14TH ECOMEDIA-EUROPE THEMATIC CONFERENCE AND TEACHER TRAINING
Creativity and Innovation by means of ICT and Media in Education
PROGRAMME
Please note that there may be minor changes to the programme before the conference starts.
All times are in UTC+3 (time zone Greece)
Keynote Speakers
Evangeline Harris Stefanakis, Ed.D
Associate Professor, Ed.D, and Research Fellow in Boston University, the US
Dr. Hans Hummel
Associate Professor, PhD, in Welten Institute: Research Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Open University (OUNL) of the Netherlands
Manolis Wallace, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, PhD, in the Department of Informatics & Telecommunications of the University of Peloponnese. His research interests lie in the meeting of semantics & uncertainty with extensions to information retrieval, data mining, personalization, cultural informatics and smart cities
Dr. Alexander Pfeiffer
Alexander Pfeiffer headed the center for Applied Game Studies at Danube University Krems for eight years, before he was awared a Max-Kade stipend in 2019 to work at the MIT education arcade. There, his research focus is on blockchain technologies in the educational sector. Alexander is also a PhD Candidate in the field of AI at the University of Malta.
Monday, October 19 2020
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Welcome and login | The participants login to the online conference room. |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | Angeliki Anagnostopoulou General Senior High School of Kalamata Norbert Aichholzer Vocational School Wolfsberg Natalie Denk Danube University Krems | Opening of the Conference and Presentation of the Ecomedia Network |
| 17:50 – 18:30 | KEYNOTE: Hans Hummel Open University of the Netherlands | Instructional Design of more Experiential and Active Online Learning |
| 18:30 – 18:50 | Natalie Denk Danube University Krems | Game-based Learning as an opportunity for online teaching |
| 19:00 – 19:20 | Michael Fleischhacker Bildungsdirektion Wien / Danube University Krems | Minecraft in the Covid 19 crisis connects – Insights into the Minecraft Environmental Challenge 2020 |
| 19:20 – 19:40 | Vasiliki Malama 10th Primary School of Kalamata | “IDEA” Project: European herItage 3D gamEs platform for teaching mAths |
| 19:40 – 20:10 | Breakout Discussions and Socializing | Participants get split into break out rooms to discuss the input of the talks in small groups, guided by the following questions: How important is the topic of the lecture in my classroom / educational institution? What value can I derive from the individual talks? How does this compare to the other participants in the break out room? Are there differences or similarities? |
| 20:10 – 20:40 | Open discussion | The groups have the opportunity to share their main results of the group discussions (voluntary). |
| End of Day 1 |
Tuesday, October 20 2020
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Welcome and login | The participants login to the online conference room. |
| 17:30 – 18:10 | KEYNOTE: Evangeline Harris Boston University | Differentiating Learning: for all students |
| 18:10 – 18:30 | Georgia Karountzou Regional Coordinator in Peleponnese Center of educational planning | ICT and Special Education |
| 18:30 – 18:50 | Eleni Lianou Second Chance School of Kalamata | Lego Mindstorms Ev3 challenges 8 to 15 |
| 19:00 – 19:40 | KEYNOTE: Manolis Wallace University of Peleponnese | Fighting for social justice in STEAM education |
| 19.40 – 20:00 | Spyros Papadakis, Organizational Coordinator, Regional Centre for Educational Planning in Western Greece and Adjunct Professor, Hellenic Open University | STEAM Education. Why is important for us? The STE(AM)onEdu Erasmus+KA3 project |
| 20:00 – 20:30 | Breakout Discussions and Socializing | Participants get split into break out rooms to discuss the input of the talks in small groups. |
| 20:30 – 21:00 | Open discussion | The groups have the opportunity to share their main results of the group discussions (voluntary). |
| End of Day 2 |
Wednesday, October 21 2020
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Welcome and login | The participants login to the online conference room. |
| 17:30 – 18:10 | KEYNOTE: Alexander Pfeiffer Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Danube University Krems | Digital Agents and Distributed Ledger Technologies as little helpers for Educators and Administrators |
| 18:10 – 18:30 | Konstantinos Mathiopoulos Music School of Kalamata | Connecting real-world problems and STEM lessons in an interdisciplinary way: Your Mobile App for your medication |
| 18:30 – 18:50 | Thomas Wernbacher Danube University Krems | Nudging in School: how to apply behavioral interventions in a positive way |
| 18:50 – 19:10 | Angeliki Anagnostopoulou General Senior High School of Kalamata, Nikos Papathomopoulos General Senior High School of Kardamili | Teaching Mechanisms Promoting Learning Transfer in English as Second Language (ESL) Teacher Training E-courses |
| 19:10- 19:40 | Breakout Discussions and Socializing | Participants get split into break out rooms to discuss the input of the talks in small groups. |
| 19:40 – 20:10 | Open discussion | The groups have the opportunity to share their main results of the group discussions (voluntary). |
| End of Day 3 |
Thursday, October 22 2020
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Welcome and login | The participants login to the online conference room. |
| 17:30 – 18:10 | KEYNOTE: Evangeline Harris Boston University | MAKING STEM LEARNING VISIBLE with NASA/MISSION EARTH: e-Portfolios document Students growth |
| 18:10 – 18:30 | Giorgos Panselinas, Computing At School Coordinator for Crete, Coordinator of the Pan-Hellenic Computing At School Festival | Digital Creativity in 10- year Computing At School Festival |
| 18:30 – 18:50 | Antoaneta Sendova Vocational School of Electrical Engineering and Electronics | eTwinning for Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development (CPD) |
| 18:50 – 20:00 | Invitation to ecoMEDIA 2021 in Várpalota, Hungary Open discussion Farewell and closing of the conference |