High5 project International Summer School on Innovation, Volos 9-15/12/2022
CTLL is coorganizing an International Summer School on Innovation in Volos on May 9 - 15, 2022 see more
1st DigiMat consortium meeting in Lodz, Poland, 7-8/4/2022
The 1st consortium meeting of project DigiMat: Excellence for digital education in materials engineering took place in Lodz, Poland on April 7 - 8, 2023.
TakeITSerious project press release, creation of a game on natural disaster management 31/3/2022
A press release was issued on March 31, 2022 on CTLL project TakeITSerious. The project focuses on the development of a game for the preparation and mitigation of the consequences of natural disasters see more
Instructor training event on design thinking in Porto, 31/1 – 4/2/2022
Participants work on design thinking. An instructor training event took place from January 31 to February 4, 2022 in Porto, Portugal in the context of project ICT-INOV. The event covered fundamental principles and practical application of design thinking. Participants had the opportunity to actively engage in design thinking, following the steps of team building, problem discovery, empathy, problem-statement definition, ideation, and prototyping. Participants experienced the design thinking process from the point of view of a student and of an instructor. Throughout the event, participants deployed both off-line and on-line tools for implementing design thinking steps, including the ICT-INOV digital collaborative platform. The team from Pakistan presents their solution. Participants engaged in design thinking activities on the topic of Green IT. They worked in 4 teams, each of which focused on…
TEAMSTAR project multiplier event 20/1/2022
The Creative Technologies Learning Lab of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr) in collaboration with the Educational Authorities of Sterea Ellada (central Greece) organized on January 20 an on-line event on promoting design thinking in entrepreneurship secondary education. The event was attended by over 480 primary and secondary education teachers from all over Greece. The workshop presented design thinking, a deeply user-centred design methodology that aims to introduce innovative solutions to industry and societal challenges of industry through the understanding of real needs, experiences, and emotions of users. The audience was familiarized with core design thinking concepts, received practical advice on integrating design thinking into learning, and experienced a demonstration of a collaboration platform for design thinking in entrepreneurial and STEM education. The…
Launch of the DigiMat project
The DigiMat project, named: Excellence for digital education in materials engineering just started!
High5 project multiplier event 9/12/2021
On Thursday, December 9, 2021, an event on Design Thinking and Learning was co-organized by the Educational Authorities of Sterea Ellada (PEKES) and the Creative Technologies Learning Lab (http://ctll.e-ce.uth.gr) research group of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DECE). The event took place at the 5th General Lyceum of Lamia with the participation of secondary school teachers. The audience participated in experiential design thinking learning activities that can be transferred to the classroom for developing innovative thinking among students, who will be the problem solvers of tomorrow addressing complex 21st century challenges on sustainable development. A total of 20 educators participated in the event. The event was welcomed by Mr. Christos Markantonis, Organizational Coordinator of PEKES Sterea Ellada and Ms. Eleni Eleni Papantoniou, Educational Consultant of PEKES Sterea Ellada.…
VIE project press release 29/11/2021
See below a press release for our project VIE: Virtual Environment for Hybrid Learning in Engineering Education, posted on the University of Thessaly portal see link
Project ICT-INOV presented at the 6th Hellenic Students and Young Professionals IEEE Congress, 21/11/2021
Project ICT-INOV presented at the 6th Hellenic Student and Young Professionals Congress, 21/11/2021 ICT-INOV was presented at the 6th IEEE Congress of Hellenic Engineering Students and Young Professionals. The congress took place virtually on November 20-21, 2021. The audience had an opportunity to reflect on the importance of developing innovation skills for engineering students, who will be the problem-solvers of tomorrow. In addition, the presentation stressed the importance of design, as most problems in the immediate future will be design problems, including education, clean energy, fighting poverty, equality, responsible resource management, and more. The audience was exposed to the vision and objectives of the ICT-INOV project, which include the development of a design thinking methodology for innovation that is boosted by gamification, development of physical labs, development of a design…
HERA presented in learning games focus group 10/11/2021
HERA was presented in a focus group of maximizing the benefits of games in educational contexts. The focus group took place virtually on November 10, 2021 with the engagement of 8 individuals with interest in serious games. The event was organized by the TEGA Erasmus+ project. In addition to TEGA project participants, external experts were invited to contribute to the discussion and know-how exchange see more