Over the past years, the project Virtual Sign has become more and more relevant. Virtual Sign is an automatic real-time translation system between text and Portuguese sign language. This system revolutionises communication with deaf people in schools, museums and public places. The project aims to enhance the learning process, improve communication and increase social and educational inclusion.

In the beggining of January, Giorgos Papadourakis, one of our partners from the Hellenic Mediterranean University (Greece), gave an interview to the ΚΡΗΤΗ TV channel, about the developments of the Virtual Sign project. To watch the interview, click here.

Os desafios da inovação pedagógica e das competências digitais na educação vão estar em debate no colóquio “Reinventar a Participação Ativa em Educação: Desafios da Inovação”, no dia 30 de novembro, no Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, pelas 14h30.

Organizado no âmbito do projeto “Co-created Interactive Courseware – CIC“, projeto Erasmus+, coordenado pela Wolverhampton University e com coordenação local da Unidade de Investigação GILT–Games Interaction and Learning Technologies, este evento destina-se a docentes de diversas áreas e níveis de ensino e a todos os interessados nestas matérias.  

Para além da partilha de experiências e conhecimentos aplicáveis em diversos contextos educativos, os participantes (que trouxerem computador portátil) terão a possibilidade de utilizar a plataforma digital Nextbook  e de explorar as suas potencialidades.

A participação é gratuita, mas sujeita a inscrição até 25 de novembro, aqui. Será distribuído certificado de participação.

Data: 30 de novembro 2022 | 14h30

Local: ISEP | Auditório Vítor Santos

Programa

14h15 – Registo

14h30 – 16h00

• Abertura
• Inovação Pedagógica e Competências Digitais | Paula Peres (ISCAP & GILT)
• Educação 4.0 | Marina Sousa (ISEP-DOG)
• Co-criação e participação: o projeto CIC | Ana Barata (ISEP-DOG & GILT)
• Debate

16h00 – Coffee Break

16h15 – Workshop “Explorar o Nextbook”

17h30 – Encerramento

+ info: abt@isep.ipp.pt

Link para o formulário de inscrição:

https://forms.office.com/r/kvgS0hiTfB <inscrições fechadas>

In order to complete the internal evaluation assurance, the ICT_INOV project will appoint an external evaluator to analyse the monitoring of the implementation of project activities and its achievements, in accordance with the objectives of the logical matrix of the project.

Deadline: 15 November 2022

Check all the conditions here: https://www.eu-track.eu/en/eventi-s.php?id=51

The 3rd Transnational Meeting of the VRNurse4Kids project takes place at the Hochschule für Gesundheit University of Applied Sciences, in Bochum, Germany, on the 10th and 11th of October. Ana Barata and Ricardo Almeida are present in the meeting representing the GILT research unit (ISEP-IPP). This meeting will define the contents of the e-learning course to be developed within the project scope.

On the 3rd-5th of October, the Polytechnic Institute of Porto is hosting the 5th transnational meeting of the ATHENA European University. The opening session took place this morning in the Superior Institute of Engineering of Porto and welcomed all ATHENA member universities.

The overall objective of the event is to discuss the results achieved so far in all areas of project’s activities. Another key topic will be the preparation for the next stage of cooperation within the ATHENA Alliance.

The ATHENA European University, coordinated by the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, is one of the 45 European universities co-funded by the European Union. ATHENA European University aims to respond to the current and future challenges of a transnational, inclusive, innovative education, permanently aligned with the needs of the global market, creating trends and providing relevant services to local communities, addressing social and environmental challenges as well as European research priorities.

No seguimento do que tem sido a cooperação entre o ISEP e o IFSC, o programa de intercâmbio PROPICIE, que esteve suspenso nos últimos dois anos, é agora retomado em setembro de 2022. No âmbito da 18º edição do programa, a estudante Emilly Oliveira foi selecionada para colaborar com o Instituto Politécnico do Porto, preenchendo uma das duas vagas contempladas para este programa de mobilidade internacional.

O programa consiste na participação da estudante num projeto de investigação, durante um período de 3 meses, de forma presencial.

