The University of Cyprus has secured its participation in another major European project, which aims to promote skills for the green transition and entrepreneurial culture, with an emphasis on female higher education students in the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) fields.
Specifically, the Software Engineering and Internet Technologies Laboratory (SEIT, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/seit) of the University of Cyprus is one of the partners in the European project “GreenSteam”, which is funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme.
GreenSTEAM will develop innovative flipped classroom courses -Flipped classroom and flipped learning workshops -Flipped Learning, focusing on the following skills:
– Digital Skills
– Green Skills
– Entrepreneurship
– Social Skills
The project will be piloted with 250 students from the 5 partner countries. The results and impact analysis will be presented to key stakeholders, with the aim of widely promoting GreenSTEAM’s open educational platform across the education system. In addition, “Hackathons” will be organised in the partner countries.
Results
The open learning platform and flipped classroom courses will be freely accessible in 6 languages by the end of 2028. The GreenSTEAM project will integrate green, social and entrepreneurial skills, as well as digital competences, in students of all fields of study and lifelong learners. The project will particularly focus on women and other vulnerable groups underrepresented in the workplaces of the future.
Participation of the University of Cyprus
The University of Cyprus is a partner of the GreenSTEAM project, with the main responsibility for the development of the educational platform. The main objective is to create an e-learning platform, as described above, accessible from laptops, tablets and smartphones, with a flexible design.
Users will earn points by completing various activities such as watching training videos, completing exercises, passing tests and providing feedback to their peers. Top users will receive rewards, and all users will receive micro-certificates after completing each course.
This important contribution of the Software Engineering and Internet Technologies Laboratory will help the University of Cyprus to enrich its knowledge and experience in this field and at the same time open new perspectives for future collaborations.
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