Name of the person involved in the event
Vicky Maratou, Achilles Kameas

Date of the event
29 Nov 2018

Type of Dissemination event
Other
Info Day

Description of Dissemination Event
The Infoday on Intergenerational Learning titled "Learning from Generation to Generation" was held with success and remarkable participation at the Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa – G. Katsigras Museum, on 29 November 2018. The event was co-organized by the DAISSy research group of Hellenic Open University (http://daissy.eap.gr/en/), the Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa, the "Hippocrates in Larissa" Association and the Larissa Deputy Mayor of Social Policy, as part of the "Larissa learning city" initiative. The main objective of the event was to present the results of the European project TOY+: Together Old and Young, which was implemented as a Strategic Partnership under the Erasmus + program, with the participation of DAISSy as the partner responsible for the development of the relevant Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The audience consisted mainly of educators and trainers, cultural sector professionals and local policy makers. At the beginning of the Infoday, the Deputy Mayor of Social Policy, Mr. Dimitris Deligiannis, the Regional Director of Education of Thessaly, Mrs. Eleni Anastasopoulou, and the Vice-President of the Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa, Mrs. Anni Psarra, addressed welcome speeches. Then, Dr. Achilleas Kameas, Professor of Hellenic Open University, presented the TOY+ project, as well as the research activities of the DAISSy group and the projects in which the group participates. Among them, Prof. Kameas presented extensively the V4T project, as a good idea for improving the impact of educational practices. He described the database of games and the way it can be used to by teachers who want to put them in educational use. In conclusion, the Infoday has been a major success, attracting more than 80 participants, and has also gained considerable visibility in local press and media.

Target group
Association, Experts, General Public, Public Bodies, Researchers, Teachers, Universities.

Number of people reached by event
86

Held in
Larissa Greece (GR)

Outcomes, Results and Evaluation
Brochures of project V4T were distributed to all participants, who had the opportunity to exchange ideas and practices about innovative educational techniques, to discuss the benefits of the actions and the obstacles they face, and to create synergies to address them.

Files
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