DCOLLAB consortium will participate in the upcoming ORIENTAMENTI 2022 expo in Genova, Italy. ORIENTAMENTI is an initiative promoted by Liguria Region as yearly meeting for promotion of education and vocational training at local and national level. DCOLLAB will be presented the 16^th of November 2022 at 4.30 pm in Sala Aliseo. More information here:

https://salone.orientamenti.regione.liguria.it/programma/progetto-europeo-d-collab-tecnologie-e-metodologie-nellapprendimento-digitale

Teaching students with special needs through digital media at universities is a Guidebook aiming to report a first analysis about new teaching strategies in distance learning and how new technologies can help teachers and students with special needs to obtain an effective classroom and to increase the quality of the learning process. In particular, these Guidelines focuses on two separate aspects of distance learning: classroom at university level and students with special needs. This choice is based on (at least) two separate reasons: first of all, because at university level attention to students with special needs is just sketched out; secondly, because digital tools are a common instrument in our time, but very often they are not effectively used during teaching activities, even if this could help to include more students, especially those with special needs. In other words, in this Guidebook we are interested in understanding what universities can do to create more inclusive classroom especially for students with special needs and which kind of support new technologies can provide to teachers and students

Discover them on the official website www.dcollab.eu

The DCOLLAB consortium is happy to publish the guidelines for digital learning improvement for Universities:

O2: Technologies for effective digital teaching at universities (Guidebook)

O3: Methodologies for effective digital teaching at universities (Guidebook)

O4: Teaching students with special needs through digital media at universities (Guidebook)

O5: Higher education studies in the digital environment (Student guide)

Discover them on the official website www.dcollab.eu

The Third Biannual Project Meeting for DCOLLAB partnership was hosted by University of Cyprus the 25th, 26th and 27th of May. The meeting was the occasion to discuss the state of art of all the guidelines proposed by the consortium ( IO2 – IO5 ), the dissemination and the sustainability of the project as well as the development of the online learning platform and the pilot online trainings .

During the meeting, DCOLLAB consortium was also able to join a common session of work with the REBEL project ( http://rebelproject.eu/ - 2020-1-IE01-KA226-SCH-082959) to share views and perspectives on digital learning. UCY also organized a networking event on digital learning experiences coming from several organizations : SEIT Lab, University of Cyprus (Cyprus), Cardet research and development organization (Cyprus), SYNTHESIS Center for Research and Education(Cyprus), AGENCIJA ZA STRUKOVNO OBRAZOVANJE I OBRAZOVANJE ODRASLIH (Croatia) and Regional Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education of Attica (Greece)

Next meeting will be held by FOR in Genova, in November.

More news on the official website www.dcollab.eu

Date. 22nd April 2022, 9:30-15:30

Venue: University or Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35, Bratislava, Slovakia

This professional event is organized to introduce and discuss the experience with digital teaching and learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. We will present the results from the survey of university students and teachers focused on their experience with online learning during Covid-19 pandemic. The discussion will focus also on methods and technical tools which are effective in the digital learning environment. The event takes place within the D-COLLAB project and project team will introduce their findings on these topics. Invited digital learning/teaching experts will present their insights and share their experience. The event is also to serve as a discussion forum, where the participants will be provided an opportunity to raise challenges they have faced in the area and also share their experience with digital learning.

Join us for this networking and knowledge sharing event for new cooperation opportunities!

The attendance of the event is Free for All Participants.

The Number of Participants is Limited, Register Now!

