After some months of online meetings, time came to meet again face to face, this time in Limassol, Cyprus, with all our amazing project partners from the MetaCivicEdu project. CYENS was our host this time, hosting all of us at a lovely venue in downtown Limassol, where we had the opportunity to meet for an exciting two days of discussions and reflections on the project progress. 

We started our meeting discussing on our scenarios, reflecting on the progress for the creation of metaverse-enabled counterparts of our "traditional" scenarios. It was in this meeting where we finalized our community in Zenodo, where our scenarios can be accessed. If you would like to get your hands on their last version, feel free to head there to download them.

In the same meeting, we got a first glimpse at our metaverse environments (or worlds) that are created on spatial.io from our colleagues from the AETMA lab, of DUTH. We tested the environments and piloted the scenarios internally, pointing out what we liked and what not, so that the platform could be prepared for the pilots that would come early 2025.

During our second day, we talked a lot about the upcoming pilots and planned ahead, arranging practicalities but also reflecting on the core of the pilots, that is the teachers and the scenarios themselves. During the last session of the day we discussed our dissemination activities and realigned our actions and plan for the last couple of months of 2024.

General Information:

MetaCivicEdu supports a consortium of partners across several European countries, aiming to foster inclusive educational environments that enhance civic understanding and engagement through advanced metaverse technology. The project is committed to making educational systems more inclusive and effective, thereby preparing a generation of students who are well-informed and active participants in their communities.

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See you soon!

As we continue our work in MetaCivicEdu, we're preparing for our next face to face meeting to be held in Athens, early 2025. Stay tuned for more information on the project.