Entries by John Rojas

Keystone Project comes to an end: final conference in Portugal

Last 28th February, the Trans-national Round Table of Keystone project took place in Miranda do Corvo (Portugal). The project is financed by the European Commission through the programme Erasmus`, and finalizes in January 2020. During the event, the main obtained results and the work packages were described. The session aimed to attract potential users and […]

Kick off of RESONATE Project, specialized in Sustainable Water Management

Last 5th November 2019, the kick-off meeting of RESONATE project- Development of Professional Courses in Sustainable Water Management, took place in Skopje (Macedonia), where UNIR participates as a member of the partnership. The project is financed by the European Commission Programme Erasmus+ through the call ‘Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training’ (KA202). Coordinated by […]

UNIR participates in Keystone third project meeting

Last 20-21st March, the third partners meeting of Keystone: Knowledge, Enterprise and Young People – supporting youth transitions in the new economy took place in Lisbon. During the session, the partners revised the developed activities in the project since the last meeting, and they set the basis for the launch of the social innovation programme […]

Launching the European Project COMPETE!

The partnership of the European Project COMPETE! – COMPetences for Effective labour markeT Entry!-, which is financed by the European Commission through the call Erasmus+, Strategic Partnerships for HE (KA203), attended to the kick-off meeting held on 26th and 27th November 2019 in Bologna. The project, coordinated by the Italian partner Demetra Formazione, started in […]

Final Conference of Comanity project in Brussels

The final Conference of the Comanity project took place on November 13, 2019 in Brussels. The results of the project were presented and discussed in a panel with representatives of the European Commission, the European Council, the European Youth forum and with members of the European Parliament. The project offers to the community of youth […]

3rd Open Education Policy Forum: Cooperation changes everything

This week I had the pleasure to attend the 3rd Open Education Policy Forum (titled “Cooperation changes everything”), organized in Warsaw by the Centrum Cyfrowe. The event counted with the participation of a number of international stakeholders such as the Open Education Consortium or SPARC as well as of policy makers, advisors, researchers and advocates from a number […]

A UNIR student sets the image of Keystone European Project

Irantzu García, student of the Bachelor of Arts in Digital & Multimedia Design  in Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), is the winner of the Graphic Design contest for Keystone project organized by Research Institute for Innovation & Technology in Education of Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR iTED) through the International Projects Office. The contest, named “Keystone Project […]

The paradox of too much support

13 years ago, a colleague from Utrecht University (in the Netherlands) and I wrote the article The paradox of the assisted user: guidance can be counterproductive. The bottom line looks simple:  if somebody gets too much help, they will learn less. Too much support might be counterproductive. Even my grandmother, with no school education, who […]

Workshop HELMeTO 2019

Online university courses are nowadays widespread, both at traditional and at full distance learning institutions. This phenomenon affects both European and American institutions. As an example, in Italy, about 10% of university students are enrolled in online courses and the figures are increasing. The academic staff involved in online teaching is growing as well and […]

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