The 11th annual ALL DIGITAL Summit “Digital Journey: From Inclusion to Empowerment” will take place in Brussels on 18-19 October 2018. A very interesting programme has been put together by the organizers, including:

• Four stimulating keynote lectures
• A plenary session on “How can digital storytelling boost social inclusion?”
• Five parallel interactive breakout sessions: Stops on a digital journey
• Five parallel how-to workshops
• A session on global citizenship education and media literacy and the role of digital technologies in teaching it
• Stimulating projects lightning talks

In parallel, a Project Fair will give participants the opportunity to get in touch with the AD members and be informed of their projects and activities.

The ALL DIGITAL Annual Awards ceremony will be held in Brussels on the evening of 18 October 2018. The awards recognize AD members’ excellence in the following categories:

• Best e-facilitator
• Best digital changemaker
• Best cooperation project
• Best digital resource
• BRIGHTS Awards: Best digital story on global citizenship

Watch the video, learn more and register for the Summit to join 200 other delegates working to enhance digital skills across Europe.

How to workshops

The “How To” workshops will take place on Day 1 of the Summit. They are designed to give delegates a practical understanding of how to carry out a particular activity. Our speakers have experience that could help delegates to understand the pitfalls, practicalities and lessons they may have learned.

The DAISSy research group of Hellenic Open University is organizing two workshops:

#2. How to create a mini-MOOC

Bill Vassiliadis, DAISSY Research Group of Hellenic Open University

In this workshop, participants will design, develop and publish elements of their own mini-MOOC (short duration Massive Open Online Course). You will learn about current MOOC trends, design and development challenges and distance learning quality issues.

Hands-on activities will guide you through the various steps of:

1. MOOC-Analysis: identify and describe requirements, demands and constraints
2. MOOC-Design: conceptualise and design the MOOC including the basics of instructional and pedagogical design
3. MOOC-Implementation: implement a mini-MOOC draft using an on-line platform and finalize it through testing.

This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience with e-learning, whether your organisation already uses e-learning solutions or is just interested in how that might be possible. The range of case studies introduced will help participants see ways in which mini-MOOCs can be used in a range of contexts to promote learning and knowledge dissemination.

This workshop is supported by and is based on the experience of the BRIGHTS project.

#5. How to promote STEM education and training with Mobile and Internet of Things technologies

Achilles Kameas, Theodore Panagiotakopoulos, DAISSy research group, Hellenic Open University & Computer Technology Institute & Press “Diophantus”

Mobile technologies and the Internet of Things promise to revolutionize our everyday life. But are the citizens of our society prepared to reap the benefits of these technological and scientific advances? How can we facilitate digital transformation, so as to ensure inclusion in the forthcoming digital society?

STEM education offers a holistic educational approach that facilitates understanding of scientific knowledge and leads to the development of digital and 21st century skills. E-facilitators have to become STEM educators / trainers in order to play a key role in facilitating the digital transformation.

This workshop will offer a methodology for implementing STEM educational activities using UMI (Ubiquitous, Mobile, Internet of Things) technologies, together with tools and good practices. A holistic view of UMI technologies and their potential uses in closing the next generation digital gap will be presented. The UMI-Sci-Ed methodology will be introduced, together with examples from its application in different settings. Participation in the developing Communities of Practice activities will be offered using the UMI-Sci-Ed online collaboration platform.

The workshop will conclude with a discussion on prospective future collaborations in projects that would lead to the development of STEM education / training activities tailored to the needs of different groups of citizens.

This workshop is supported by the H2020 UMI-Sci-Ed project.

Prof. Achilles Kameas, Head of DAISSy research group of Hellenic Open University and Vice Chair of ALL DIGITAL Board, presented project UMI-Sci-Ed (http://umi-sci-ed.eu/) as a good practice in promoting STEM Education in the classroom using Mobile and IoT technologies.

During the second half, a three-stage participatory activity was organized, during which participants discussed the importance of science outreach programmes in dispelling negative stereotypes associated with science and research and produce a draft of recommendations of follow up actions on bridging research and classroom practice. The results of the discussion will be published in a Scientix Observatory article co-authored by all participants, that will be available here: http://scientix.eu/observatory

Read more about this event here!

A workshop on using IoT to support education will be organized on September 4, 2018, from 11.00 to 12.30, in the context of the National Scientix Conference on STEM Education that will take place at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) premises in Zografou. The workshop is organized by the DAISSy research group of Hellenic Open University and is addressed mainly to teachers in primary and secondary education and educators in general.

Participants in the UMI workshop will be granted access to the UMI-Sci-Ed online platform and will be trained in using its services. The platform hosts the STEM education scenarios that have been developed by project partners, together with guidelines on how to apply them in the classroom. At the same time, it facilitates discussions among teachers and UMI researchers.

Moreover, a demonstration of the UDOO IoT platform and its capabilities will be given through the implementation of a STEM education scenario that measures distance using ultra sound. The required hardware will be provided by the workshop organizers.

Participation in the UMI workshop is free, but requires online registration to the Scientix conference at https://scientix.ellak.gr/. More information about the workshop can be found at https://scientix.ellak.gr/events/to-diadiktio-ton-pragmaton-stin-ipiresia-tis-ekpedefsis-i-ekpedeftiki-platforma-umi-sci-ed/. Note that it would be useful to bring a laptop.

The UMI-Sci-Ed project is funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Program. For more information about the project, you can visit http://www.umi-sci-ed.eu/ or send an inquiry to the address info@daissy.eap.gr.

UMI-Sci-Ed (Exploiting Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Computing and the Internet of Things to promote Science Education) is a Horizon 2020 project, which aims at enhancing the attractiveness of science education and careers for young people (14-16 year olds) via the use of latest technologies. We put Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing and the Internet of Things (UMI) into practice towards enhancing the level of STEM education. At the same time, we are increasing the attractiveness of pursuing a career in domains pervaded by UMI for these youths.