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScD0A6PlWSPetvhD36F15_kgIo12cfUW8tDxy69UIKBJFj0XQ/viewform

More news on the official website www.dcollab.eu

The first output from DCOLLAB Partnetship is online. O1: Survey of the needs of instructors and students focuses on methodological as well as technological aspects of digital teaching and learning and studies the perceptions of academic staff and students at different levels of higher education studies regarding online education and reflects their individual views. Specific attention is paid to students with special needs and the challenges they faced in their studies during the Covid-19 period. It is the aim of the authors to bring the outcomes of this research to readers and to help them not only to understand the experience of academics and students during the pandemic, but, in the first place, to illuminate the needs they faced, the support they lacked and still need, and thus, to indicate the pathways for further development and improvement of online teaching and learning. This report will be used as a reference in the preparation of subsequent intellectual contributions as well as in the design of the training of instructors

More news on the official website www.dcollab.eu

Dcollab consortium met the 6^th of September for the third project meeting, devoted mainly to intellectual outputs 1, 2, 3 , 4 and 5.

Regarding IO1, Survey of the needs of instructors and students, the final version of the outputs will be presented by the end of September 2021 and submitted to obtain the ISBN code in Spain. Timelines for implementation of IO2, Technologies for effective digital teaching at universities (Guidebook) and IO3, Methodologies for effective digital teaching at universities (Guidebook) were presented by UCY and M&M: the final version of these two IOs are expected by the end of 2021. The meeting foresaw also the kick off for IO4, Teaching students with special needs through digital media at universities (Guidebook) and IO5, Higher education studies in the digital environment (Student guide). FOR and EUBA shared their approaches looking for balanced timelines as these two outputs are expected in their final version in January/February 2022. The meeting was also the occasion to discuss the preparation of the Biannual management meeting – expected in November in Barcelona and hosted .

More news on the upcoming official website www.dcollab.eu

The 27^th of May 2021, the DCOLLAB partnership met for a workshop on dissemination and on the launch of website and E-learning platform. FOR presented the Dissemination plan of the project and introduced all activities, social media and other linkages to disseminate and promote the project, its activities and results. A specific focus was placed on the multiplier events, that all the partners will have to organize during project implementation. The next part of the meeting was devoted to the preparation of the webpage and the Elearning platform. Representatives from the University of Cyprus presented the possibilities of the webpage design and its. UCY will create the webpage with the contribution of the material from all partners followed by the e-learning platform on later date. UCY presented also options for E-learning platform based on Moodle platform.

The final part of the meeting was dedicated to the implementation of the first IO, Survey of the needs of instructors and students. In particular, Prof. Anetta Čaplánová informed partners about the progress with the survey and on data access for all partners. By the end of June a first draft of the IO will be created

More news on the upcoming official website www.dcollab.eu

The Kick off for the D-COLLAB Partnership was held last 23th of April.

D-COLLAB -Collaboration for Effective Digital Education is an Erasmus + KA226 - Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

The project will focus on training the teaching staff as well as the students at all three levels of higher education to equip them with knowledge and competencies needed for effective teaching and learning in the digital environment. The project will also develop digital competencies of students with special needs, who are in an even more challenging situation due to the shift towards online learning. The corresponding 5 intellectual outcomes will be produced to support the skill development of these target groups. The produced outcomes will be made available through the developed web e-learning platform and they will be made available to interested teachers and learners locally, nationally, and internationally in open access to help them with their learning and teaching challenges in the digital space. During the project, three integrated training modules will be developed for the teaching staff and one training module for students (with a special section focused on students with special needs). The training modules will be implemented twice during the existence of the project, with the involvement of about 80 academics and 150

students, out of them about 40 students having special needs

THE EXPECTED RESULTS

The project will bring the following results:

- Teaching staff of the University of Economics in Bratislava trained in methodologies and technologies of digital teaching and including the teaching of students with special needs

- Doctoral students of the University of Economics in Bratislava trained in methodologies and technologies of digital teaching and including the teaching of students with special needs

- Students at all three degree levels trained in digital competencies needed for effective learning (including students with special needs)

- Digital competencies of students relevant for the labor market improved

- The quality of digital instruction at the University of Economics in Bratislava improved

- Trainers in digital competencies trained

- The preconditions for the introduction of new digital study programs created

- Intellectual outcomes ( Report on the needs of target groups, E-learning platform, Guidebooks) produced

- The dissemination of the project outcomes and of produced intellectual outcomes ensured.

