Dear all,
We had a meeting on Friday about our contributions to MIS4TEL. We propose to prepare and submit the below papers:
1. Paper 1 (main conference): Report on findings from Year 1 school implementations.
2. Paper 2 (workshop paper): Present and explain the rationale of creating the Extendt2 versions of tools as well as the production of the Exten(dt)2 digital design thinking model
3. Paper 3 (main conference): Report on the process of co-designing the LA dashboard with teachers
Next steps:
Paper 1: Thea/Sagun will prepare a first outline. @Carina Girvan<mailto:girvanc@tcd.ie> would you have capacity to lead on this given that data is likely to come from your deliverable?
Paper 2: @Marianthi Grizioti<mailto:mgriziot@eds.uoa.gr> would you like to lead on this with other members of the Greek team?
Paper 3: Filothei will be leading on this paper – an outline will be produced and shared.
Action: if you are interested in co-authoring any of the above papers pls reply to this email by 1st Feb indicating which paper/s you would like to support and how?
Best wishes,
Thea
Dr Christothea Herodotou
Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Justice
Institute of Educational Technology (iet)
https://iet.open.ac.uk/people/christothea.herodotou
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Dear all,
Can you pls reply if you are planning to participate or organise any event with exceptionally high-level international interest in 2026? (See below)
Best,
Thea
From: Marcelo Milrad <marcelo.milrad(a)lnu.se>
Date: Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 21:23
To: Christothea.Herodotou [She/Her] <christothea.herodotou(a)open.ac.uk>
Cc: Shamim Patel <shamim.patel(a)lnu.se>
Subject: FW: Project events with exceptionally high-level international interest in 2026
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Hi Thea,
Please have a look at the e-mail below. Thank you for your help with this.
Regards.
Marcelo
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From: FUENTES MATEOS Angel <Angel.FUENTES-MATEOS(a)ec.europa.eu>
Date: Wednesday, 29 October 2025 at 11:47
To: FUENTES MATEOS Angel <Angel.FUENTES-MATEOS(a)ec.europa.eu>
Subject: Project events with exceptionally high-level international interest in 2026
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Dear coordinators,
I am contacting you about an important request regarding the communication of your projects. Please forward this email to the work package leader for communication, if needed.
Please inform me if you intent to participate or organise any event with exceptionally high-level international interest in 2026.
E.g. participation to UN or international conferences or other well-known events at global/international level. The purpose is to find projects for Cluster 2 that can be promoted by the European Commission. Please let me know if you have any relevant activities by 31 October CoB.
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Angel
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Dear all,
I attach the last newsletter of the project.
If you have any feedback pls share with me.
Thanks to @Saraswati.Dawadi<mailto:saraswati.dawadi@open.ac.uk> for preparing this.
Best,
Thea
For info: The ppt that Chronis was referring to in our project meeting this morning.
On 2022-10-06, 09:38, "Chronis Kynigos" <kynigos(a)eds.uoa.gr <mailto:kynigos@eds.uoa.gr>> wrote:
Dear all,
here's a ppt I drafted based on a rigorous review done by our
consultant, Res. Dir. A. Verevi concerning the critical reflections of
employing DT in schools so far (i.e. without digital technologies)
if u agree we could discuss it as part (a slot) of the workshop or even
in a special meeting or both
in it you will find links to videos concerning and showcasing DT in
schools (which can be used in the workshop addressing teachers), the
list of references from which the review was drawn and a last slide with
some bullets pointing to ways in which we can use this info to show why
the extendt2 'solution' can address the criticisms and go far beyond the
state of the art for DT in schools
there's 3 layers, the first slide (n.2) is the theme titles, then
another layer (nos. 3-6) with one page for each theme and then
analytical slides with the points in each theme
of course, the extendt2 'solution' is something to be built and refined
by all so consider this as a clunky start if u like
we can undertake to write up an academic version of this review and
include it in a respective deliverable but this will take some time as u
can imagine
so - thanks to Alkistis
best regards
c
btw - Alkisti's expertise is educational sociology
ps - maybe we should do the same for digital media in education, i.e. a
critical review and show how the extendt2 solution addresses some of
those problems? just a thought. this would mean that extendt2 addresses
the problems of each of the DTs individually by means of bringing them
together in a unique form of integration to form dt2
Dear All
Fyi: Attached and linked here you can find D9.3_RP2 Ethics Board Report<https://drive.google.com/file/d/10AefS9YhkhTDc2AaltqneL9MvCRih8rE/view?usp=…>.
