[PIO] A workshop was held by the Ministry of Education on: "Digital Education: developments and pedagogical practices"

Today, Thursday, June 8, 2023, a conference on "Digital Education: developments and pedagogical practices" was held with great success. The Workshop was held by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth (MPAN), through the Pedagogical Institute (PI), at the "Filoxenia" Conference Centre, in Nicosia, under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nicos Christodoulides, who delivered a welcome address and opened the event.

The programme of the conference included a welcome address by the Deputy Director of the Pedagogical Institute, Dr Elena Hadjikakou and a video address by Ms Themida Christofidou, Director General of the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission (DG EAC). Afterwards, the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Dr Athina Michaelidou, presented the basic principles of digital education, the educational programmes, as well as the educational actions of the Ministry of Education and Youth for the promotion of digital transformation.

In the main part of the conference, two main presentations were made. Kerli Pozogina, Programme Director of the Estonian Education and Youth Council's Education Centre, presented the example of Estonia, as an education system, which is making significant progress in the field of digital education. Lidija Krajli, an expert on AI and data in education, training, digital education and cybersecurity, presented the data and challenges of AI in education.

At the end of the two keynote presentations, a round table discussion followed, with the participation of the two presenters and the Director General of the Ministry of Education and Science, Mr. Neofytos Papadopoulos. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Zacharias Zacharias, Professor of the Department of Education, University of Cyprus: Safe School for the Internet, Innovative Schools and Educational Nuclei, Recording Memory-Production of Student Documentaries, Student Internet Radio, Social Radio 2.0, Young Educators for the Internet, Extended (Virtual and Augmented) Reality Technologies in Education and Learning from the Extremes - Pilot Schools.

In the second part of the Workshop, participants had the opportunity to attend workshops on the following topics: A framework for implementing active citizenship at school from the Social Radio 2.0 Project [*]Artificial Intelligence and school education [*]Augmented Reality Technologies in education: from Cardboard to Quest VR [*](S)Explaining children and adolescents' relationships in the online world.

The Workshop was attended by more than 250 teachers and education executives, who expressed their satisfaction with the organization and implementation of the Workshop, rating its quality highly.

More information about the Workshop can be found at https:/www.pi.ac.cy/digitaleducpi2023

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