THE CONSORTIUM

The consortium is made of four partners from four European Countries:

The University of Economics in Bratislava is the leading organization and is one of the traditional educational and research public universities in the Slovak Republic. The EUBA focuses on Economics, Business, and Management studies, it was established 80 years ago.

The Software Engineering and Internet Technologies (SEIT) Laboratory is an integral part of the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus. SEIT focuses its research activities on two important areas of Information Technology, namely Software Engineering and Internet Technologies.

For Srl is a Italian VET organization, located in Genova, and active in Lifelong Learning – providing training services, training need analysis and assessments, fundraising to foster enterprise development and in support and coaching for enterprise management.

M&M is a modern trainer and mobility provider located in Barcelona with wide experience in the training needs for transfer professional skills to support individuals in their personal development and to promote workers’ and students' mobilities to improve their training, experience and professionals profiles.

More news on the upcoming official website www.dcollab.eu

Healthcare is undergoing profound changes, driven by Bioscience and technological advancements, demographic shifts, and changing lifestyles throughout Europe, thus requiring health care professionals to expand their skills’ palette.

In response to these challenges, the BioS Project aims at advancing the digital skills of health professionals through the design, development and delivery of new modular vocational curricula on Computational Biology.

BioS stands for “Digital Skills on Computational Biology for Health Professionals” and is co-funded by the European Commission.

Join us in our Online Final Event with highly topical expert talks on:

- Opportunities for bioinformatics-based approaches in the diagnostics

- Bioinformatics helping to combat COVID19

- Bioinformatics in cancer patient treatment

- BioS Project, Results and Policy Recommendations

To attend the Final Event, please register under: https://forms.gle/KcWhPhCg6n1kewqr7

Thereafter, you receive an email with the link to the Online Event.

Should you have any further questions, please contact the BIOS consortium, by emailing Laura Dorn at: laura.dorn@stw.de

More information about the BIOS project: www.bios-project.eu

The Bios Project is reaching its last milestone, the final event. This event will be held the next 10 of December starting from 2.30 pm. This event, online and public, will be focusing not only on projects and its results but also highlighting opportunities and development linked to bioinformatics

Here you can find the topics and speakers :

Welcoming and overview of event

Laura Dorn, Steinbeis University Berlin, Project Coordinator

Opportunities for bioinformatics-based approaches in the diagnostics

Ferran Casal, Bioinformatics Barcelona Association (BIB)

Bioinformatics helping to combat COVID19

Csaba Ortutay, HiDucator Ltd

Bioinformatics in cancer patient treatment

Dr. Dimitrios Doultsinos, John Radcliffe Hospital of the University of Oxford

Q&A session

Ferra Casal, Csaba Ortutay, Dr. Dimitrios Doultsinos

BioS Project, Results and Policy Recommendations

- BioS Outline - objectives, partners, activities implemented, outcomes and available products (LD)

- Main achievements in respective WP (WP leaders)

Laura Dorn, SHB

Csaba Ortutay, HiDucator Ltd

Ferran Casal, BIB

Chrysa Psyllaki , Skybridge Partners

Ilias Konstantinopoulos, University of Patras (UPAT),

Guglielmo Trovato, European Medical Association (EMA)

Workshop

German Oncology Centre (GOC), Enios Applications Idiotiki Kefalaiouchiki Etaireia (e-NIOS)

The participation is free. You can access the meeting 2.30 PM using this link: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/dce3051958c445d98503928cdeb2a415

Within the framework of the Erasmus days, the BioS project offers further online seminars on modules 1 to 3 to deepen and apply the knowledge acquired in the course. We would like to invite you to join us:

The BioS project offers three online seminars on the topics:

· INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS

· COMMERCIAL PERSONALIZED GENOMICS SERVICES IN PATIENT CARE

· COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS FOR CLINICAL DOCTORS

The online seminars give you the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge for your professional career, to discuss live with experts highly topical issues and to connect with peer learners all around Europe.

