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Contribution to conference proceedings

Advantages and disadvantages of digital remote education in the security and defence contexts

DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-22-000

Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Marius Gontarczyk, Jaroslaw Zelkowski, Cristian-Emil Moldoveanu

Proceedings of the 18th International Scientific Conference “eLearning and Software for Education” (eLSE2022)

IT

Contribution to conference proceedings

Teachers’ perception of higher education in a transition scenario

DOI: 10.1109/COMPSAC54236.2022.00028

Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello

Proceedings of 2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)

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Contribution to conference proceedings

Teachers’ digital competences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the improvement of security and defence higher education

ISBN: 978-989-8704-39-9

Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Malgorzata Grzelak, Magdalena Rykala, Cristian-Emil Moldoveanu

Proceedings of MCCSIS 16th International Conference on e-Learning (EL2022)

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Contribution to conference proceedings

Digital competencies of teachers and students in the field of security and defence

DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-23-000

Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Paulina Owczarek, Cristian-Emil Moldoveanu

Proceedings of the 19th International Scientific Conference “eLearning and Software for Education” (eLSE2023)

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Contribution to conference proceedings

EU security and defence students’ perception and use of digital competencies in higher education

ISBN: 978-989-8704-51-1

Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Malgorzata Grzelak, Alin-Constantin Sava

Proceedings of MCCSIS 17th International Conference on e-Learning and Digital Learning (ELDL2023)

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Contribution to conference proceedings

Students’ digital competencies in remote and online higher education in the security and defence field

ISSN: 2707-2819

Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello

Proceedings of EDEN Digital Learning Europe 2023 Conference (EDEN2023)

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Paper in  Journal

Extension of EL 2023 paper in progress

IN PROGRESS

Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Malgorzata Grzelak, Alin-Constantin Sava

IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (IJWI)

BG

Contribution to conference proceedings

Cybersecurity assessment methodology for e-learning platforms

ISSN 2376-7902

Radostin Dimov, Linko Nikolov, Dimitar Dimov

Proceedings of DTF2022

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Contribution to conference proceedings

Achieved results from projects under Erasmus+ Keyaction 2

ISSN 2376-7902

Dilyan Dimitrov, Linko Nikolov, Krasimir Slavianov, Miroslav Nedelchev

Proceedings of DTF2022

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Participation in an event

50th meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

Henri Coandă Air Force Academy

Mariusz GONTARCZYK gave the news relating to the approved project named ‘Digital Competences for Improving Security and Defence Education’ (DIGICODE), the partner countries Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland (Coordinator); Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I”, Bucharest, Romania; “Vasil Levski” National Military University, Shumen, Bulgaria; University of Turin, Torino, Italy. The duration of the project is 24 months. He presented the Project and the main activities of the project were discussed during the meeting.

The kick-off Meeting was done online on 31 May 2021.

23 – 24 June 2021

Brașov, Romania

Military Higher Education

58 participants from 14 EU Member States and 31 institutions

IT

Participation in a Conference

15th International Conference on e-Learning

Online via the Big Blue Button (BBB)

During the presentation of the paper accepted for the publication in the proceedings “Internationalization for Enhancing the European Security and Defence”  Marina Marchisio and Enrico Spinello presented the DIGICODE Project as example of strategic action to improve Digital Competences for Improving Security and Defence Education

20 – 22 July 2021

Online

Scientific Community

130 international participants

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IT

PL

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Participation in an event

51st meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

European Security and Defence College

The working session started with a presentation on the progress of the DIGICODE project. The Questionnaire for teachers on digital Competences was being developed by the four partner countries in order to collect the needs. All participants to the Meeting were invited to share the questionnaire among the teachers of their Institution.

7 – 8 September 2021

Brussels, Belgium

Military Higher Education

62 participants from 19 EU Member States and 35 institutions

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Participation in an event

International Military Academic Forum – iMAF 2021

Portuguese Military Academy

The main purpose of this event was to improve, develop and explore synergies of the European military education systems, in terms of training young officers, through a transparent and effective dialogue.

During this meeting, it was reiterated once again the importance of cooperation between military higher education institutions in the European Union, by organizing international semesters, training modules or other types of activities with international participation, through which military students acquire skills and abilities to better prepare them for positions that involve working in an international environment. Mariusz GONTARCZYK presented the Project. The Questionnaire for teachers on digital Competences was being developed by the four partner countries in order to collect the needs. All participants to the IMAF 2021 were invited to share the questionnaire among the teachers of their Institution

20 – 24 September 2021

Amadora, Portugal

Military Higher Education

70 participants from 16 European countries, representing 30 military higher education institutions

IT

Participation in a Conference

ISOMA – International Symposium of Military Academies

Norwich University USA

During the presentation of the paper accepted for the publication in the proceedings “An Education and Training Model to Prepare Officers for New Challenges and Scenarios” Marina Marchisio and Enrico Spinello presented the DIGICODE Project as an example of strategic action to develop digital competences in Security and Defence Area.

