Events – Brights Project

Promotion of project BRIGHTS during the PatrasIQ event

Ioannis Messalas — Sat, 26 May 2018 07:51:58 +0000

PatrasIQ is a three-day event organized annually by the three Higher Education Institutions of the Region of Western Greece (among them the Hellenic Open University) with the support of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance & Development and the Region of Western Greece. This year, the event took place between April 17 and 29 at the closed sports arena “D. Tofalos” in Patras.

The PatrasIQ 2018 event hosted more than 80 exhibitors (Universities, research centers, regional authorities, companies and start ups etc.) and attracted more than 5.500 visitors. The DAISSy research group of HOU had its own independent booth (#53), where DAISSy personnel presented the results of the research projects in which the group participates.

The BRIGHTS project was one of the main attractions in the DAISSy booth. A promotional video produced specially for the event was playing constantly on a large screen, while a dedicated workstation provided on-site access to the BRIGHTS MOOC (the video can be accessed here. The DAISSy personnel explained to visitors the objectives of the BRIGHTS project and the contents of the MOOC and then invited them to register and take a guided short tour. All visitors received the BRIGHTS brochure and were given the project contact points for further information.

The DAISSy booth attracted the interest of numerous visitors, both citizens and representatives of national and local authorities and organizations (in the sectors of entrepreneurship, research, education, culture, sports, etc.). It is noteworthy, that Mr. Nikos Pappas, Minister of “Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information”, Mr. Apostolos Katsifaras, Secretary General of the Region of Western Greece, and Prof. Ioannis Kalavrouziotis, Dean of School of Science & Technology of HOU, visited the booth and were informed about the BRIGHTS project.

Presentation of project BRIGHTS during festival for combating multiple discrimination

Ioannis Messalas — Wed, 23 May 2018 19:43:05 +0000

Α one-day festival on combating discrimination against stereotypes and prejudices and promoting respect for diversity and human rights was organized by the DAISSy research group of HOU on Friday 4 May 2018 in the amphitheater of the new Archaeological Museum of Patras. The festival was among the awareness raising activities implemented by the project “Tackling multiple discrimination in Greece: Delivering equality by active exploration and enabling policy interventions” (project number JUST2015RDISAGDISC9507), which is coordinated by the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) with HOU participating as partner.

What are we doing and how are we preparing youth and students for the 21st century

Ioannis Messalas — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:11:57 +0000

On the 8th of February, Centre of technical Culture Rijeka hosted the event “Global Citizens for the 21st Century” in Rijeka, Croatia. Various lecturers explained the concept of Global Citizenship and its importance, as well as how to educate and raise responsible, active global citizens. They outlined the steps already made to ensure the successful education of responsible global citizens, and presented the examples of good practice from Croatia.

Get Online Week 2017

Ioannis Messalas — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:47:30 +0000

The European Get Online Week is an annual digital empowerment campaign that engages and encourages people to use technology and the Internet with confidence and provide them with skills allowing them to benefit from the world of online opportunities.

Supported by corporations, NGOs & public authorities, the campaign is organized each year in March by Telecentre Europe (TE), an umbrella organisation that represents European networks of ICT learning centres.

Since its take-off in 2010, the Get Online Week campaign has reached more than 900.000 Europeans in more than 20.000 learning centres across Europe. Thanks to the campaign, more than 150.000 people have used the Internet for the very first time.

In 2017, Get Online Week is organized during 27 March – 2 April and challenges Europeans to learn, participate, share and create through thousands of events and activities tackling the digital transformation and its effects.

The campaign activities, trainings, and events will address the following themes:

Cybersecurity: use technology and the internet safely, manage your (digital) identity
eServices: learn to keep up with eServices (eGovernment, eBanking, eHealth, eCommerce)
Employment and entrepreneurship: learn new skills for jobs and for starting businesses

In 2017, all campaign partners and stakeholders will use the I-LINC platform to share, connect and learn from each other. I-LINC is a stakeholder platform on digital skills towards employability and entrepreneurship, that will host Get Online Week updates and interactions.

To learn more about the campaign and how you can get involved, visit the website http://getonlineweek.eu/.