CEPIS to take part in IT Education 2023 conference in Türkiye
The CEPIS Informatics Education (IE) expert group will hold a mini-conference within this year’s edition of The Education in the Light of Information Technologies Conference and Exhibition (BTIE’23). Organised by the Informatics Association of Türkiye (IAT), it will be held In Ankara on 6 and 7 October 2023. IAT is a member of both CEPIS and the IE expert group.
IAT Announces New Programme to Train Turkish IT Professionals for AI Future
A new certified training programme aimed at training IT professionals will be launched by IAT, the Turkish Informatics Association, in October 2023. The programme will train professionals with in-demand skills in artificial intelligence. The programme will initially train 140 AI professionals, with the course being open to university graduates from different disciplines, including data science, …
BYTE Challenge Empowers Students with Digital Education in Schools
Schools, students, and teachers are now able to access BYTE Challenge, a free online learning platform from the German Informatics Society (GI). The platform features interactive multimedia courses for digital skills, computer science, and STEM.
TrainDL WebTalk “Policy Experimentation – Innovation in and for Digital Education”
Digitization is changing our societies and individual lives by the minute. Educational systems in Europe adapt in various ways and political decision-makers often need to rely on goodwill when adopting new measures for digital education. This upcoming TrainDL WebTalk will explore if and how “policy experimentation” can be an effective approach for better educational policies.
“Teaching informatics for all teachers”mini-conference held in Italy
The CEPIS Informatics Education (IE) expert group held a mini-conference on teaching informatics to teachers on 11 November 2022 in Milan, Italy. The mini-conference was organised within the scope of the two-day Didamatica 2022 conference, which was organised by the Italian ICT Association (AICA).
CCS hosts first RE-EDUCO in-person project meeting
RE-EDUCO project partners from Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Greece and Finland met in person for the first time at the 4th Translational meeting of the project, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, hosted by Cyprus Computer Society. The meeting was held on 7 and 8 November 2022.
New education profiles for software roles in Europe
The European Software Skills Alliance (ESSA) has published 9 new education profiles to cover 5 software roles at different qualification levels — ranging from Vocational Education and Training (VET) to Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
Atilim University team wins 2nd place in Teknofest competition
At the University Students’ Research Project Competitions of the Aviation, Space and Technology Festival 2022, the project team, which consists of graduates of the Computer Engineering Department, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Eryilmaz, achieved the second place in the “Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship” category.
Cedefop releases country reports on VET teacher training
The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Education and Training (Cedefop) has recently produced a series of country reports (EU countries, Norway and Iceland). The reports showcase the importance of high-quality, up-to-date and continuous professional development of teachers and trainers in the VET sector.
IAT holds conference on Education in the Light of IT
The Informatics Association of Turkey (IAT) organised the “Education in the Light of Information Technologies Conference and Exhibition, BTIE’22” on June 20-21, 2022 in Ankara, Turkey. The main aim of the conference was to train qualified human resources and to discover how the latest developments in ICT can relate to education and thus increase youth employment by equipping young people with relevant digital skills.