If you have any comments or queries, please contact Jake.
Note: this deliverable will be submitted in late November, as ethics is to cover the whole of the project period, including the extension.
Thank you to Jake, and the reviewers for their work on this deliverable.
Kind regards
Shamim
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Shamim Patel (ACA)
Project Manager | Exten.(D.T.)2 Project
Linnæus University
Office of External Relations
SE-351 95 Växjö | Sweden
M: +46 (0)705 898396 | lnu.se<https://lnu.se/en/>
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Dear all
As I informed you before, I am currently contributing to producing a couple of project outputs. I have reorganised the event log now. So, please ignore the link that I shared with you before as I have produced a different document now. So, could you please follow this Link<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l6mhT4BC_ck63_EXn9qDhq19-ouwpZRZ/ed…> and update the sheet by 5th of September, if that is possible for you. Thanks
Best wishes
Saraswati
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Dr Saraswati Dawadi| Research Fellow
Institute of Educational Technology,
The Open University, Jennie Lee Building, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
Email: saraswati.dawadi(a)open.ac.uk<mailto:saraswati.dawadi@open.ac.uk>
Telephone: +44 (0) 1908368753
Mobile: +44 (0) 7424711775
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Dear all,
Hope you are well, in the roadmap of publications doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a8eOpdMNTXBlxsRbRx2JRbQKVLNU0Yj1PxRFO4x… I expressed interest in writing a paper about:
“What is the impact of engaging with design thinking on students' critical thinking, reflection, and empathy?”
I’m thinking of collating survey data from across partners and conduct a statistical analysis of pre/post responses considering for contextual factors such as country, school type, student performance, age, gender. This will address some of the criticism we received from mis4TEL reviewers last year regarding the paper we published and which we addressed by adding the below:
“In addition, we aim to address two limitations of this study: a) analyse data considering for the sample’s heterogeneity e.g, different ages,
backgrounds, school type, locations, enabling comparisons between e.g., different types of schools, and an understanding of the conditions under which the proposed intervention may work (or not) well”
Would you be interested in contributing? Pls let me know and I can draft a plan with activities and meetings to take this forward.
Best,
Thea
Dear All
Fyi: Attached you can find D7.3: Cycle 3 Evaluation Report.
This is complete for up to M36, with an Addendum to be added for the 3-month extension by NKUA, SIMPLE and LNU.
As noted on Friday’s OMT meeting the deliverable is lean, with tables and graphs summarising evaluations and the focus being on interpretation of quantitative data.
If you have any feedback, please contact Richie by Monday 15 September.
Thank you to Richie, the TCD team and everyone who has contributed to this deliverable.
Kind regards
Shamim
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Shamim Patel (ACA)
Project Manager | Exten.(D.T.)2 Project
Linnæus University
Office of External Relations
SE-351 95 Växjö | Sweden
M: +46 (0)705 898396 | lnu.se<https://lnu.se/en/>
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Dear all
I trust this email finds you well. I am planning to produce a draft newsletter by early September. Therefore, may I request you all to send me your news (a maximum of 150 words for each news item) by 5th of September. You could also send me a relevant picture if you want me to include it in the forthcoming newsletter. Thanks.
Best wishes
Saraswati
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Dr Saraswati Dawadi| Research Fellow
Institute of Educational Technology,
The Open University, Jennie Lee Building, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
Email: saraswati.dawadi(a)open.ac.uk<mailto:saraswati.dawadi@open.ac.uk>
Telephone: +44 (0) 1908368753
Mobile: +44 (0) 7424711775
www.open.ac.uk<http://www.open.ac.uk/>
Dear All
Fyi: Attached and linked here you can find D3.3: Report on Training Material and Guidelines for Teachers - Final Report<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kVzt1yEdEqptQfZmCOSHWaxmY1b3te2f/view?usp=…>.
This deliverable was ready for submission on Friday, before its due date (M36). However, due to a technicality in the Portal could only be submitted yesterday with our PO’s help when he was back from his summer break.
Thank you to the OU team and the reviewers for their work on this deliverable.
Kind regards
Shamim
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Shamim Patel (ACA)
Project Manager | Exten.(D.T.)2 Project
Linnæus University
Office of External Relations
SE-351 95 Växjö | Sweden
M: +46 (0)705 898396 | lnu.se<https://lnu.se/en/>
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