On Tuesday, November 14th, SciFY held the 22nd SciFY Academy at INNOVATHENS, on “e-Learning: Tools & Methodology“, where we learned the basics of what e-Learning is and saw in practice how we can use it as learners and as instructors.

More than 80 people from the field of education attended the event and the seminar, which aimed to highlight the value and practical applications of Electronic Education.

First, Mr. Vassilis Giannakopoulos, Marketing & Impact Manager of SciFY, presented us with the new version of electronic games for blind children, Memori Online. In addition to the educational importance of the games, Mr. Giannakopoulos also emphasized the latest version’s feature that allows children to play online safely with other players or even with their friends, regardless of whether one or both players are blind or sighted. In recent years, SciFY has focused on education through gamification and inclusive gaming.

Then, Mr. Yiannis Arapoglou, e-Learning Solutions Architect & Moodle Expert, as well as General Manager of WIDE Services, discussed the modern and asynchronous trends in e-Learning and presented us with use cases, tools, and best practices on how companies and various educational organizations utilize the open-source tool Moodle.

After that, Dr. Panagiotis Vlamos, Professor and Director of the Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Laboratory at the Department of Informatics of the Ionian University, spoke briefly, referring to the distance Master’s Program “Bioinformatics and Neuroinformatics” that he directs. We also observed in practice how an e-learning platform works in higher education.

Finally, Dr. Spyros Doukakis, an educator, academic & professional development consultant at Pierce-American College of Greece, and a specialist consultant in the field of teacher training at the Institute of Educational Policy, spoke to us about the differences between e-Learning and e-tutoring, and informed us about entrepreneurship opportunities in the field of education. In closing, we had the opportunity to observe a live demo of the e-Tutoring platform used at Pierce-American College of Greece, where we interacted with children and teachers during their training sessions.

After the presentations, participants had the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers, followed by an open discussion with the audience.

A big thank you to INNOVATHENS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub at Technopolis, as well as to all of you who once again contributed to the realization of our vision for the free diffusion of knowledge!