July 14, 2017

MIND SAFETY

PROJECT TITLE

Mind Safety – Safety Matters (MS-SM)

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The Mind Safety – Safety Matters (MS-SM) project aims to improve and innovate methods of teaching safety and health issues in the classroom, motivating and preparing young people to work in safe conditions and to live and learn to be responsible citizens after leaving school.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://mindsafety.web.ua.pt/

DATES

September 2015 – August 2018

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Public International: Erasmus+ – Key Action 2: Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices

Project Code: 2015-1-PT01-KA201-012921

Funding Value: 434.181,00€

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Luís Pedro (Team Member)

Margarida Almeida (Team Member)

PARTNERS

July 14, 2017

GPS

PROJECT TITLE

Global Portuguese Scientists

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The GPS project pretends to map the paths of Portuguese scientists around the world and to foster collaboration between Portuguese scientists working in different countries, bringing the scientific diaspora closer to Portuguese society, in order to increase its visibility and recognition in Portugal.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://gps.pt

DATES

September 2015 – April 2016

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private National: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

Funding Value: €30.000, 00 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Carlos Santos (Project coordinator)

Luís Pedro (Team Member)

PARTNERS

July 14, 2017

NOWUP

PROJECT TITLE

Social TV Highlights – NowUp

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The nowUP project is based on a service that automatically creates summaries of TV programs supported on the buzz on social networks.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://nowup.web.ua.pt/

DATES

August 2015 – July 2016

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – PT Inovação – Inovation Projects;

Funding Value: 20.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Pedro Almeida (Project coordinator);

Jorge Ferraz (Main Researchers)

Rita Oliveira (Team member )

Guilherme Cabral (Team member )

Bernardo Cardoso (Team member -PT Inovação)

Diogo Gomes (Team member – IT)

PARTNERS

July 14, 2017

GAMILearning

PROJECT TITLE

Games for Media and Information Literacy

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The Games for Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Learning project (GAMILearning) aims to develop the critical and participative dimensions of media literacy of tweens, through the gamification of the learning experience. Working with cohorts of youth aged 9 to 12 in Portugal and Austin, Texas, the project builds on field-tested research to address the need for student awareness and skill in managing their digital identities with game play and production.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://gamilearning.ulusofona.pt

DATES

May 2015 – April 2018

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Public National: FCT- UT Austin Portugal Program;

Project Code: UTAP-ICDT/IVC-ESCT/0020/2014;

Funding Value: €199.937,00 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Carlos Santos (Team Member)

João Batista (Team Member)

Luís Pedro (Team Member)

PARTNERS

July 14, 2017

ToBeOf

PROJECT TITLE

To be or not to be… formal

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The project “To be or not to be… formal” develops links between the non-formal education activities run by Youth NGOs in different geographic and cultural contexts and the formal educational system. Furthermore it aims to produce an handbook to be used by youth workers in preparing international youth mobility and volunteering activities, focusing on educational aspects.

The project involves participants from 6 countries from European Union, candidate countries, Asia and Africa, mixing together non-governmental organizations, public institutions and educational institutions, thus promoting a cross-sectorial cooperation and the development of cross-sectorial tools.

DATES

January 2015 – December 2016

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant – Public International – ERASMUS+ KA2 “Capacity building in the field of youth with ACP countries”

Funding Value: 170.000. €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

MCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Pietro Galluccio (Project coordinator )

Vania Baldi (Main Researcher)

July 13, 2017

2nd Vision

PROJECT TITLE

Second Vision

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The 2nd Vision project aims to contribute for the enrichment of the user’s experience by developing a solution able to provide, through a mobile application based on audio/video recognition, a set of interactive services related with real time and automatic TV services.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://2ndvision.web.ua.pt/

DATES

July 2015 – June 2016

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant : Public National – FP7- Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional (QREN);

Funding Value: 127.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Jorge Ferraz (Project coordinator);

Pedro Almeida (Main Researchers),

Telmo Silva (Main Researchers);

Mónica Aresta (Team member);

Rita Oliveira (Team member);

Ligia Duro (Team member);

Miguel Cardoso (Team member);

André Ferreira (Team member);

Luis Capucho (Team member from Outsoft);

Pedro Santos (Team member from Outsoft);

Ricardo Almeida (Team member from Altran);

Orlando Bom (Team member from Altran);

João Minhota (Team member from Altran);

Helder Pinheiro (Team member from Altran)

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

Digital books and new hypermedia systems

PROJECT TITLE

Introduction of digital books and new hypermedia systems in encouraging reading, creating, sharing and literary expression

SHORT DESCRIPTION

One of the biggest challenges of contemporary times is understanding, decoding the new generations, increasingly immersed in the digital world, and especially to encourage and develop in children and adolescents reading and production skills. In this sense, the said project aims to analyze the introduction of digital books and new hypermedia systems in encouraging reading, creating, sharing and literary expression, as enhancers of learning processes, learning and knowledge creation for elementary school students. The team consists of doctors professors from the Federal University of Maranhão – UFMA, the Department of Library Science – DEBIB and the Graduate Program in Design – PPGDG in partnership with teachers at the University of Aveiro – UA, Portugal, Department of Communication and Art – DeCA

DATES

January 2014 – December 2015

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant – FAPEMA – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão.

Funding Value: Public International: 29181,63 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

MCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Cassia Furtado (Project coordinator)

Lidia Oliveira (Main Researcher)

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

Distance Education Quality Reference Framework in Mozambique

PROJECT TITLE

Distance Education Quality Reference Framework in Mozambique

SHORT DESCRIPTION

In this project the quality reference framework for the evaluation and accreditation of Distance Education institutions and programs in Mozambique was developed and implemented. The project also included the definition of the procedures related with the evaluation and accreditation of institutions and programs.

DATES

January 2014-December 2015

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Funding Value: 64.715€

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

KMCC

RESEARCH TEAM

Fernando Ramos (Project Coordinator)

PARTNERS

INED-Distance Education Institute of Mozambique

July 13, 2017

GUIDER

PROJECT TITLE

Flexible TV Viewing

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The Flexible TV Viewing project has the objective to implement an iPad application that enables the users to find television programs. The developed application offers a unique and creative way to discover TV content from various sources (Live, Recorded or VoD), according to the set of user-selectable criteria (TV genre, duration, rating or companionship).

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/sponsored-projects/flexible-tv-viewing/

DATES

2013 – 2014

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – PT Inovação – Inovation Projects;

Funding Value: 20.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Jorge Ferraz (Project coordinator);

Pedro Almeida (Main Researchers);

Bruno Teles(Team member);

António Pereira (Team member);

Bernardo Cardoso(Team member);

Herlander Santos ((Team member-PT Inovação).

PARTNERS

July 13, 2017

TV Discovery & Enjoy

PROJECT TITLE

TV Discovery & Enjoy

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The “TV Discover & Enjoy” project aims to develop a system with a new approach to help users to find the right TV program to watch. The system interaction is based on the typical cognitive process that users face when deciding what TV program to watch.

PROJECT WEBSITE

http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/projects/sponsored-projects/ineighbourtv/

DATES

2012 – 2013

FUNDING SOURCE

Project Grant: Private – PT Inovação – Inovation Projects;

Funding Value: 20.000 €

DIGIMEDIA MAIN AREA

NMDE

RESEARCH TEAM

Jorge Ferraz (Project coordinator);

Pedro Almeida (Team member);

Bruno Teles (Team member);

Márcio Reis (Team member);

Bernardo Cardoso (Team Member);

Herlander Santos (Team Member – PT Inovação)

PARTNERS

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