Cyprus
Date: 5th of November 2022
Venue: Mall of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
The Multiplier Event of the DigiTeal project in Cyprus aimed to present all the products and results of the project to the target group and to relevant stakeholders, in order to ensure the sustainability and the promotion of the project. Prior to the event, the event was promoted through Emphasys network and social media. The event reached 26 participants in total.
The event was organized by Emphasys Centre on the 5th of November 2022, where members of the target group (educators, policymakers, relevant stakeholders) were informed about the project aims and objectives, the results of the project, and the guidelines developed to support educators during online learning.
Specifically, small groups of educators and other relevant stakeholders were introduced to Open Badges through the guide developed, and also to the guidelines in relation to technical tools, online safety and managing learners effectively in an online environment. The feedback received from the participants was positive, stating also that the material will be useful for their practices and on an appropriate level.
Romania
Date: 30th of September 2022
Venue: Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest
The multiplier events at the University of Bucharest took place on 30 September 2022 at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Bd. Schitu Magureanu, Bucharest, Romania.
The audience was made of 48 teachers from pre-universitary educational system in Romania. All teachers were from Bucharest and they work on schools from two distinct sectors of Bucharest – sector 2 and sector 3.
The project DigiTeaL was presented to the teachers by Valentina Marinescu, Silvia Branea, Ramona Marinache, Anda Rodideal and Andreea Albu – from the part of UB.
The presentation was structured in four parts:
1. General presentation of DigiTeaL project
2. General presentation of online resources for increasing the interactivity of face-to-face lessons through the use of digital technology
3. Detailed presentation of OpenBadge (with simulations of its use)
4. Questions and answers about DigiTeaL project and about Open Badge.
The event was organised together with CMBRAE – Bucharest City Center for Educational Resources and Assistance (http://www.cmbrae.ro/2017/).
The event was organized by Emphasys Centre on the 5th of November 2022, where members of the target group (educators, policymakers, relevant stakeholders) were informed about the project aims and objectives, the results of the project, and the guidelines developed to support educators during online learning.
Specifically, small groups of educators and other relevant stakeholders were introduced to Open Badges through the guide developed, and also to the guidelines in relation to technical tools, online safety and managing learners effectively in an online environment. The feedback received from the participants was positive, stating also that the material will be useful for their practices and on an appropriate level.
Greece
Date: 12th of October 2022
Venue: Online via Zoom
The DigiTeaL Greek Multiplier Event took place online on Wednesday 12 October 2022 from 17:30-20:30 via Zoom, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the limitations imposed by it. The invitation was posted on the social media of N.C.S.R. “Demokritos” and was sent out to schools, teachers, policymakers, municipalities, authorities, educational centers, and other stakeholders.
A strong audience of 91 people (mostly teachers from Athens but also from rural areas of Greece) attended the event, which was entitled: “Digital Teaching Literacy in the School of the Future” and lasted 3 hours.
The Multiplier Event was a great opportunity to present to a large audience complete, finalized, and tangible project results (Greek National and Comparative Report, Competence Framework, Open Badges User Guide, Technical and Motivational Guidelines).
In the first part, Dr. Athanasios Drigas, Research Director at N.C.S.R. “Demokritos” presented the Research Center to the audience together with the activities of his laboratory. He then gave an overview of the DigiTeaL project before all four (4) Intellectual Outputs, their results, and activities, were presented by himself and the two other members of Demokritos, namely Vasiliki Bravou and Yannis Papagerasimou. In this section, the teachers had the opportunity to get informed about how to support their work during online learning as well as in class using digital technologies. In addition, they were informed about various tools for online communication and collaboration, safety, assessment, and feedback through Open Badges and also about issues related to the risks and benefits of online learning, managing learners in an online learning environment, and others.
After the presentation of the DigiTeaL project and its results, which was the main aim of the event, the second part was devoted to presentations related to the “School of the Future” and specifically about metacognitive skills, the future teachers and students, technologies in a “smart” school and finally, about technological developments that will affect and change the school of the future. This part also included a training programme on how to use badges through the use of the e-platform of the previous MeLDE Project.
From the feedback and comments received, it was apparent that the teachers showed a genuine interest in the activities and aims of the project and to access and reuse the material produced and learn more about the usage of the Open Badges methodology for assessment purposes. The Demokritos team emphasized the need to keep the project alive after its financial lifetime ends and how to sustain and exploit its results and products with the involvement of more schools and teachers.
