UMI-Sci-Ed. 2017-2019

Horizon 2020

UMI-Sci-Ed (Exploiting Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Computing and the Internet of Things to promote Science Education) UMI-Sci-Ed aims at enhancing the attractiveness of science education and careers for young people via the use of latest technologies. We putted 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.

REVIT

2009-2011

European Lifelong Learning Program

Revitalizing Small Remote Schools for Lifelong Distance e-Learning. European citizens living in remote rural or insular areas are often excluded from mainstream educational activities easily accessible by people living in larger cities. Fewer lifelong learning opportunities are available to both young pupils and adults.
 The aim was the design and implementation of an ICT based distance learning framework incorporating and exploiting new trends in Distance Learning, especially e-Learning 2.0 tools and features (e.g. blogs, wikis, social networks, podcasting) brought by Web 2.0 developments in the domain of ICT, for mutual interaction, creation, share and reuse of information in order to provide useful lifelong education towards shaping the local mentality of the remote community from that of an overlooked inhabitant of a forgotten region to a European citizen, at the same time respecting linguistic and cultural diversities.

 TICTC

2006-2009

SOCRATES PROGRAMME. COMENIUS 2.1 Action (Training of School Education Staff) European Lifelong Learning Program

TICTC: Teachers ICT Competences. The aim of the project is to equip teachers with ICT competences to improve and develop the teaching process that leads students with hearing difficulties to raise their motivation to learn, forms learning skills that are necessary for everybody to live in the information and knowledge based society.A way to effective learning for children with hearing difficultiesIt has envisaged the integration of ICT in the teaching and learning process thus making the learning process more effective.Main outputs comprise a course description, study materials for the course and advice book how to use ICT in the core subjects. The study materials are planned in the form of a CD version and printed material for the use in the form of Distance Education

LEVIS

2006-2008

European Commission, Socrates Project

The main focus of Learning via Subtitling is the development of educational material for active foreign language learning based on film subtitling. It aims to cover the exigency for active learning where cultural elements are involved effectively through real-life (simulated) activities and the need for productive use of multimedia not as a nice add-on but as the core of an activity.

Learning via Subtitling aimed to cover the need for i) creation of active learning, task-based activities where cultural elements are involved in an authentic and motivating way and which expose the learners to highly contextualised language input, ii)  productive use of multimedia as the core of an activity and not as a nice add-on, iii) creation of reusable activities requiring a relatively low level of computer literacy by tutors developing such activities and iv)   soundness of the development methodology and transferability across various languages and educational systems.
In the proposed activity the student is asked, after some introductory tasks, to create subtitles or complete unfinished ones for a film scene selected according to the teacher's specific pedagogical goals. The outcome of this activity (the subtitled clip), unlike most FL learning activities used in the classroom, is practical and concrete given that the student's work provides an actual product which can be viewed by and shared with other students and teachers.

OBELFA
2005-2007

European Lifelong Learning Program Grundtvig 1

Open Blended eLearning for Adults.  The main aim  of OBELFA  was to create  blended learning  courses for adults,  related to  specific topics for  specific  target groups, with a balanced rate of face to face and online lessons, and to revive interest on learning as a prerequisite for further education. Depending on  the technical conditions and  knowledge of the participants, there  were used different  eLearning methods  and different devices for easy access to learning materials and support. The benefits of using Web2.0 technologies are underlined. The methodology proposed by Obelfa project tries to fill a gap between the theoretical and practical aspects of blended learning. Developing an important number of courses for different target groups, using new technologies,  the OBELFA  project is a  real pool  for research, for  experimentation of blended learning techniques. The guide   resulted   will   be useful for those  developing   formal  or non-formal courses for adults.

TRENDS 

1996-1998

FP4-TELEMATICS 2C

European Union

TRaining Educators through Networks and Distributed Systems. 

The TRENDS project is aimed at enhancing the in-service training of schoolteachers in secondary education in Europe. This training is implemented through flexible distance learning methods, an in-service, school-based training system, which utilises multimedia telematics technologies. The TRENDS project has established a telematics network based on existing technologies such as high-speed data networks (ISDN), standard telephone leased lines (PSTN) and normal Internet TCP/IP protocols. The underlying network is being developed from the ground up in most cases, and in this way TRENDS is also acting as an Internet service provider which is dedicated to teachers and learners. TRENDS project aimed at the in-service, distance training of 2,400 school teachers in Secondary Education, on the "use of Information Technology and Telematics in the learning process", from six of the participating countries (400 from each country) - Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and United Kingdom. More than 2500 teachers in 120 schools in 6 countries  participated in the project. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/ET1024

ODYSSEA/S /Odysseia

(1996-2000)

Greek Ministry of

Education

(ΕΠΕΑΕΚ)

integrated ICTE utilization in 400 high schools:

infrastructure, network, software, teacher training