04 – 08 October 2021

Northfiel, Vermont

Scientific Community

150 participants from all over the world (blended format)

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Participation in an event

52nd meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

European Security and Defence College

The working session started with a presentation on the progress of the DIGICODE project. The news about the answers to the Students Questionnaire was given and about SWOT analysis based on the results of the questionnaires.

8 – 10 November 2021

Brussels, Belgium

Military Higher Education

59 participants from 17 EU Member States and 35 institutions

IT

Participation in a Conference

MoodleMoot Italia Conference 2021

University of Turin and Army Education and Training Command and School of Applied Military Studies

During the presentation of the paper accepted for the publication in the proceedings “Alcune strategie Moodle based per facilitare le attività formative in ambito sicurezza e difesa in uno scenario hybrid” Marina Marchisio, Sergio Rabellino, Enrico Spinello, Gianluca Torbidone presented the DIGICODE Project as an example of strategic action to broaden horizons and build shared officer training at European level.

02 – 04 December 2021

Turin, Italy

Scientific Community

230 italian participants (in presence and online)

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Participation in an event

53rd meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

European Security and Defence College

The working session concluded with a short update on the progress of the DIGICODE Project. All participants were informed about the fact that during the eLSE Conference – The 18th International Scientific Conference eLearning and Software for Education Bucharest, May 12th – 13th, 2022 the DIGIOCDE Project will be presented.

21 – 23 February 2022

Brussels, Belgium

Military Higher Education

63 participants from 20 EU Member States and 36 institutions

IT

Participation in a Conference

Innovatech 2022

Navy Schools Command Ancona Italy

During a panel Marina Marchisio and Enrico Spinello presented the DIGICODE Project, together with other European Erasmus + Projects in which the Italian team is involved, as an example of action to develop competences useful for officers.

04 – 06 April 2022

Ancona, Italy

Military Higher Education

100 Italian participants. Part of them Armed Forces Officers

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Participation in an event

54th meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

Ministry of Defence

During the Meeting there was an update on the progress on the DIGICODE project. The 2nd TPM would take place at University of Turin, 23-26 May 2022.

4 – 5 May 2022

Larnaca, Cyprus

Military Higher Education

65 participants from 15 EU Member States and 29 institutions

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Participation in a Conference

ELSE 2022

Online via virtual rooms

During the presentation of the paper accepted for the publication in the proceedings “Advantages and disadvantages of digital remote education in the security and defence contexts”, Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Mariusz Gontarczyk, Jaroslaw Zelkowski and Cristian-Emil Moldoveanu debated the benefits and limitations of digital and remote education by using analytic tools such as SWOT analysis and benchmark measuring, starting from an investigation following the core of the DIGICODE project, by means of a survey addressed to academic respondents.

12 – 13 May 2022

Online

Scientific Community

About 300 international participants

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Participation in an event

International Military Academic Forum – iMAF 2022

“Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy

iMAF, as a scientific military forum, is an institutional annual discussion and working platform for military education and training, in particular for the organising institutions and for the invited partner institutions, military academies and universities as well as other organisations with a military profile. All participants were informed about the activities of the DIGICODE Project, in particular about the  Teaching and Learning activities for teachers  in Security and Defence Area in Warsaw 19-24 June 2022 (C1) at Military University of Technology.

13 – 16 June 2022

Sibiu, Romania

Military Higher Education

57 participants from 14 countri

es

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Participation in a Conference

COMPSAC 2022

Online via video submission

During the presentation of the paper accepted for the publication in the proceedings “Teachers’ perception of higher education in a transition scenario”, Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet and Enrico Spinello showed the results of investigating changes from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic in the perception of teachers working in programs or courses concerning security and defence on several aspects, such as the relation with their students and the time required to carry out various tasks. These results were obtained by means of a questionnaire administered to Italian teachers, with the final aim to improve security and defence education quality, according to the DIGICODE project goals.

27 June – 1 July 2022

Online

Scientific Community

About 400 participants from all over the world

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Participation in a Conference

EL2022

VIP Executive Entrecampos Hotel & Conference

During the presentation of the paper accepted for the publication in the proceedings “Teachers’ digital competences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the improvement of security and defence higher education”, Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Malgorzata Grzelak, Magdalena Rykala and Cristian-Emil Moldoveanu showed the results of investigating changes from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic in the perception of teachers working in programs or courses concerning security and defence on several aspects, such as the relation with their students and the time required to carry out various tasks. These results were obtained by means of a questionnaire administered to European teachers, with the final aim to improve security and defence education quality, according to the DIGICODE project goals.

