During the project, there were organized seven online/blended workshops which are presented below, with participants from universities, schools, public institutions, companies, and start-ups.
With important experience in organizing international blended workshops and conferences, these training events were organized by the Politehnica University of Timisoara, through the eLearning and Multimedia Centers, coordinated by Dr.Diana Andone and Prof.Dr.Radu Vasiu. Dr.Cosmin Cioranu, the coordinator of the project, took part in 3 of them.
For all the workshops, there were created dedicated pages on the UPT eLearning Center (CeL) site, with live streaming on Facebook (on the pages of EBSI4RO – https://facebook.com/ebsi4ro and CeL – https://www.facebook.com/CIDUPT) and Youtube (CeL channel – https://www.youtube.com/@cidupt).
On the Unicampus platform, MOOCs will be opened starting from videos of the events and specific activities, thus all these materials with open licenses can be accessed by new individuals wanting to be informed on the Blockchain and EBSI topics.
The workshops were followed by 2739 persons, and 1450 Open Badges were issued to the registered participants. At the moment the EBSI network will be stable, the participants will be able to request UPT to issue Micro-credentials to be stored in their own wallets, using the Credentialing System developed by the project team.
- Workshop Digital Skills for Education and Culture – 3 December 2021 – online international workshop
- Workshop Innovation in Education. EBSI4RO Connecting Romania through Blockchain – February 23rd, 2022 – online international workshop
- Workshop Open Education Week 2022 – 11 March 2022 – online international workshop
- Workshop on Digital Transformation: Experiences in Digital Education – 16 June 2022 – blended international workshop
- Workshop Digital Skills for Education & Innovation – 9 December 2022 – blended international workshop
- Workshop Open Education Week: Experiences in Open Education – 3 March 2023 – blended international workshop – final event for EBSI4RO
- Workshop Digitization of Education through AR/VR/XR and Blockchain technologies, Smart Diaspora 2023. Diaspora in Higher Education, Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – 11-12 April 2023 – blended international workshop
- Workshop Digital Skills for Education and Culture – 3 December 2021 – online international workshop
Presentation:
Radu Vasiu, Carmen Holotescu, Victor Holotescu:
Blockchain in Education. EBSI4RO: Connecting Romania through Blockchain
Number of participants: 583
Number of open badges issued: 572
Video: https://www.facebook.com/CIDUPT/videos/27201041157437
- Workshop Innovation in Education. EBSI4RO Connecting Romania through Blockchain – February 23rd, 2022 – online international workshop
Event page: Presentations:
Lluís Alfons Ariño Martin – CIO Rovira i Virgili University, Spain, Convenor Diplomas Use Case, European Blockchain Partnership (EBP):
Diploma Use Case and EBSI
Dr. Catalin Iapa – Authority for the Digitization of Romania:
Emerging technologies projects at ADR
Conf.dr.ing. Florin Dragan – Rector UPT:
The importance of the EBSI4RO projects for UPT
Dr. Cosmin Cioranu – Project Coordinator EBSI4RO, UEFISCDI:
The National Student Enrolment Registry and the university diplomas recognition at European level
Prof.dr.ing. Radu Vasiu – Project Coordinator EBSI4RO, UPT:
Blockchain in Education. EBSI4RO: Connecting Romania through Blockchain
Prof.dr.ing. Carmen Holotescu – EBSI4RO team, UPT:
EBSI4RO in the context of the new EU strategies in Education
Drd. Victor Holotescu – EBSI4RO team, UPT:
EBSI4RO in the EBSI Early Adopters Programme. Steps in implementing the system for issuing diplomas and micro-credentials on EBSI
Dr. Diana Andone – EBSI4RO team, UPT:
Open Digital Certificates
Number of participants: 500
Number of open badges issued: 422
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLkOUK91BL8
- Workshop Open Education Week 2022 – 11 March 2022 – online international workshop
Event page: https://elearning.upt.ro/en/event/open-education-week-workshop-2022/
