Immerse yourself in the topics of the metaverse, remote teaching, augmented reality and mixed reality.
This 3-day seminar (4th-6th April 2024) in Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, PORTUGAL, featuring plenary sessions, panel discussions, and poster sessions, will dive into the exploration and discourse surrounding new technologies in education and society. The plenary session will showcase new technologies utilized in education, while also serving broader social needs. Attendees will gain insight into the innovative concept of EUNICE Virtual Lab, explore the opportunities and challenges posed by the Metaverse, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and blended real/virtual teaching approaches. Attendees will also have the unique opportunity to experience the virtual world first-hand through the use of VR headsets.
This seminar aligns with the EUNICE4U project, which aims to develop a shared system of support for pedagogical innovation. One of the primary goals of EUNICE activities is to improve student learning through continuous pedagogical innovation, including effective integration of learning technologies, interdisciplinary teaching methodologies, and challenge-based learning approaches. EUNICE strives to harness the potential of immersive learning, particularly through virtual collaborative environments, as a promising method for delivering distance academic programmes.
Event participation requires registration.
Info + registrations: prepared in this platform https://indico.esev.ipv.pt/
Fee structure:
Late registration fee – 1000 euros (after 1st March)
(incl. GALA DINNER + ENTRANCE TO SESSIONS)
EUNICE universities staff and students – 200 euros (until 27th March)
(incl. GALA DINNER + ENTRANCE TO SESSIONS)
PROGRAMME
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
- 16:00-16:30: Marta Malepszak – Best practices in the development of international education programmes and massive open online courses in the area of modern technology
- 16:30-17:00: Magdalena Sikorska – An evaluation of the Grant Potential of Modern Cyber Security Technologies in the Context of European University Alliances
- 17:00-18:30: Discussion on Exploring Modern Technology in Teaching and Research: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges in European Universities (IPV Rector, PUT Vice-Rector, SG, BoDs, etc.)
Friday, April 5th, 2024
10:00 Opening session
10:15-12:30 Interactive plenary session – presentations and discussions: Virtual and Augmented Reality – Opportunities and Challenges
- 10:15-10:30 Paweł Śniatała – Metaversum Initiative
- 10:30-10:50 Sławomir Michalak & Paweł Śniatała – Metaverse – new opportunities in neurorehabiliation
- 10:50-11:10 Catarina Sousa – Virtual collaborative environments
- 11:10-11:30 Michał Rychlik – Virtual engineering in simulations of human-technical object interactions
- 11:30-11:50 Vitalii Ivanov – Virtual Smart Factory: Unlocking Learning Potential
- 11:50-12:30 Discussion led by Lia Araújo and Valter Alves
12:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:30 Interactive session – presentations and discussions: New Technologies in Didactics – Opportunities and Challenges
- 14:30-15:00 Necessity for a new format of lectures (IPV)
- 15:00-15:20 Mariusz Głąbowski & Said Mahmoudi: Teaching Cybersecurity Technologies in Virtual Lab
- 15:20-15:40 Maciej Sobieraj: Cybersecurity of Shared Research and Teaching Infrastructure Technologies in the Context of European University Alliances
- 15:40-16:00 Michał Weissenberg: Cybersecurity of Virtual Reality Solutions
- 16:00-16:30 Discussion: AI/ChatGPT – opportunities or threats?
16:30-17:00 Poster and Demo Session – Augmented Reality (+Coffee Break)
- Paweł Śniatała: Intro to Demo Session
- Szymon Baliński: Cybersecurity of Augmented Reality Solutions for Medicine
20:30 – Social dinner
Saturday, April 6th, 2024
9:00-10:30 Wrap-up session