Online Seminar 1:

Systemic interpretation of data from different –omic layers and derivation of diagnostic, personalized signatures of molecular biomarkers, assisting medical decision.

e-nios, module 1, Thursday 15th of October, 13.00 – 15.00 CEST

In this online seminar the audience is introduced to the secrets of multi-omic analysis and robust systemic interpretation. This process manages to reveal those active, functional, molecular modules, providing consistent, mechanistic understanding of the myriad of interactions occurring, and enables in-silico extraction of signatures of molecular biomarkers, for a more accurate and robust clinical diagnosis/prognosis. The interpretation of the various types of omics data streams is effected through the web platform BioInfoMiner of e-NIOS, integrating the results of diverse analytic workflows showcasing how to extract predictive signatures for several diseases, without requiring advanced programming skills. Two examples of the data-driven interpretation and extraction of diagnostic signatures both at the gene and variant level will be performed on case studies including data from patients suffering from different cancer types.

Online Seminar 2:

BIOS PROJECT- COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS FOR CLINICAL DOCTORS – HOW TO EVALUATE DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION?

BGU, module 2, Friday, 16th of October,

10.00 – 12.00 CEST

In this online seminar, the theoretical material taught during the BioS course is transformed into practical and applicable skills by working with contemporary examples. You will learn how to use predictive methods, such as COVID19 PCR tests, how to interpret results, and how evidence affects the test credibility.

Online Seminar 3:

BIOS PROJECT – COMMERCIAL PERSONALIZED GENOMICS SERVICES IN PATIENT CARE – THE ROLE OF TUMOR GENETIC PROFILING, MOLECULAR IMAGING AND TARGETED THERAPIES IN THE TREATMENT OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

GOC, module 3, Friday, 16th of October,

13.00 – 15.00 CEST

In this online seminar, the role of tumor genetic profiling, molecular imaging and targeted therapies in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer will be presented.

Registration

To participate in the BioS Online Seminar, please register under: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBTZyQs3pFRskynuEkocOzqzW_vc5TeTodxWDlG375VvrqDg/viewform

After registration, you receive the direct link to the online seminar.

More information: www.bios-project.eu

Contact: laura.dorn@stw.de

Another BioS transnational partner meeting was planned in Berlin in May 2020. However, due to the current pandemic situation and the restrictions resulting from it, the consortium was not able to meet in person and had to conduct the meeting online.

Maybe it was the expertise all partners have gained during last weeks in communicating and collaborating digitally, maybe it is the spirit of reaching the finish line of the project – either way, the online meeting was a full success. Many topics have been discussed, new ideas and strategies created, and solutions to challenges found. Also, we found that brainstorming works extremely well even at a distance of 2.000 km.

At the moment, BioS project is unfolding as the first round of learners are completing the BioS Course on Digital Skills on Computational Biology for Health Professionals. The consortium is proud to already count 800 enrolments to the BioS MOOC. The feedback we gain at this stage from learners as well as from external experts, helps us to further improve the course and adapt it to the needs and requirements of our focus group.

Next to course conduction and refinement, the consortium focuses on exploitation activities and prepares additional webinars, which will provide more interesting case studies on Bioinformatics and complete the course experience.

Registration to the free BioS Course is possible under: https://mooc.bios-project.eu/

Exciting news! We just hit 800 enrollments on the BioS MOOC – a milestone we couldn’t have reached without you. Together, we have created a global community on Bioinformatics that continues to grow.

We invite you to join our social media communities and we look forwarding to connecting:

https://www.facebook.com/BIOSPROJECT-ErasmusPlus-Dissemination-Media-383190028923085/

https://twitter.com/BiosProject1

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOJMoKtEys73Dys-c_mvqRA

Keep up the good work!

