EURIDICE’s Joint European Master: Digital Society, Social Innovation, Global Citizenship
Are you passionate about shaping the digital future in ways that are sustainable, inclusive, and socially responsible? Do you aspire to create meaningful, innovative digital solutions that can drive real social change? The European Joint Master in Digital Society, Social Innovation, and Global Citizenship (DIGISOC) is an interdisciplinary study program designed to equip you with the comprehensive expertise needed to address pressing global challenges in a rapidly digitalizing world. DIGISOC is ... Read more
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“AI Is Not the End of Art”
Many people seem to think that soon all music, images, films, books, and articles will be generated by AI, and that this will mark the end of human-made art. But this won’t happen anytime soon, because AI approaches creativity in a way that is fundamentally different from humans.The art world is in turmoil over the AI revolution. Some claim that the human creative process is outdated and that AI is ... Read more
Discussing Europe’s Digital Strategy
What are future trends in digital technologies to boost Europe’s digital economy and how can Europe catch up in areas where the US and China are currently leading the digital innovation. These and other topics were discussed in Brussels with some of Europe’s leading minds in digital technology from business, industry and academia. Over two intense days the European Commission’s DG CNECT gathered 75 experts to explore the future of ... Read more
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Culture for AI – AI for Culture, exploring Polyvocality
The question of how Artificial Intelligence might support, enhance, or even undermine art and creativity is part of an ongoing debate, deeply connected to Digital Humanism and the Digital Divide. And the next question, should “art”, especially non-western art, be defined solely through western narratives? Should not multiple interpretations coexist? This touches on the question of bias in AI. In a recent guest lecture, Victor de Boer, one of the ... Read more
Design Tools & Methods for Hybrid Learning
Can we improve digital skills of teachers and learners in a hybrid way? The answer to this question is at the heart of the Collaboratorium, EURIDICE’s famous innovation for teaching and learning in a hybrid, interconnected European setting. The Collaboratorium will soon start, as the Master Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship will start its first classes, simulataneously at the University of Naples, the University of Innsbruck and Palacky ... Read more
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TED-e3 method – Tangible Ecosystem Design
How to collaboratively design a platform business model. “Tangible Ecosystem Design” is a new method, developed by Fraunhofer IESE to help companies create a vision of a digital ecosystem. As part of a workshop, the structured approach of the TED method helps to model the different actors, their relationships and the underlying processes within an ecosystem. By visualizing these relationships, complex dynamics become tangible and open up new perspectives for ... Read more
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“Combining scientific and indigenous knowledge”
How can we integrate indigenous and scientific knowledge systems to address global challenges in the world? A new educational resource for EURIDICE’s educational offer has appeared, in the spirit of “Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship”, addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), with a strong focus on Global Citizenship. Abstract It is widely believed that modern technologies such as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development (ICT4D) ... Read more
Penelope: Culture and the Digital Society
The wish and promise to further expand and strengthen EURIDICE’s cultural ecosystem, including also creative sectors in Europe, brought a subset of the EURIDICE consortium, to engage in a new partnership and prepare a project plan to enhance the digital skills and create synergies with several cultural partners in six European countries. This new collaboration has led to new thematic synergies between the cultural, digital- technological and higher educational sectors. ... Read more
Digital Transformation Under Fire: A Ukrainian University Perspective
The ability to continue education is vital, even during times of crisis. A recent event at UPJŠ brought together faculty and students for a discussion with Assoc. Prof. Igor O. Shnitser about the role of digital tools in Ukrainian universities facing martial law. Learn about the specific challenges faced by teachers and students, and the innovative approaches being used to overcome them.
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A Successful Story of Entrepreneurship
How successful , innovative, digitally skilled and entrepreneurial are alumni of EURIDICE’s educational programs? This is a question often posed to us in various surveys by the European Commission, which the EU wants to know, as part of the common vision and policy for the Digital Decade. The Digital Europe Programme is designed to make this happen. EURIDICE adds Digital Humanism and Global Citizenship. Is this a promising approach? The ... Read more
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Responsible Entrepreneurship Seminar in Paris
Paris, 23 May 2024 – At the Centre for student entrepreneurship and innovation (IAE) of the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) we attended a fantastic seminar, in which 18 students from various universities (including the EURIDICE universities UPEC, CBS, ULusofona, VU Amsterdam), and their lecturers, successfully participated. This Blended Intensive Programme, successfully organized by Dr. Laurence Beierlein from IAE-UPEC in the framework of the Erasmus mobility programme was the first activity ... Read more
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