Month: March 2020

ICD-4TVET

Interactive Curriculum Development for Technical Vocational Education and Training

Start: 01-09-2019 – End: 30-06-2022
Project Reference: 2019-1-EL01-KA202-063019

SEIT Research Laboratory (Software Engineering and Internet Technologies Laboratory) of the Computer Science department of the University of Cyprus participates in the ICD-4TVET project, started in September 2019, with a duration of 34 months.

ICD-4TVET is funded through the Erasmus + KA202 – Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and Training Call 2019.

The ICD-4TVET project’s main objective is to develop an open innovation concept and an approach to optimize and accelerate the process of creating curricula in the technical VET sector. This practical contribution is expected to be achieved by suggesting an Interactive Methodology for VET Curricula development able to incorporate market trends/needs, and respond to them in a fairly limited amount of time. This will be implemented through a digital platform with the appropriate tools to modify the curricula automatically. The digital platform developed in the context of the project will enable the labour market actors to define their needs as they occur on the basis of ESCO, so the other stakeholders–ranging from national authorities to individual VET schools–can adapt swiftly to these needs with the creation of adequate, flexible curricula and training programs.

The consortium for this project is made up of six organizations that will ensure the quality of the project in all its phases.

The partnership includes the following organizations:
– INSTITOUTO EKPEDEFTIKIS POLITIKIS (Coordinator), Greece
– Fundacja Rozwoju Aktywnosci Miedzynarodowej i Edukacyjnej – FRAME, Poland
– PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU, Greece
– UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, Cyprus
– PEMU MUANYAGIPARI ZARTKORUEN MUKODORESZVENYTARSA SAG, Hungary
– bit Schulungscenter GmbH, Austria

You can find more information in the Erasmus+ Website of the project:
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/2019-1-EL01-KA202-063019

PRIMAE

Participation and Recreation through Inclusive
Martial Arts Education and E-Learning

Start: 01-09-2019 – End: 28-02-2022
Project Reference: 2019-1-UK01-KA204-061975

SEIT Research Laboratory (Software Engineering and Internet Technologies Laboratory) of the Computer Science department of the University of Cyprus participates in the PRIMAE project, started in September 2019, with a duration of 30 months.

PRIMAE is funded through the Erasmus + KA204 – Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education Call 2019.

The overarching ambition for the impact of the project is to increase levels of engagement in inclusive coach education, especially for persons with a disability in Europe. A secondary effect will be to increase physical activity among persons with a disability in Europe through improving the knowledge, skills, and understanding of martial arts.

An Inclusive eLearning Best Practice report, Inclusive Curriculum, Inclusive Pedagogical Plan, and Inclusive eLearning course in physical activity (martial arts) and education on an eLearning platform will be created using the ADDIE methodology to provide learners with and without a disability with the specific opportunity to gain the following accredited and regulated Awards and Certificates on the European Qualification Framework

The consortium for this project is made up of eight organizations that will ensure the quality of the project in all its phases.

The partnership includes the following organizations:
– IKKAIDO LTD (Coordinator), UK
– Areadne OE, Greece
– FUTURO DIGITALE, Italy
– EURO-NET, Italy
– Ikkaido Inclusive Martial Arts, Ireland
– Stockholm Vastra, Sweden
– UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, Cyprus
– AUX COULEURS DU DEBA, France

You can find more information in the Erasmus+ Website of the project:
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/2019-1-UK01-KA204-061975

The eSticky project stems from the need to develop a device that is a valid support tool for people with memory dysfunctions. 

Memory is what allows us to build our identity, defining who we are.

In old age, neuronal plasticity and activities related to the hippocampus (brain area responsible for memory) tend to undergo a drastic arrest; many disorders related to the onset of dementia are disabling and affect a large number of the elderly.

Memory-related disorders require continuous monitoring because we forget the most elementary, but at the same time fundamental, activities.

Taking into consideration the case of an elderly woman who has to take a drug every day, it is vital to have a “good memory”. Family members of elderly people, if alone, live in a condition of perennial anxiety because they cannot always send alerts on which drugs to take. The technology in this field, and not only, offers a precious help: numerous devices have been designed that can monitor activities, using the internet and artificial intelligence systems. This is why e-Sticky was born, whose goal is to support elderly people to preserve the autonomy of daily life.

The new device, funded thanks to the European project AAL PROGRAMS, and the collaboration of seven partner companies (HICS SRL, KI-I – Competence Network, University of Cyprus, Harpo Sp. z o.o., Werner Daxberger aesthetic design, Gerd Rosenauer industrial design engineering , Assistenz24 gemeinnützige GmbH) will be a digital Post-it that will help older people remember commitments and small daily appointments, while also connecting the device with families.