Invitation for Greek educators to participate in the “FERTILE” training in the context of the multiplier event organised in Athens

UniWA’s research team invites Greek educators to participate in the innovative teacher training of the “FERTILE” project in Athens!  The “FERTILE” training concerns the collaborative design of interdisciplinary projects that combine Educational Robotics and Art (Literature, Visual Arts, Music, and Theatre Education) to cultivate the students’ Computational Thinking skills.  The training will be organised in a blended learning context and will …

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Research Paper- Presentation and Workshop at the 8th Panhellenic Conference “ICT in Education”, Greece – Sept2024

The UniWa research team participated at the 8th Panhellenic Conference “ICT in Education” in Volos presenting the article “Cultivating Computational Thinking through the Integration of Art and Educational Robotics”. In collaboration with the Valladolid research team, they hosted the workshop “Co-designing on the “FERTILE” community platform Educational Robotics and Art activities for the cultivation of Computational Thinking skills”. Over the course, the …

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Research Paper – Presentation at the Czech Conference CAPV2024, Prague – Sept 2024

The CUP research team presented the research paper “FERTILE Methodology – Interdisciplinary collaboration of teachers to develop computational thinking”  at the  Annual Conference of  the Czech Association Pedagogical Research CAPV2024 . The conference was held from September 10  to 12, 2024,  in Prague, Czech Republic. The research paper overviewed the theoretical background of the “FERTILE” methodology. It …

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5th Transnational Meeting at Comenius University, Bratislava – May 2024

The “FERTILE” consortium organised the 5th Transnational Project Meeting at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Precisely at the Department of Education – Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, on May 23rd and 24th, 2024. It was a critical meeting for the project’s culmination since it was conducted shortly after three project results (R1. the …

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Workshop at the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens – May 2024

The research team of UniWA presented the “FERTILE” project and the “FERTILE” design methodology to postgraduate students of Civil Engineering at the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Athens, Greece. Also, the research team of UniWA organised a workshop with hands-on activities using Tello Drones to develop Artful ER projects. This workshop inspired students to …

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Presentation of an Artful ER project at a Greek Youth Conference – April 2024

On April 25th 2024, the UniWA research team  participated for the 2nd time in the  Youth conference  organised in the context of the research project “Experimental Application of Theatre Education School” of the Department of Theatre Studies, National Kapodistrian University of Athens. The topic was “Theatre and Health”. During the conference, a 10-minute play titled “Molière and …

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Pilot Studies conducted by URJC and UVa, Spain – Feb & Mar 2024

Each of the Spanish universities Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) and Universidad de Valladolid (UVa) in Madrid and Valladolid conducted a pilot study in February and March 2024 respectively. Both pilot studies followed the same organization and involved 22 participants pursuing Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in teaching education. The participants familiarised themselves with the “FERTILE” …

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Invited Talk at the SALTISE community, Montreal, Canada – Feb 2024

Yannis Dimitriadis, a member of the UVA research team, was an invited scholar by the SALTISE (Supporting Active Learning & Technological Innovation in Studies of Education) community in Montreal, Canada. On Feb 27th, 2024, at Dawson College, during a talk about “Learning  Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education: Human-centered design approaches towards increased teacher agency …

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Pilot Study conducted by CUP, Czech Republic – Jan 2024

The Czech research team conducted a pilot study at Charles University in January and February 2024. There were 15 participants, teachers and student-teachers in Computer Science, Art Education, and Primary Education. The pilot study was organised in two face-to-face meetings, and training materials were provided for asynchronous sessions. The participants utilised the “FERTILE” training materials …

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Workshop on CT skills at the Department of Theatre Studies of NKUA, Athens – December 2023

The “FERTILE” UNIWA team, in collaboration with the Αssistant Professor of Theatre Studies of the ΝKUΑ, Clio Fanouraki, organized a creative workshop for the postgraduate program “Theatre in Education” students at the Department of Theatre Studies of the NKUA. Through hands-on and interactive activities, the participants discover Educational Robotics and better understand Computational Thinking. Then, we …

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