With success, the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) organized the 2nd Transnational Partners Meeting (TPM) and the train the trainers activity that that took place on June 8 and 9, 2023 in Athens (Greece). The activities were carried out on-site and were hosted at the facilities of the Hellenic Open University (HOU). They were implemented within the framework of the European project “ADA-All Digital Academy”, which aims at supporting adult educators and trainers by offering up-skilling training activities on emerging technologies, focusing on Ιnternet οf Τhings (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The main purpose of ADA is to support teachers and learning centers, so that they acquire and/or strengthen their skills regarding the organization and the provision of IoT and AI courses as well learning experiences to adult learners.
The first day of the sessions was dedicated to the 2nd TPM and started by discussing issues related to the management and the coordination of the OpenDCO project. Then, the self-assessment tool on the digital competences related to IoT and AI was presented and the work progress of the online courses offered by the project in the form of Massive Open Online Courses, was discussed. In addition, the process of the pilot offering of the above courses was analyzed, emphasizing on the duties and responsibilities of the trainers. In addition, the organization and the program of the online seminars offered by the project, the evaluation process of the tools and the educational activities, as well as issues of promotion and dissemination of its results, were discussed.
The second day of the sessions focused on the training of the trainers. At the beginning, the profile of the two courses was presented by describing their objectives, structure, content and program, among other issues. Then, the content of the courses was presented in detail, where the teaching and the assessment material as well as the structure and the role of the learning modules of each course, were analyzed.
The DAISSy Research Group of the-HOU, the Greek partner of ADA and the host of the meeting, was represented by Dr. Theodoros Panagiotakopoulos, DAISSy Project Manager and Researcher, who during the 2nd TPM presented the project’s self-assessment tool and e-learning platform (which were developed by DAISSy-HOU), as well as the pilot delivery plan of the ADA courses. Furthermore, during the train the trainers activity, he presented the outline of the IoT and AI courses, as well as the content of the IoT course.
The ADA project has a duration of 30 months, is funded by the European framework ERASMUS+ and is implemented by a consortium of three (3) partners from three (3) European Union member-states (Greece, Belgium and Italy), with the DAISSy Research Group of the HOU, being the Greek partner.
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