The University of Aveiro is promoting the Global Game Jam® (GGJ), from 29 to 31 January 2021, the largest game creation event in the world, which takes place simultaneously in dozens of countries. DigiMedia members are involved in the organization of the event – Ana Veloso, José Nunes, Liliana Costa, Mário Vairinhos, Mónica Aresta, Nelson Zagalo, Pedro Beça, Silvino Martins, Tânia Ribeiro – along with other researchers […]

The Media Innovation Circle#1 took place on April 30 with a talk by Nuno Otero, Professor of Media Technology at Linnaeus University (Sweden),  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Learning Analytics and Ethical Issues”, moderated by Carlos Santos, a DigiMedia Researcher. The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We invite […]

The Media Innovation Circle#2 took place on May 28 with a talk by Fotis Liarokapis, Professor of VR, AR and Games at University of Technology (Cyprus),  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Virtual and Augmented Reality for Underwater Cultural Heritage”, moderated by Mário Vairinhos, a DigiMedia Researcher. The video is already available on […]

The Media Innovation Circle#3 took place on June 25 with a talk by Eva Brooks, Professor of Digital Media at University of Aalborg (Denmark),  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Designing for play with physical and digital media: from tools and methods to approach and mindset”, moderated by Mónica Aresta, a DigiMedia Researcher. […]

The Media Innovation Circle#4 took place on July 23 with a talk by Diego Zavala Scherer, Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico),  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Ways of Seeing and Hearing: Representational Limits in Two Docweb Case Studies”, moderated by Pedro Cardoso, a DigiMedia Researcher. The video is already available […]

The Media Innovation Circle#5 took place on October 29 with a talk by Hartmut Koenitz, Södertörn University (Sweden),  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Thoughts on a discipline of interactive narrative study and design”, moderated by Luis Frias, UBI / ICNOVA. The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We invite […]

The DigiMedia Dialogs#4 took place on November 17 with a surprising and creative session on the topic Extra cold DigiMedia – How to break the ice in Antarctica?. Catarina Lelis, Hélder Caixinha and Pedro Cardoso made us travel into a narrative that included both personal and research interests and that allowed a participated discussion on several topics on Communication Sciences and […]

The Media Innovation Circle#6 took place on November 26 with a talk by Víctor Navarro Remesal, Tecnocampus Mataró-Maresme Foundation (Spain),  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Asymmetrical cooperative play: Doing (international) game research from the fringes”, moderated by Liliana Costa (DigiMedia/UA). The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We invite you to subscribe the […]