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On the 4th, 5th and 6th of April, the 4th Transnational Partner Meeting of the project “TOOLS” was hosted by our university in Nicosia. It was lovely to have our partners here in Cyprus.

The Project stems from the belief that foreign languages, English in particular, form a very powerful platform for enhanced education and personal development for learners with different individual needs. However, EFL teachers must have effective awareness of a variety of needs and cope with them in their lessons. The project main goal is to prepare pre- and in-service EFL teachers to face diversity in the EFL classroom.

EPSILON – European Platform for Data Science: Incubation, Learning, Operations and Network

Project EPSILON addresses the needs of both European Data for Good initiatives and HE institutions.
Together with a leading European initiative, Data Science for Social Good Portugal, we will design
tailored workflows and tools for European initiatives. We will set up a European Knowledge Platform
and initiate a new Data for Good initiative in Lithuania. The gained experience and knowledge will be
transformed into target group specific learning material for higher education students, teachers, and
alumni.

Start: 01-02-2022

End: 01-02-2025

Project Reference: 2021-CY01-KA220-HED-2775A754

SEIT Research Laboratory (Software Engineering and Internet Technologies Laboratory) of the Computer Science department of the University of Cyprus participates in the EPSILON project, started in February 2022, with a duration of 36 months.

EPSILON is funded through the Erasmus + KA220-HED – Cooperation partnerships in higher education. The partnership includes the following organizations:

University Of Cyprus (Cyprus)

HOCHSCHULE HARZ (Germany)

VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS (Lithuania)

D.S.S.G. – Associação Portuguesa de Ciência de Dados para o Bem Social (Portugal)

Check out post about Digi-Sporting Project where our Lab participates!
We are responsible for the technical part of the project! We created a material repository so that files can be uploaded to the site, for users to view!

On the 20th of December 2021 the first meeting of our Erasmus+ project DIPHE – Digital Inclusive Physical & Health Education was held.

As with other projects commencing during this period of the pandemic, the meeting took place online.

During this meeting the consortium had the chance to introduce themselves and their organizations. The Intellectual Outputs (IOs) of the projects were also introduced and the timeframe of the project and deliverables were set.

The SEIT Lab of the University of Cyprus participates in the D-Collab. Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Cooperation for Innovation and the exchange of good practices, Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness.

The project will focus on training the teaching staff as well as the students at all three levels of higher education to equip them with the knowledge and competencies needed for effective teaching and learning in the digital environment. The project will also develop digital competencies of students with special needs, who are in an even more challenging situation due to the shift towards online learning.

The project aims to:

1. Train teaching staff of the University of Economics in Bratislava in methodologies and technologies of digital teaching, including the teaching of students with special needs
2. Train doctoral students at the University of Economics in Bratislava in methodologies and technologies of digital teaching and including the teaching of students with special needs
3. Train students at all three-degree levels in digital competencies needed for effective learning (including students with special needs)
4. Improve digital competencies of students relevant for the labor market
5. Improve the quality of digital instruction at the University of Economics in Bratislava
6. Train the trainers in digital competencies
7. Create the preconditions for the introduction of new digital study programs
8. Produce Intellectual outcomes (Report on the needs of target groups, E-learning platform, Guidebooks)

The EKONOMICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE in Slovakia coordinates the research project, which the European Union finances through the Erasmus+ program.

The 24-month research project is implemented within a consortium of 4 internationally recognized organizations from 4 countries: EKONOMICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE  (Slovakia), UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS (Cyprus), FOR SRL (Italy), M&M Profuture Training, S.L (Spain)
The team leader of the University of Cyprus in the SEIT laboratory is Professor George A. Papadopoulos.

This important contribution of the SEIT Laboratory will help the University of Cyprus to enrich its knowledge and experience in this field of specialization and, at the same time, will open new perspectives for future collaborations.

More information about this research project can be found on the website: http://d-collab.cs.ucy.ac.cy/