Projects

EUROPEAN MEDIA COACH INNITIATIVE

Acronym: EMCI

Years: 2017-2020

Funded by: Erasmus+

Brief Description: The main focus of the European MediaCoach project is the improvement of media literacy levels among young people through the development of large pool of media literate professionals working with youth in schools, youth centers and in non-formal contexts like libraries and museums

Website: http://mediacoacheurope.eu/

The impact of the socio-economic crisis on student well-being and happiness in Greece and Cyprus

Acronym: SHINE

Years: 2019-2021

Funded by:

Brief Description: Comparative and an intersectional approach to explore the impact of the socio-economic crisis on students’ well-being in Cyprus and Greece, in order to understand patterns of inequality that affect happiness attainment in children.

Convicts Upskilling Pathways

Acronym: CUP

Years: 2019-2021

Funded by: Erasmus+

Brief Description: CUP has an aim to design successful training modules (e.g. modules based on technical skills as a mean of
embedded learning for soft and basic skills) to enhance convicts/ex convicts potential for medium-long term employability. CUP aim at offering an evaluation kit (easy-to-use, scalar) that prison administration and third sector organizations can use to measure the progress and the impact of actions promoting primary target employability.

European SafeOnline Initiative

Acronym: ESOI

Years: 2020-2023

Funded by: Erasmus+

Brief Description: The main focus of the EUROPEAN SAFEONLINE INITIATIVE is the improvement of media literacy levels of children through the extensive media literacy education of their parents.
The project proposes the scaling up one of the most successful practices in the field of media literacy in Europe; a practice, that has received a number of awards and distinctions – both from the European Commission and from the relevant national authorities – due to its distinct ability to bring about impressive results in the advancement of parental media literacy levels.

Website: europeansafeonline.eu

Assessing Newly Arrived Migrants’ Knowledge in Science and Math using Augmented Teaching Material – Augmented Assessment

Acronym: AA

Years: 2020-2023

Funded by: Erasmus+

Brief Description: AA Project aims to address the gap that exists in assessing newly arrived migrant students’ prior knowledge in the fields of Science and Mathematics, by utilising augmented reality for assessment. It will be achieved by developing and piloting an innovative augmented toolkit in the form of an online library and a training course for teachers.

Socially Excluded youth of MEdia LIteracy

Acronym: SEMELI

Years: 2020-2022

Funded by: Erasmus+

Brief Description: SEMELI project aims to foster inclusion of young people and promote to them common values with the rest of the society, through media literacy. Generally, it is expected that after the completion of the project, participants will experience self-awareness, a sense of development and expansion of their knowledge, and a higher level of activation to promote digital skills and media literacy.