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Presentation and Dissemination of the project “RAISE: Raising environmental knowledge & awareness through an innovative virtual environment.” – Multiplier Event 

On Monday 24^th and Tuesday 25^th of April 2023 at 09:00-13:30 at the Arsakeia Schools of Patras, in the Science Center, took place with great success and participation the presentation and dissemination (multiplication action) of the European Project entitled “RAISE”: Raising environmental knowledge & awareness through an innovative virtual environment”, which is implemented within the framework of the European Programs ERASMUS+, in the Key Action 2-Strategic Partnerships project, with contract number 2022-1-EL01-KA220-SCH-000088295. 

The two-days workshop was attended by educators and students (of school units), Representatives of Educational Institutions of Primary and Secondary Education of the Region of Western Greece as well as Representatives of Departments of the University of Patras, who participate or are interested to participating in Erasmus+ programs of all categories supporting school education. 

During the presentation of the RAISE project, a constructive discussion followed with educators and several students (target group of the project) who formulated quite interesting ideas for scenarios and games that they would like to see in a digital 3D virtual world, giving feedback to the developers of the digital platform that implement the RAISE program scenario. 

The two-day conference was co-organized by the Regional Directorate of Education of Western Greece, the Arsakeia Schools and the Regional Center for Educational Planning (PE.K.E.S.) of Western Greece, entitled: “Erasmus+ European Programs: Innovation – European Dimension in Education”. 

Την Πέμπτη 12 Ιανουαρίου 2023 πραγματοποιήθηκε εκδήλωση για την κοπή της πρωτοχρονιάτικης πίτας του Εργαστηρίου Ποιότητας Λογισμικού & Αλληλεπίδρασης Ανθρώπου – Υπολογιστή στο χώρο του εργαστηρίου.

Στην εκδήλωση παρεβρέθηκαν μελή ΔΕΠ, μεταπτυχιακών, ερευνητών και φοιτητών. Σύσσωμη η ομάδα του εργαστηρίου σας εύχεται Καλή χρονιά!

Το εργαστήριο Ποιότητας Λογισμικού και Αλληλεπίδρασης Ανθρώπου – Υπολογιστή στα πλαίσια του ERASMUS+ έργου CityGo, διοργανώνει Webinar.

Το Webinar απευθύνεται σε εκπαιδευτές όλων των βαθμίδων και στοχεύει στο να τους βοηθήσει να είναι πιο αποτελεσματικοί στη διαδικτυακή εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία μέσω της χρήσης διαδικτυακών κοινοτήτων μάθησης.

Αν επιθυμείτε να λάβετε μέρος, παρακαλώ συμπληρώστε τη παρακάτω φόρμα:

Φόρμα εγγραφής

Το πρόγραμμα:

15:00 – 15:10 Υποδοχή Συμμετεχόντων

15:00 – 15:30 Καλωσόρισμα από τον καθ. Μιχάλη Ξένο, Επιστημονικό Υπεύθυνο του έργου

15:30 – 16:00 Εισαγωγή στο θέμα του έργου CityGo

16:00 – 16:10 Διάλειμμα

16:10 – 17:05 Εργαλεία και δεξιότητες για αποτελεσματικές διαδικτυακές κοινότητες

17:05 – 17:20 Ερωτήσεις & Συζήτηση

Θα δοθούν βεβαιώσεις παρακολούθησης που θα αποσταλούν στη διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου που θα συμπληρώσετε.

Το link για το webinar θα αποσταλεί την προηγούμενη (09/11) επίσης στη διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου που θα συμπληρώσετε

The University of Patras participates in the new research project Positive: Prevention Of Stress by exploiting an Innovative Virtual Environment. This is a 24-month project, funded by Erasmus + and centrally coordinated by the ISMAI University Institute in Portugal. For the University of Patras, the project is coordinated by Professor Michalis Xenos of the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics of the University of Patras.

The project also includes the Agrupamento de Escolas de Rates group of basic education and pre-school schools in Portugal, the Arsakeio Lyceum of Patras, the Los Pinos school which is a private educational centre in Spain and the public organization “eMundus” which deals with research and implementation activities in the field of education in Lithuania.

The main goal of the POSITIVE project is to help students learn first how to recognise stress and then how to overcome the obstacles associated with stressful situations during their school life. The consortium, after gathering and examining the possible factors that expose students to stress, will outline the nature, sources, symptoms and appropriate stress relief treatments for children and young people, focusing on the school environment. In this context, a learning 3D virtual world will be created that will aim to raise awareness about stress issues, while at the same time help students better cope with their stress through properly designed games.

The project started in January 2022, and the inaugural meeting took place online on the 20th & 21st of the same month.

The University of Patras participates in the new research project D-PBL: advancing project-based learning into the Digital Era. This is a two-year project funded by Erasmus + and centrally coordinated by the ISMAI University Institute in Portugal. For the University of Patras, the project is coordinated by Professor Michalis Xenos of the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics of the University of Patras. The project also involves the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic, the University of Flensburg in Germany and the Białystok University of Technology in Poland.

The aim of the D-PBL project is to combine digital teaching-learning with project-based learning, as applied internationally.

The project started in January 2022 and in May 2022 the inaugural meeting will take place in Lithuania.

The University of Patras participates in the new research project CityGo: Challenge-Oriented Collaborative Online Communities in the Paradigm of Sustainable City. This is a project that lasts 20 months, funded by Erasmus + and centrally coordinated by Vilnius College of Technologies and Design (VTDK), which is a state-owned higher education institution in Lithuania. For the University of Patras the project is coordinated by Professor Michalis Xenos of the Department Of Computer and Informatics Engineering of the University of Patras.

The project is also attended by the ISMAI University Institute in Portugal, the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic, the University of Flensburg in Germany and the Białystok University of Technology in Poland. The CityGo project aims to develop methodology and material to enable higher education institutions (HEIs) to offer quality and engaging ways of learning based on problem-solving in a digital environment. During this project, the consortium will develop an effective methodology teaching / learning in collaborative online communities, where students will be involved in solving specific social issues Challenges for a Sustainable City.

The project started in January 2022 and within May 2022 the inaugural meeting will take place in Lithuania.

You can watch the video prepared by the partners for the start of the project here: