The second Transnational Project Meeting was organized in 28-29 September 2022 at Hellenic Open University (HOU) in Patras, Greece, as part of the Learning Incubator for Project-based Teaching and Training through Research (LEARN.INC) project.

Welcome messages were addressed by prof. Achilles Kameas, Vice-dean, School of Science and Technology, HOU, and Delia Stefenel, director of international relations at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu.

The delegates from partner universities: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu from Romania; Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski from Bulgaria; members of the DAISSy research group from Hellenic Open University from Greece; Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University from Turkey and Research & Training Point Foundation from Bulgaria, discussed the actual state of the project and the next steps, in terms of project management, financial issues, dissemination plan and quality assurance.

There were also presentations and discussions on the main results of the projects: Virtual Open Common Inter-University Sandbox, Project-based Teaching Incubator and Open Access Archive of Digital Courses, and on such subjects like MOOC technical specifications, European Financial instruments and partnership opportunities

The project partners had a meeting with prof. Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Vice-President for Administrative Affairs, Academic Affairs and Student Welfare at Hellenic Open University. In this meeting, the necessary introductions were made between the representatives, who talked about the work of the university institutions, that they represent, and how they believe their institutions and their researchers will contribute to the project. Afterwards they discussed the current status of the project, the plan for the dissemination of the project as well as the possibilities for future collaborations.

LEARN.INC aims to advance teaching and learning innovation in the partner Higher education institutions in Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Turkey, through cross-institutional collaboration, knowledge sharing and networking which extends beyond academia and seeks inspiration, feedback and validation from local communities and stakeholders. The Project focuses on fostering creativity and redesigning learning spaces through challenge-based learning for graduate-level students (MA and PhDs); more specifically, we aim to promote innovation in student-centered learning and teaching, with students co-designing flexible and modular e-learning formats that are developed in response to pertinent societal issues.

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