More information: www.bios-project.eu

The BioS course provides basic knowledge about methods and tools of bioinformatics as well as computer-aided statistics with a focus on the interpretation of biomedical data. By participating in the BioS course, you and your staff will learn how to use genetic information services for your daily work with patients. The course is provided in ENGLISH, FRENCH, FINNISH, GREEK, GERMAN , PORTUGUESE and ITALIAN.

The Course, in its Italian version BIOS -COMPETENZE DIGITALI SULLA BIOLOGIA COMPUTAZIONALE PER GLI OPERATORI SANITARI codice 39- 287982 is accredited by AGENAS for 10 ECM credits. It will be online since 2nd of march and up to 31st of December. Registration for the Italian accredited course will be made at www.bios-project.it in the next weeks.

Register to the program for other languages: mooc.bios-project.eu

More information: www.bios-project.eu

For the fourth time during our project lifespan, the BioS consortium has met in Limassol, Cyprus.

As the preceding partnership onsite meetings, the conference lasted two full days and was conducted in the meeting facilities of the German Oncology Centre (https://www.goc.com.cy/) in Cyprus.

The German Oncology Centre is one of the 13 partner organizations of BioS consortium and was the ideal host for our event. Not only was the meeting facilitated in a smooth and flawless manner, also the evening in the typical Cyprus restaurant right next to the beach made all participants feel very welcome.

Except for one organization, all partners were represented in the meeting. This gave us the chance to discuss in person about the project development and tasks to come. The personal discussions on work-packages, milestones and challenges supported the flow of the process. The consortium agreed to mobilize all its resources in order to start the BioS Course on February 3^rd 2020.

After finalizing the training content, the focus now lies on the promotion of our course in order to guarantee the highest possible impact.

Register for the BioS Course on Digital Skills on Computational Biology for Health Professionals

The BioS course provides basic knowledge about methods and tools of bioinformatics as well as computer-aided statistics with a focus on the interpretation of biomedical data. By participating in the BioS course, you and your staff will learn how to use genetic information services for your daily work with patients.

Registration to the free BioS Cours is already possible under: https://mooc.bios-project.eu/

We are proud to invite you to the final event organized by AEERO (Tools and Training to Rapidly Improve Performance and Profitability in European Aerospace Companies http://www.aeero.eu/) project consortium on the 22^nd of July at the premises of CONFINDUSTRIA (Via S. Vincenzo, 2, Piano X 16121 Genova GE)

There we will illustrate the major results achieved by AEERO until today (with interactive presentation and the possibility to test the app developed during the project). In addition to that different high-tech companies will present their experiences and their good practices in the field of industrial training.

The meeting took place just before the midterm of the BioS Project. It was hence the opportunity to discuss intermediate results and to adapt strategy and progress to the project’s needs.

Partners presented their process in the various work packages and elaborated a strategy for the upcoming tasks and deliverables. The BioS Management Board checked the work flow and communication among partners. This time, the consortium invited one of their experts of the External Advisory Board (EAB), Prof. Maria Rosa Fenoll Brunet. With her contributions, she gave new inputs and highly enriched the discussions.

Partners agreed that such meetings are crucial for a smooth and successful project process as it provides the best platform to exchange ideas and to work on various deliverables. We are therefore looking forward to our next partner meeting end of 2019 in Limassol, Cyprus.

We are very pleased to announce that the BioS Curriculum is now available. BioS Curriculum integrates the latest advancements in the field of bioinformatics/computational biology that can be immediately applied by medical doctors and other professionals in the health sector. BioS Curriculum is modular, based on the learning outcomes approach, leading to ECVET credits and is comprised by the following four (4) modules:

• Module 1: Introduction to Bioinformatics,

• Module 2: Computational Statistics for clinical doctors,

• Module 3: Commercial personalised genomics services in patient care,

• Module 4: Quality Improvement in Healthcare

The BioS Curriculum is available here.

