CIMEA-NARIC Italia

Council of Europe ETINED Platform 8th Plenary meeting, organised in collaboration with CIMEA-NARIC Italia, took place this week Università degli Studi "Guglielmo Marconi".   CIMEA-NARIC Italia Director General and LRCC President Luca Lantero contributed by sharing insights on the significant economic implications of fraud in education. Moreover, the key findings of the study on “Student awareness on fraud education” conducted in the concluded #EU co-funded project FraudS+ were presented, highlighting how this phenomenon is perceived by students.    Check the news here: https://lnkd.in/evPYxmzr.

Al via le iscrizioni per la IV edizione del corso di perfezionamento per Credential Evaluator organizzato da UER - Università Europea di Roma , APICE-Associazione Professionale Italiana dei Credential Evaluator e CIMEA-NARIC Italia, pensato per un futuro professionale al passo con le nuove sfide.   In questa nuova edizione il corso prevede in particolare un approfondimento su tematiche quali la cooperazione internazionale e il ruolo delle nuove tecnologie, come l’intelligenza artificiale, quali strumenti di trasformazione e miglioramento dei processi operativi in materia  di riconoscimento dei titoli.    Le iscrizioni sono aperte fino al 21 gennaio 2025.     Per maggiori informazioni sul programma e sull’organizzazione del corso, visita il sito CIMEA: https://lnkd.in/deh_qPzd    ENIC-NARIC Networks

Experts from CIMEA-NARIC Italia together with UNESCO Bangkok held a panel on the topic "Recognition of Qualifications, Digital Solutions and Artificial Intelligence. How can AI support fast and fair recognition of qualifications in-line with the regional and Global Recognition Conventions?” at the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development (RIHED) Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand last week. Under the theme "Flexible Pathways: Fostering #LifelongLearning" Director General and President of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee Luca Lantero presented his research on "Transnational Education: Lifelong learning beyond transnational boarders". Moreover, CIMEA-NARIC Italia contributed in the theme "Digital Sustainability: Navigating Digital Transformation in Higher Education" with an intervention on "Risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence in qualification recognition".

CIMEA-NARIC Italia is very much proud for having contributed to the realisation of the SEAMEO RIHED Symposium, held in these days in Bangkok.   The 2024 Inter-Regional Research Symposium (IRRS), “Transforming Higher Education: Towards Sustainable Development” has been an incredible opportunity to exchange views on the different dimensions of transformation across the international higher education landscape.    https://lnkd.in/g2A4_bNK  

As project partner of the European Chips Skills Academy, CIMEA-NARIC Italia took part in the third in-person Consortium Meeting in Munich. During the meeting, ongoing #ECSA activities were discussed, and CIMEA-NARIC Italia presented the first Quality Assurance QA Report to the project Consortium.

📢 CIMEA-NARIC Italia was present at the TAICEP Annual Conference held last October in Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦 and has presented the session “Evaluation & Digital Transformation: Framework and Practical Insights in a Holistic Approach”.   It was also involved in different sessions on the theme of #credentialevaluation: “Fairness and Equity in Credential Assessments: Exceptional Customer Service in Credential Evaluation” and “Game of Ministries Returns”.

Il Direttore Generale di CIMEA-NARIC Italia Luca Lantero ha partecipato alla conferenza “Costruire ponti per l'equità e l’inclusione: sfide e opportunità nella cooperazione Italo-Latino-americana" tenutasi lo scorso 8 novembre nella Sala Capitolare del Senato della Repubblica Italiana. Il suo intervento si è concentrato sul riconoscimento dei titoli di studio nei fenomeni migratori e sugli strumenti di accesso alla formazione, nel quadro della conferenza in cui si sono analizzati alcune problematiche specifiche, legate ai diritti umani. 

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#ASEFInnoLab5: Universities Role in AI in Education! 🌟   📣 Opening the last day of discussions, Ms Yvonne LIAO, Head of Corporate Culture at Squirrel Ai Learning, shared their groundbreaking work that revolutionises personalised learning through their Large Adaptive Model (LAM). We also had our last panel discussion on AI in Education moderated by Mr Thomas Leoni, Head of Faculty, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Austria. He was joined by the following speakers: 🔸 Mr Balazs Horvath (Kimitisik, Hungary) highlighted the university's role in teaching, research, and networking and raised important questions on maintaining connections in AI education and encouraging mindful, reflective learning. 🔸 Dr Vanessa Camilleri (University of Malta) shared proposed guiding principles and key actions focused on academic leadership, societal impact, research excellence, and collaborative growth. She also called for the preservation of academic integrity and shaping an AI-enabled future focused on human good. 🔸 Dr Lafifa Jamal (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) shared national and institutional challenges she observed and provided key actions to help address them. These actions focus on promoting inclusiveness, improving infrastructure and access to resources, faculty training and development, and establishing ethical AI guidelines. 🔸 Prof Ram B. Ramachandran (O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), India) advocated for assessment methods that accommodate multilingualism and are competency-based, doing more to bridge faculty-student AI adoption, and having more women in AI. 🔸 Mr Francesco Sanasi (高云帆) (CIMEA-NARIC Italia) shared his reflections on a holistic approach for AI in education with a focus on key projects that help contribute to a strong education ecosystem through AI. His recommendation of key actions focused on having a human-centric approach to AI, upskilling and reskilling on AI knowledge and skills, strong cooperation and networks, and mainstreaming AI literacy. After these sessions, the cohort also had their final set of workshops where they brainstormed further on their respective white papers! 🥳 #ASEFEdu #AIinEducation #ASEFInnoLab #Teaching #Learning #InnovationEcosystems #Universities #HigherEducation

As partner in the #EUErasmusPlus co-funded MICROCASA ERASMUSplus Project, the third roundtable was hosted by Ateneo de Manila University. During this event, CIMEA-NARIC Italia shared the feedback gathered from key stakeholders in Southeast Asia on the first official draft of the White Paper: Action Plan for Micro-credentials Adoption in Higher Education of Southeast Asia. It was the occasion for the Consortium to discuss about additional elements to include in the White Paper. Its final version, including the results of all three roundtables held in 2023 and 2024, will be published in January 2025. Thank you to all participants!