Read more about the UMI-Sci-Ed Project here!

Watch the videos of UMI-Sci-Ed Project from DAISSy YouTube channel here!

UMI-Sci-Ed aims to empower youngsters to think creatively, apply new knowledge in an effective way, become continuously competitive in a highly demanding working environment. The ability to switch efficiently between different disciplines such as science disciplines depends on processing effectively the educational material based on clearly defined outcomes, expanding a broad repertoire of ICT communication, problem solving and decision-making skills, and using the collective knowledge represented in networks, based on working environments. The orientation of UMI-Sci-Ed is entrepreneurial and multidisciplinary in an effort to raise young boys’ and girls’ motivation in science education.

Read more about the UMI-Sci-Ed Project here!

Watch the videos of UMI-Sci-Ed Project from DAISSy YouTube channel here!

ALL DIGITAL Week 2018 turned out to be one of the most successful campaigns – it united 4,070 partners from 32 countries to offer 5,445 events to over 125,000 participants. Read the entire story here.

The digital empowerment campaign was organised by ALL DIGITAL for the 9th time and was run in digital competence centres, libraries, schools, community centres, etc. across Europe supported by local authorities, companies, academia and volunteers from various sectors.

Laurentiu Bunescu, CEO of ALL DIGITAL, said, “We organise ALL DIGITAL WEEK to support Europeans in their digital transformation journeys. More than ever, we all need to invest in digital skills for media literacy, social inclusion, employability, entrepreneurship and education.”

Fiona Fanning, Director of European Affairs, commented, “As technology pervades all aspects of our lives, it has never been more important to ensure that all Europeans have the opportunity to gain the digital skills and certification that will help them succeed as a student, citizen, and an employee. We are thrilled to support the important mission of ALL DIGITAL Week in facilitating a truly pan-European digital transformation.”

ALL DIGITAL Week was led by our national partners in 26 countries. You can see the overview of activities in each country where we had a national partner by clicking on the flag. There you can also see the links to blogposts, photos, some media coverage, and information on past editions.

The DAISSy research group of Hellenic Open University was the National Partner for Greece. DAISSy organized a webinar in order to introduce UMI (Ubiquitous, Mobile, Internet of Things) technologies and their potential use in STEM education. The webinar presented a holistic view of UMI technologies and introduced their potential use in education and training and was based on the H2020 UMI-Sci-Ed project. Read more about the webinar here.a

Are you working in formal or non-formal education as a trainer or administrator?

Would you like to get your students more excited about STEM education and careers using latest technologies?

Then join our FREE webinar on 21 March 2018!

Register here!

Ubiquitous technologies are all around us, thanks to them services are in place but invisible. Mobile technologies enable us to use ubiquitous services “on the move”. Thanks to Internet of Thingstechnology and thus services are present in everyday objects. Therefore, UMI technologies, as a whole, support the implementation and use of “smart” environments (closed or open, static or on the move). These are technologies that will shortly be present in many aspects of our personal and professional lives. Overall, UMI technologies can be easily accessible and provide career opportunities to everyone who receives appropriate education and training.

Therefore, UMI technologies constitute a business opportunity to organizations offering formal and non-formal education and training to citizens independent of age.

The application of UMI technologies in education and training can be fun and engaging, it fits multi-disciplinary projects, triggers different competences and skills and motivates differently oriented people, even those that would otherwise not be interested in technology. Young people can build interactive objects and get naturally excited about STEM and technology. Young professionals can plan and pursue rewarding careers in novel and highly challenging subjects in almost every sector. Experienced professionals can pursue a career improvement or change, by enhancing the qualifications they already possess with cutting-edge ICT skills.

The aim of the workshop is to introduce the participants to UMI (Ubiquitous, Mobile, Internet of Things) technologies and their potential use in STEM education. The workshop addresses the needs of teachers and trainers, managers of training organizations, as well as educational policy makers.

The workshop will present the outcomes of H2020 project UMI-Sci-Ed (Exploiting Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Computing and the Internet of Things to promote Science Education), which aims at enhancing the attractiveness of science education and careers for young people by putting Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing and the Internet of Things (UMI) into practice towards enhancing STEM education. UMI-Sci-Ed aims to empower youngsters to think creatively, apply new knowledge in an effective way, become continuously competitive in a highly demanding working environment. Ubiquitous and mobile computing and IoT are used to support the stakeholders working in education – educational community (teaching institutions, students, professors, tutors, etc.) and industry (UMI companies, VET providers, publishers, etc.) – career consultants, educational authorities and policy makers. To this end, communities of practice (CoPs) are being formed in the UMI-Sci-Ed platform around UMI projects implemented at schools, including representatives of all necessary stakeholders.

Agenda:

• Brief introduction (Iva Walterova, ALL DIGITAL)
• Introduction to UMI (Ubiquitous, Mobile, IoT) technologies and presentation of project UMI-Sci-Ed (Achilles Kameas, CTI)
• Using UMI technologies to support STEM education in the school educational practice (Spyros Papadakis, CTI)
• The UMI-Sci-Ed online platform that supports STEM education and communities of practice (Olga Fragkou, CTI)
• Presentation of a selected applied scenario (Kostas Delistavrou, CTI)
• Discussion (Iva Walterova, ALL DIGITAL)

All the experts are on the team of the UMI (www.umi-sci-ed.eu) project.

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Day 2 Friday 29/9/2017, Workshop code WS-10

Organiser: DAISSy Research Unit 3, Computer Technology Institute & Press “Diophantus”
Target Group: STEM teachers, high school (student ages between 14 and 16)