje, North Macedonia, on April 3, 2025. The project is implemented at the University of Thessaly by the Creative Technologies Learning Lab research team of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr). The conference highlighted the project's activities to promote innovation in the creative industries, such as film, digital games, drawing and painting, animation, typography, etc. Project outcomes include targeting educational content, a digital learning platform, mobility of students and teachers to participate in international high-intensity training in universities in the Western Balkans and the European Union, webinars, podcasts, and dissemination actions. In addition to the University of Thessaly, universities and educational organisations from Bosnia…