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A multiplier for the DesignIT project was held on April 11, 2019 at Xenia Hotel in Volos, Greece. The event was very well attended by 85 individuals, who used the DesignIT digital services to brainstorm on enriching learning practices on mathematics. The event was organized in collaboration with Educational Authorities in the area of Thessaly Greece and the Magnesia Division of the Greek Mathematical Society. See the main presentation see file

CTLL coordinates the Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education project ALIEN: Active Learning in Engineering Education, which is funded by the European Commission. The aim of the research project is the upgrading of higher education at polytechnic schools in Asia. The project consortium includes 17 university partners, of which 12 are from Asia and specifically Malaysia, Vietnam, Nepal, Cambodia, and Pakistan, all 5 from Europe, and specifically from Portugal, Bulgaria, Estonia, United Kingdom, and Greece. Within the framework of the research programme an active learning methodology is developed for polytechnic schools. The proposed solution includes the creation of physical laboratories in Asian universities, the development of a digital platform for active learning, and the training of trainers for the integration of active learning as a basic methodology in higher education…

The group projects will be presented at the Thessaly Science Festival, to be held in Larissa, Greece on October 11-13, 2018 see more on the event

The LEAP project has been selected by the Erasmus+ Green National Agency, IKY, to be presented in Lodz, Poland in a TCE event that highlights European funded research projects focusing on serious games, design thinking, and other innovative learning methods.The event was held on September 28-30,, 2018 and provided a very good opportunity for sharing project results and networking with other scientists with an interest on serious games, design thinking, and other emerging learning approaches.

The kick-off meeting of project ALIEN took place in Volos, Greece on June 20-22. 40 participants from 17 organizations participated in the three day meeting, which kick started project activities. The following organizations were represented: University of Thessaly, Greece Porto Polytechnic, Portugal University of Central Lancashire, UK University of Gabrovo, Bulgaria Tallinn University, Estonia Meanchey University, Cambodia Institute of Technology Cambodia, Cambodia Von Neumann Institute, Hanoi University, Vietnam Hanoi University, Vietnam Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam University of Malaya Malaysia University of Kathmandu, Nepal Tribhuvan University, Nepal ISRA University, Pakistan University of Battambang, Cambodia National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan University Tenaga National, Malaysia

A multiplier event on the LEAP project results took place on April 27, 2017. It took place at Hotel Xenia in Volos and it was co-organized by the University of Thessaly and the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. The purpose of the event was to promote the objectives, activities, and outcomes of the LEAP project to the target tertiary education sector as well as industry. The event was very well attended by 150 individuals approximately, all of whom were representative of the target sector.   The students that attended the event were from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Arthitecture of the University of Thessaly. In addition, the audience included a significant number of students from the Technological Institute of Thessaly (TEI Larissas) from…

A multiplier event took place on November 13, 2017 aiming to promote the results of the EMPLOY project to the target audience of ICT secondary and primary education teachers teachers. All ICT teachers teaching in secondary schools in the area of Magnesia were invited as well as Dr. Charalampos Stachteas, the ICT Education Consultant for Secondary Education for the Educational Authorities for Magnesia, Greece. The event was very well attended with over 70 participants.

A multiplier event took place on November 13, 2017 aiming to promote the results of the LanguageGames project to the target audience of English language teachers. All English language teachers teaching in primary schools in the area of Magnesia were invited as well as Dr. Vassiliki Papaioannou, the English Language Consultant for Primary and Secondary Education for the Educational Authorities for Magnesia, Greece. The event was very well attended with over 70 participants from a total number of 80 English language teachers teaching in the area of Magnesia.