Presentations:
Diana Andone:
Open Education and micro-credentials
Carmen Holotescu. Gabriela Grosseck, Diana Andone:
A strategic reset: Micro-credentials for lifelong learning. The EBSI4RO project approach
Number of participants: 722
Number of open badges issued: 456
Video: https://www.facebook.com/CIDUPT/videos/1007253299873755
- Workshop on Digital Transformation: Experiences in Digital Education – 16 June 2022 – blended international workshop
Presentation:
Carmen Holotescu:
EBSI4RO MOOC: Blockchain Technologies and EBSI
Number of participants: 240
Video: https://www.facebook.com/CIDUPT/videos/751375626221589
- Workshop Digital Skills for Education & Innovation – 9 December 2022 – blended international workshop
Presentations:
Carmen Holotescu:
EBSI4RO MiniMOOCs on Unicampus.ro, about Blockchain and European Blockchain Services Infrastructure
Victor Holotescu:
EBSI4RO Use cases in issuing Verifiable Credentials on EBSI by Politehnica University of Timisoara
Number of participants: 262
Video: https://www.facebook.com/CIDUPT/videos/847647842954003/
- Workshop Open Education Week: Experiences in Open Education – 3 March 2023 – blended international workshop – final event for EBSI4RO
Event page: https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/event/open-education-week-workshop-2023/
Presentations:
Cătalin Ionuț Silvestru, University of Economic Studies – ASE, Bucharest România, coordinator of CHAISE for the National Qualifications Authority – ANC (online)
CHAISE – A Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Blockchain Skill Development
Carmen Holotescu – Outcomes of the project „EBSI4RO: Connecting Romania through Blockchain” in the context of the European Year of Skills
Lluís Alfons Ariño Martín, CIO Rovira i Virgili University, Convenor Diplomas Use Case, European Blockchain Partnership (EBP), Spain (online)
UC EBSI Diploma Status and Next Steps
Irina Tal, Dublin City University, Irlanda (online)
Blockchain Skills: are they still in demand?
Gabriela Grosseck, West University of Timisoara, Romania (EBSI4RO team member)
Supporting reskilling and upskilling through Micro-credentials
Răzvan Hoinaru, Autoritatea pentru Digitalizarea României (online)
Programs of the Authority for the Digitalization of Romania related to emerging technologies
Cosmin Cioranu, Project Coordinator EBSI4RO, Executive Unit for the Financing of Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI)
The National Student Enrolment Registry and the diplomas certification on EBSI
Victor Holotescu, Andrei Ternauciuc, Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
Use cases in issuing university diplomas and micro-credentials as Verifiable Credentials on EBSI by Politehnica University of Timisoara
Number of participants: 307
Video: https://www.facebook.com/CIDUPT/videos/153326354300102
- Workshop Digitization of Education through AR/VR/XR and Blockchain technologies, Smart Diaspora 2023. Diaspora in Higher Education, Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – 11-12 April 2023 – blended international workshop
Event pages:
https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/event/smart-diaspora-2023-workshop-ar-vr-blockchain/
Presentations:
Video Session 1 – https://fb.watch/j_obXxItxa/
Iosif Peterfi, Max Planck Society, Germania:
Why DeSci – Decentralized Science?
Iulian Niță, Blockchain Solutions EBSI, Luxembourg, European Blockchain Service Infrastructure (EBSI):
What is EBSI, what are the capabilities and the future plans?
Cosmin Cioranu, UEFISCDI:
The National Student Enrolment Registry and the diplomas certification via EBSI
Carmen Holotescu, UPT EBSI4RO team:
European Priorities for Blockchain in Education. EBSI4RO: Connecting Romania through Blockchain
Victor Holotescu, Andrei Ternauciuc, UPT:
Micro-credentials and EBSI. Integration in an educational platform
Video Session 3 – https://fb.watch/j_oeG1BxeF/
Gabriela Grosseck, UPT EBSI4RO team:
Exploring the potential of Micro-credentials for higher education
Number of participants: 125
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