CiC’s 5th Transnational Meeting is taking place in Leuven, Belgium.
Starting today – the 6th of June -, the meeting will be followed by a set of sessions and workshops aiming at sharing the so far project results and at proving the participants the opportunity to interactively discuss their views and experiences on co-creation, pedagogical strategies using co-creation, and learning analytics.

Hosted by KU-Leuven, the “Training the Teacher” event is gathering Higher Education professionals from Porto (Portugal), Maribor (Slovenia), the United Kingdom, and Belgium. Ana Barata, a leading researcher at GILT, is presenting the pedagogical research and CiC’s proposed framework to introduce the discussion on co-created content.

+ info: https://cic.um.si/

Os investigadores do GILT Carlos Vaz de Carvalho e Piedade Carvalho serão parte do júri do próximo Level Up! – Game Jam. O evento, organizado pelo Núcleo de Estudantes de Informática do ISEP (NEI), em colaboração com o GILT, ISEP e Departamento de Engenharia Informática (DEI), decorrerá nos próximos dias 3, 4 e 5 de junho.

A Game Jam permite aos interessados experienciar um verdadeiro hackaton para o desenvolvimento dum videojogo temático. O prazo são 48 horas e a participação pode ser de forma individual ou em equipa.

Para participar, os interessados devem-se inscrever em gamejam2022.nei-isep.org.

Para qualquer pedido de informação adicional: info@nei-isep.org.

The GILT Research Unit was invited to participate in the Tech3-RTP programme to disseminate its research work oriented towards inclusion and education. The episode with English subtitles is now available.

A Unidade de Investigação GILT foi convidada a participar no programa Tech3 da RTP, com o intuito de divulgar o seu trabalho de investigação orientado para a inclusão e educação. Em seguida, poderá assistir à reportagem completa.

The ATHENA Soft & Research Skills Academy lectures happen every Monday at 15H online.
Launched on the 21st of March 2022, the Academy sessions are coordinated by K. Petridis  (HMU, Greece), Ana Barata (leading researcher at GILT, representing P.Porto), and Pietro Oliva (Cusano, Italy), involving various guest speakers coming from ATHENA network.

Although open to all of the academic community, this joint initiative targets students attending any degree or year in Higher Education.
ATHENA SOFT & RESEARCH SKILLS ACADEMY | PROGRAM

Time Management Skills (21/03/2022) – K. Petridis (HMU, Greece)

• Collaboration SKills (28/03/2022) – Ana Barata (IPP, Portugal)
• Leadership Skills (04/04/2022) – Mario Caporale (Italian Space Agency, Italy)
• Resilience Skills (11/04/2022) – Kleio Koutra (HMU, Greece)
• Active Listening Skills (02/05/2022) – Alberto Peixoto Pinto (IPP & ISMAI, Portugal)
• Emotional Intelligence (09/05/2022) Ana Sá (Porto Business School & IPAM, Portugal)
• Cultural Intelligence (16/05/2022) – Tatjana Welzer (UoM, Slovenia)
• Presentation Skills (23/05/2022) – K. Petridis (HMU, Greece)
• How to prepare a poster and read a scientific report/paper (30/05/2022) – K. Petridis (HMU, Greece)
• How to build your Interview Skills (06/06/2022) – Maria Kartalou (THENAMARIS, Greece)
• How to perform bibliographic Research (13/06/2022) – Pietro Oliva (Cusano, Italy)
• Building your Digital Skills (20/06/2022) – Pietro Oliva (Cusano, Italy)
• Open Access to Research Publications – Reflection of a Librarian – Ms. Dunja Legat (University of Maribor, Slovenia) (27/06/2022)
• Reading Data on Research Funding and the Changing Role of Bibliometrics – Joszef Gyorkos, (University of Maribor, Slovenia) (04/07/2022)

Link for students to enroll in the course: https://forms.gle/8j4QLJWdZ1BBjy9QA

Examples of the already developed Biomaps about Spanish, Hungarian, and Portuguese authors have been presented and discussed during the fruitful work sessions.
More information on BioMaps may be found on the project website.