Yesterday, Tuesday 31 May 2022, an Online Workshop was held on: "Digital Education - Data and Challenges". The Workshop was organized by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (CI) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth (MPSY).
The Workshop aimed to present topics related to the development of digital literacy in education, emerging technologies, media literacy and the safe, creative and responsible use of the internet, through presentations by speakers from Cyprus and abroad.
The Workshop aimed to present topics related to the development of digital literacy in education, emerging technologies, media literacy and the safe, creative and responsible use of the internet, through presentations by speakers from Cyprus and abroad. The workshop was attended by people from Cyprus and abroad.
The conference was welcomed by the Director of the Pedagogical Institute, Dr Athina Michaelidou, who noted that the Institute and especially the Educational Technology Department, with its recurring school programmes and activities, has been creating, for many years, the framework in which both teachers and students develop the necessary digital, collaborative, investigative and communication skills, which make them competent professionals and critically thinking citizens, responding to the challenges and living conditions of the 21st century. In his address, the Minister of Education, Mr Prodromos Prodromou, referred to the Ministry's emphasis on the use of new technologies in school education and the creation of opportunities for students to learn, communicate, express themselves, collaborate and be encouraged to create and innovate, participating in the social life of the digital age. The Minister also stressed the importance that the Ministry attaches to the pedagogical integration of new technologies in the classroom, as well as the serious investment made by the Ministry of Education and Culture in this area. Anastasia Economou, Project Leader at the Human Capital and Employment, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, on the topic "Digital Competence" and the presentation of Ms. Sabrina Vorbau, Project Manager at European Schoolnet in the Digital Citizenship team, on the topic "DigitalDecade4YOU (th) ConsultationandInternetSafety". The first part of the conference ended with the presentation by Irini Andriopoulou, Head of the Department of Research, Studies and Educational Programmes at the National Centre for Audiovisual Media and Communication, on the topic: "The Pwhole of Media and Information Education in the Digital Civilization". During the presentations, the participants were able to ask various questions, which were then put to the presenters by Professor Zacharias Zacharias of the University of Cyprus, who moderated the first part of the Workshop.
The second part of the workshop included a presentation by Laurie Forcier, Chief of Staff and Director Partnerships for EDUCATE Ventures | On Deck CoS Fellow |EdTech Startup Mentor, "AlSchoolReadiness"[/I], The presentation "Immersive Technologies in Education", by Kalliopi Stavroulia, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Cyprus University of Technology and the presentation by Ms. Theodora Geniou, English Language Teacher and Europeana Ambassador, on "Using Pedagogical Digital Resources on European Cultural Heritage: The Example of the Europeana Education Action". During the discussion that followed, the moderator, Dr. Socrates Mylonas, Head of the Unit (Information and Communication Technologies) of the Ministry of Education and Science, Inspector of Secondary Education for Information Science and Computer Science, asked the presenters the questions raised during the presentations.
This Webinar was the culmination of the events held during the month of May, in collaboration with the schools participating in the Educational Technology Sector (ETD) programs in the current school year 2021-2022. These events were aimed at presenting actions implemented by the schools in the framework of the TET programmes.
Interested parties can find further information about the Workshop at the following links: https:/sites.google.com/view/digitaleducation-cy-en/home (EN) and https:/sites.google.com/view/digital-education-cy-el/%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE (EL).
They can also watch a recording of the Workshop at https:/youtu.be/Er3rMWGiLTY
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