To learn more about the BioS project visit our website and find us on social media:

https://bios-project.eu

https://www.facebook.com/Biosprojecteu

https://twitter.com/BiosProject1

https://www.linkedin.com/company/biosprojecteu

The Kick-Off project meeting was hosted by the BioS coordinator, Steinbeis University Berlin.

The primary objective of the meeting was for all partners to get to know each other in order to create the right conditions to work together for the next 3 years and and to make the most out of BioS. BioS project partners are experinced in all project related fileds healthcare, Bioinformatics, ICT, E-learning and Vocational training and they combine systemic and sectro-related information with a solid knoweledge of skills needs and training practices.

Steinbeis University Berlin (P1), Olympic Training & Consulting LTD (P3), University of Patras (P6), For Srl (P10), HiDucator (P11), and EPRALIMA (P12), are education and training providers, all experienced in the design, development and delivery of vocational/adult training programmes. Steinbeis University Berlin, University of Patras, and HiDucator, bring in the Consortium their specialised expertise in curricula development and delivery in the fields of Healthcare, Computational Biology, Biomedics, Bioinformatics and relevant fields. e-NIOS (P2) and Skybridge (P4), are sector-specific companies, active in bioinformatics solutions and e-learning services respectively while EUREHVA (P8), BGU Murnau (P9), and German Oncology Centre (P13) are Healthcare services organisations. Bioinformatics Barcelona Association (P5), constitutes an embodiment of the “knowledge triangle”, and, thus, brings in the partnership invaluable experience and expertise in the provision of education and training, the promotion of advanced research, the transfer of knowledge and technology, and the competitiveness and innovation of the field of Bioinformatics. European Medical Association (P7) is an EU-level sector representative, with an outreach in medical doctors throughout Europe, and has the appropriate epxrience and channels to spread BioS results across Europe.

Discussions and exchanges during the meeting focused on the step-by-step project implementation, examining thoroughly all tasks and activities foreseen, aiming at advancing the digital skills of medical doctors through the design, development and delivery of new modular vocational curricula on Computational Biology.

The BioS kick-off meeting ended with its partners establishing the grounds for a fruitful cooperation.

The second meeting for the Aeero project took place on the 18th and 19th of January 2018 in Matoshinos (Portugal) hosted by partner Inova. The meeting focused in particular on the implementation of the training contents and on the online platform to which a specific APP related to the process mapping will be added. In addition to For, STAM, a member of the ASB (Advisory Steeering Board), also took part in Italy.

The kick off meeting for the Erasmus plus Strategic Partnership Aeero was hosted on 14th and 15th January 2016 at the University of Wolverhampton (UK) . AEERO is a European project promoted by a consortium of 7 partners that together will create online learning resources, with training materials easily accessible for workers and companies active in the European aerospace sector. The resources will be focused on the so-called Business Improvement Techniques (BIT), which allow to monitor and improve production and industrial processes. The skills developed through BIT techniques are currently not widely used in this industrial sector although they may be key elements for aerospace engineering workers and apprentices.

AEERO - Aerospace Engineering ECVET Resources Online is a project funded under the Erasmus + European Commission program. The consortium is coordinated by the University of Wolverhampton (UK) and includes partners from Portugal, Italy and England. For Srl is the referent for Italy together with Alba Soc. Coop.

The official website for the project is: www.aeero.eu

Exciting news! We just hit 800 enrollments on the BioS MOOC – a milestone we couldn’t have reached without you. Together, we have created a global community on Bioinformatics that continues to grow.

We invite you to join our social media communities and we look forwarding to connecting:

https://www.facebook.com/BIOSPROJECT-ErasmusPlus-Dissemination-Media-383190028923085/

https://twitter.com/BiosProject1

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOJMoKtEys73Dys-c_mvqRA

Keep up the good work!

Register to the program for all languages: mooc.bios-project.eu

More information: www.bios-project.eu