19 – 21 July 2022

Lisbon, Portugal (hybrid)

Scientific Community

About 250 international participants

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Participation in an event

55th meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

Air Force Academy

The session started with a discussion on about the  Teaching and Learning activities for teachers  in Security and Defence Area in Warsaw 19-24 June 2022 at Military University of Technology. The meeting then continued with an update on the progress of the DIGICODE project. It was also announced that the second Teaching and Learning activities for teachers and students  (C2-C3) will be held in Bucharest (November 15-22, 2022), the third TPM will be held in Shumen 20-22 November 2023. Moreover on 25-27 October there will be a Multiplier Event in Warsaw at  Military University of Technology and the first results of the Project will be presented by all partners.

21 – 22 September 2022

Sintra, Portugal

Military Higher Education

75 participants from 19 EU Member States and 42 institutions

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Multiplier Event

„Best digital practices for Security and Defence

Education” – 1st Edition 

Military University of Technology

The main objective of this multiplier event was to disseminate the results obtained in the intellectual output IO1 Data collection about the best practices already adopted before and during the Covid19-Crisis Best Practices Handbook) with benchmarking digital competences in Security and Defence education IO2 Teacher tool-kit for developing digital competences in Security and Defence Education IO3 Cybersecurity requirements for e-learning platforms in digital Security and Defence Education and all the project results, being organized just before the finalization of the project.

25-27 October 2022

Warsaw, Poland

Military Higher Education

45 partcipants from Higher Education

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Participation in an event

56th meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

Polish Naval Academy

The session started with a discussion on the Teaching and Learning activities for teachers and students held in Bucharest (November 15-22, 2022). Participants were informed that the DIGICODE Project were presented during the EL Conference 2022 and a scientific paper published in the Proceedings. The meeting then continued with an update on the progress of the DIGICODE project. The partners shared the news that on 20-24 February at “Vasil Levski” National Military University, Shumen, Bulgaria there will be the third Teaching and Learning activities for teachers (C4) in Security and Defence Area.

5 – 7 December 2022

Gdynia, Poland

Military Higher Education

72 participants from 18 EU Member States and 34 institutions

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Participation in an event

57th meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

Rakovski National Defence College

Work continued with the presentation of the progress on the DIGICODE project. Members of the Projects reported on the third Teaching and Learning activities for teachers (C4) in Security and Defence Area held at “Vasil Levski” National Military University, Shumen, Bulgaria. Participant was informed about on the forth Teaching and Learning activities for students and teachers (C5-C6) in Security and Defence Area organised in Torino (Italy) by the IT Army Education and Training Command and School of Applied Military Studies and University of Turin on13-16 March 2023. It was announced that the next steps in the project’s development are to ask an extension of 4 months of the Project in order to implement also a questionnaire for students in Defence and Security area, to have the forth TMP in Bucharest on 19 May 2023 and to use the event CERC 20-21 April 2023 in Bucharest at Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I” as occasion to present the results of DIGICODE Projects and to invite the students participants to fill in the questionnaire.

Moreover that during the eLSE Conference April 27th – 28th, 2023, Bucharest some results of the Project will be presented and discussed.

28 February – 2 March 2023

Sofia, Bulgaria

Military Higher Education

98 participants from 19 EU Member States and 44 institutions

IT

Participation in a Conference

Conference “New trends in education: Digitalization, Inclusion and Sustainability”

Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti

Cecilia Fissore, Matteo Sacchet, Fabio Roman and Marina Marchisio presented the DIGICODE Project as example of European Project with the aim of implementing materials in order to develop digital competences for teachers of the University and of the Secondary Schools.

30th March 2023

Messina, Sicily (Italy)

Scientific Community

60 Italian participants (teachers of the Secondary Schools and Professors of the Universities of different subjects)

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Multiplier Event

„Best digital practices for Security and Defence

Education” – 2nd Edition 

Military Technical Academy

The main objective of this multiplier event was to disseminate the results obtained in the intellectual output IO4 (Pilot summer schools for the development of digital competences for educators in Security and Defence Education), IO5 (Evaluation report on pilots: report on participants‘experiences and lessons learned after the trial digital education. Guidelines on digital competences for educators in Security and Defence Education) and all the project results, being organized just before the finalization of the project.

