Aug 1, 2012
The Consortium of the European Virtual Academy invites you to submit a paper for the 1st International Workshop on Online Teaching Initiatives (IWOOTI). The workshop will be hosted by the University of Applied Sciences in Mittweida, Germany, within the frame of the 22nd International Scientific Conference Mittweida, October 24-25, 2012. Papers presented at the workshop will be published in the workshop proceedings. IWOOTI is seeking to bring top research and proven best practices in online teaching, learning and research together.
IWOOTI 2012 is intended partly as a summary of the results from the two years of the project EVA – EUROPEAN VIRTUAL ACADEMY. The workshop committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers as well as project reports and short demonstrations. Topics can include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Modern approaches and activities included in virtual teaching
- Online courses, online-learning platforms and virtual universities
- Online pedagogy
- Neurobiological mechanisms of learning, contemporary models of the human brain, memory and cognitive behavior
- Technology enhanced learning
- Digital culture
- Research in progress
- Case studies of eLearning projects
- Evaluation of strategies to achieve/deliver online learning
Please visit the IWOOTI website for more details: www.iwooti.eu
Jul 12, 2012
The research project “PrävEM” started in July aims to develop an effective IT-based system enabling media professionals to realize media productions in one fluid work flow instead of several separated procedures. The main objective is to create a more flexible, interlinked and efficient way for producing pre-visualizations and animated scenes. To achieve this, techniques of 3D modeling, video games, television and information systems are going to be used. By combining those methods it will be possible to create, capture, interpret and assemble movie scenes within virtual movie shootings. Part of this process is the development of an enterprise-content-management-system, that can be used to efficiently administrate and produce animated movies. Media professionals will be provided with a prototypical solution which grants direct control over the final product during the entire course of production.
Jun 18, 2012
The EVA project was presented at SAME 2012 – the 5th International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experience organised in conjuction with Pervasive 2012 at the Newcastle University, UK, June 18-22, 2012. The possibility to set up a lecture series Ambient Media for the EVA network was discussed. The workshop attendees are currently compiling ideas for a 12 lecture course intended for students at bachelor level with basic knowledge of media and technology.
Robert J. Wierzbicki and Christian Tschoeppe presented also the paper “EDIS – Emotion-Driven Interactive Systems“, whch was written in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, Germany.
May 31, 2012
Hochschule Mittweida / University of Applied Sciences in Mittweida, Germany, hosted the third meeting of the Consortium of the European Virtual Academy on 30. May – 01 June, 2012. The primary goal of the meeting was to discuss the technology aspects of the EVA platform, especially the design of the data base, including physical design of the data base, data structure, search strategies and access methods.
Further topics on the agenda were the dissemination activities, enrollment and assessment rules as well as regulations and financial aspects.
Guests of the meeting were representatives of the College of Dunaujvaros, Hungary. The college has already developed a number of interactive e-learning courses for the hungarian students and is about to join the European Virtual Academy in the winter semester.
Apr 20, 2012
The New York Polish Film Festival was founded seven years ago by Festival Director Hanna Kosińska Hartowicz, in association with FILMART Productions. The Festival aims to foster a community that encourages humanitarian and personal themes to be illuminated through the diverse yet unifying medium of artistic expression. Every year the Festival invites Poland’s talented directors, actors and young filmmakers to present their work in New York City and to meet and engage in discussions about their respective crafts with the audience. Professor Wierzbicki is one of the people behind the New York Polish Film Festival project.
Mar 26, 2012
Three dedicated students of Media Department at the University of Applied Sciences in Germany build-up a new EVA Management Group. Daisy Richter, Florian Pfennig and Elias Hlady (Head of the Group) work on the EVA dissemination strategy and on the EVA branding. The team will organize the upcoming EVA Consortium Meeting in Mittweida end of May and the International Conference in October.
