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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…

A webinar titled Unveiling Educational Robotics: Design and Deployment of an Open-Source Programmable Bot was delivered in the context of the ICT-INOV: Modernizing Higher Education for Harvesting Innovation (http://ictinov-project.eu) webinar series on December 19, 2023. The webinar was delivered by Dr. Alden Dochshanov by EUTrack (Italy). See more on the webinar, including the webinar video

The kickoff meeting for project DigitCreche: Digital Transformation in the Western Balkans Education, funded by the Capacity Building in Higher Education program, took place on December 13 - 15, 2023 in Tirana hosted by Beltani University and Mediterranean University see more

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and specifically the Creative Learning Technologies (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr) team, organized a digital skills workshop for the students of the Second Chance School. The event was organized in the context of project INCLUDEME: Inclusive Digital Environments for Quality Education of Disadvantaged and Disabled Learners, funded by the Erasmus+ program. The activity took place in the department's computer room on Thursday, December 7, 2023. More than 20 students participated, accompanied by the Director of the Second Chance School Mr. Lino Vigla and teachers of the school as well as the Director of Nea Ionia High School Mr. Antonis Plageras. Students had the opportunity to participate in experiential active learning activities that increase presentations, classroom interaction, and collaboration. They implemented exercises in language, mathematics, science, history,…

DigiMat project summer school on materials engineering in Poland 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, participated in the organization of a summer school on materials engineering addressed to higher education students and held at the Technical University of Lodz in Poland. The summer school took place on July 9 – 16, 2023. It was attended by 12 students and 8 mentors from European universities see more

Instructor training on deploying design thinking continues in project ICT-INOV: Modernizing Higher Education for Harvesting Innovation. Two more events were organized by the University of Malaya, Malaysia , an ICT-INOV project partner, engaging 25 instructors. The events took place on March 22 - 23, 2023 and July 4 - 5, 2023. Participants were from the Departments of Software Engineering, AI, Information Science, and Engineering see event in March see event in July

Our Erasmus+ project ICT-INOV: Modernizing Higher Education for Harvesting Innovation develops a digital learning intervention for fostering collaboration among higher education students. We are very proud that the project solution is used in courses at Hanoi University, Vietnam, a partner in the ICT-INOV consortium. The project is a collaboration of 12 universities, 8 of which are located in Asia and 4 in Europe see more

A multiplier event took place for promoting project NATURE: Serious Games for Natural Resources Management at the Hellenic Open University. The event took place in the context of the Hellenic Open University's summer school on disaster management. It was hybrid and was attended by over 250 individuals see more