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 […]

The Media Innovation Circle#7 took place on December 17 with a talk by Mario Verdicchio, School of Engineering – University of Bergamo (Italy)  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Thinking / Creating / Rethinking / Recreating – Computers and the Arts”, moderated by Pedro Cardoso (DigiMedia/UA). The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We […]

The Media Innovation Circle#8 took place on January 28 with a talk by Guido Lemos, Federal University of Paraíba – UFPB (Brazil)  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “There is a future for TV”, moderated by Jorge Ferraz de Abreu (DigiMedia/UA). The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We invite you to subscribe the […]

The Media Innovation Circle#9 took place on February 25 with a talk by Sylvester Arnab, Coventry University (UK)  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Empathic experiential design with playful and gameful inspirations”, moderated by Ana Veloso (DigiMedia/UA). The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We invite you to subscribe the channel. Sylvester Arnab is […]

The Media Innovation Circle#10 took place on March 25 with a talk by Débora Saade, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Brazil,  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “e-Health Rio Project: Research and Innovation Network for Digital Healthcare Applied to Chronic Diseases”, moderated by Rita Oliveira (DigiMedia/UA). The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We invite […]

The Media Innovation Circle#11 took place on May 6 with a talk by Matteo Bittanti, IULM University, Italy,  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Machinima. How a vernacular practice became a new artistic avant garde”, moderated by Pedro Cardoso (DigiMedia/UA). The video is already available on DigiMedia YouTube channel. Watch HERE. We invite you to subscribe the channel. […]

The Media Innovation Circle#14 took place on October 26, both on-site and online, with a talk by Cristiano Max Pinheiro & Marta Rosecler Bez, University of Feevale, Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil,  followed by a participated discussion on the topic “Jogos Digitais, Saúde Digital e Criatividade”, moderated by Nelson Zagalo (DigiMedia/UA). This event was organised in articulation with […]

JANIKA LEOSTE is a researcher in educational robotics and chief specialist in entrepreneurial cooperation and Innovation at the School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University, Estonia. Janika’s research focuses on the sustainability of technology enchanced educational innovations, including robot integrated learning, and the didactics of STEAM learning at all school levels. Her short bio https://www.etis.ee/CV/Janika_Leoste/est?lang=ENG&tabId=CV_ENG