20 April 2023

Buchares, Romania

Military Higher Education

60 partcipants from Higher Education

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Participation in a Conference

ELSE 2023

“Carol I” National Defence University of Romania

During the presentation of the paper accepted for the publication in the proceedings “Digital competencies of teachers and students in the field of security and defence”, Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Paulina Owczarek and Cristian-Emil Moldoveanu showed the results of investigating how to design training activities that can help teachers and students develop digital competencies. These results were focused on the data collected in a school “Systems for Command and Control in Security and Defence Field”, which involved teachers and engaged students on the topics of the DIGICODE project.

27 – 28 April 2023

Bucharest, Romania (hybrid)

Scientific Community

About 300 international participants

BG

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Participation in an event

58th meeting of the Implementation Group for the European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (EMILYO)

Hellenic Air Force, Army, and Naval Academies

The participants were informed about the results of the forth Teaching and Learning activities for students and teachers (C5-C6) in Security and Defence Area held  in Torino (Italy) at the IT Army Education and Training Command and School of Applied Military Studies and University of Turin on 13-16 March 2023. It was announced that EU Community gave the approval for an extension of 4 month. In this way the Project will be finish on 30 August 2023.

Participants are informed that there will be the final TPM in Warsaw 12-14 June 2023 in order to discuss about the activities of dissemination (Paper submitted to EL Conference, analysis pf the Students questionnaire…)

22 – 24 May 2023

Athens, Greece

Military Higher Education

101 participants from 15 EU Member States and Norway representing 34 different institutions

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Participation in an event

International Military Academic Forum – iMAF 2023

Hellenic Air Force, Army, and Naval Academies

The tenth edition of the international Military Academic Forum (iMAF) is an event that was born out of the desire to create and deepen a European security and defence culture, by ensuring a higher level of standards of education specifically for military students and young officers, in the context of the new challenges of the international environment. At this year’s edition, representatives discussed topics related to preparing future officers and finding viable solutions to increase the number of exchanges of students and young officers between military higher education institutions.

22 – 26 May 2023

Athens, Greece

Military Higher Education

120 participants, from 15 EU countries, Norway, USA and Canada and 36 higher military educational institutions

IT

Participation in a Conference

The new frontiers of European Defence. What Threats to Integration in the CyberSpace

Army Education and Training Command and School of Applied Military Studies

Enrico Spinello and Marina Marchisio presented the DIGICODE Project during the talk “The training of officers to respond to the new frontiers of European Defence”.

29 May 2023

Turin. Italy

Military Higher Education

100 Italian participants

IT

Participation in a BIP – Blended Intensive Program for professors at Higher University

Bip4Bips

University  of Pau

Enrico Spinello, Matteo Sacchet and Marina Marchisio presented the DIGICODE Project as an example of best practice to develop Open Educational Resources.

Bip4Bips  was a meeting for professors to design and implement Blended Intensive Programs (BIP) through the living experience of one BIP in the framework of the Erasmus+ Connect-UNITA project. The development of transnational and transdisciplinary programs of study,  innovative learning and teaching methods, including online collaboration, research-based learning, and challenge-based approaches, to address societal challenges were discussed.

5-9 June 2023

Bayonne, France

Higher Education

Participants,:35 professors of the 10 Universities of the European UNITA Alliance

IT

Participation in a Conference

COMPSAC 2023 Theme: Resilient Computing and Computing for Resilience in a Sustainable Cyber-Physical World,

University of Turin

Plenary Session: Open Science and Open Education, Torino, June 28

This plenary panel explored the integration of Open Science, which promotes transparency, collaboration, and accessibility, revolutionizing research and learning, and Open Education, to facilitate access to quality materials for all learners. The benefits of Open solutions in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation were discussed.

Enrico Spinello presented the DIGICODE Project as example of Open Educational Resource

For nearly 50 years, COMPSAC, organized by IEEE, has been a central international forum for academia, industry and government to present and discuss research findings and advances, emerging challenges and future trends in computer hardware, software technologies, systems and in applications also in Education.

26-30 June 2023

Turin, Italy

Scientific Community

The participants (200 in presence and 150 online) came  from all over the world.

BG

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Participation in a Conference

ELDL2023

Hotel HF Ipanema

During the presentation of the paper accepted for the publication in the proceedings “EU security and defence students’ perception and use of digital competencies in higher education”, Marina Marchisio, Fabio Roman, Matteo Sacchet, Enrico Spinello, Linko Nikolov, Malgorzata Grzelak and Alin-Constantin Sava showed the results of investigating changes from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic in the perception of students enrolled in programs or courses concerning security and defence on several aspects, such as the relation with their teachers and the time required to carry out various tasks. These results were obtained by means of a questionnaire administered to European students, with the final aim to improve security and defence education quality, according to the DIGICODE project goals.

15 – 17 July 2023

Porto, Portugal

Scientific Community

About 250 international participants