International Digital Culture. Spotlight Heritage.

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International Digital Culture. Spotlight Heritage.

International Digital Culture. Spotlight Heritage Timisoara Festival with XR Demonstrations. This is part of a research project that combines history/art and technology. The Biomechatronics and Collaborative Robotics research group presented the installation of a Viking Ship in virtual reality. Diana Andone, Silviu Vert and their team from Politehnica University of Timisoara showcased immersive VR/AR applications about Timisoara, its history and art. The festival will last for 3 days, and it is open to everyone.
The opening ceremony was graced by the presence of distinguished guests, including Hilde Inntjore, Vice Rector for Education at UiA, who delivered an inspiring introduction. Her words resonated with UiA's motto of co-creation, underscoring the immense value of collaborative learning. Silviu JIPA, Minister Counsellor from the Embassy of Romania, eloquently emphasized the significance of international partnerships and collaborative efforts.

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  • Start time: 29 Aug 2023 08:30 PM UTC
  • End time: 01 Sep 2023 03:00 PM UTC
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  • University of Agder (UiA)
  • Jon Lilletuns vei 9
  • Grimsatd, Aust-Agder
  • Norway 4879
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Diana Andone

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Virtual Reality

Diana Andone introduced the event.

Biography:

Dr.eng. Diana Andone is the Director of the eLearning Center of Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, responsible for planning and implementing digital technologies, online learning technologies, and the university award winning Virtual Campus CVUPT. She is also associate professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, in the area of multimedia, interactive and web technologies. Since 1998, she teaches course modules in universities from UK, France, USA, Finland, Italy, Greece. She holds a PhD in Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students with Brighton University, UK, has extensive research experience with intense publication (over 17 books, 100 research papers, 11 Best paper Awards) and more than 30 research and educational projects, mainly funded by the European Commission. She is passionate about the ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people’s lives. Dr. Andone actively promotes the use of OERs, MOOCs and the open education principles, developing UniCampus.eu for training for digital skills, acting in international associations (EDEN, IEEE, AACE, IADIS, IAFES,) actively supports the local start-up movement (StartUp Weekend, HackTM, hackathons, CoderDojo) and Girls in Tech, Women in Tech and STEM education. She also acts in the Board of Romanian NGOs (Pentru Voi Foundation), in Timisoara 2021 European Capital of Culture Task Force and in other voluntary organizations. Dr. Andone is EDEN Senior Fellow, IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award, EDEN Vice-President for Communication and Communities (2018-2021), and member in IEEE Education Society Board of Governors (2021-present), and in IEEE Romania Section the Educational activities Chair (2019-present).

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Address:Politehnica University of Timișoara Bul. V. Parvan No.2, , Timisoara, Romania, 300223




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IEEE Robotics and Automation, Control Systems and Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Chapter