SUMED – Sustainable multidimensional media
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https://sumed-project.eu/

The main objective of the project is to educate about ecology, good practices and digital solutions in the higher education sector and in the labour market. To transfer the knowledge of these solutions from specialists at four European universities to teachers so that they can start implementing and developing them at their universities.

The focus is on sustainable, green and digital solutions inspired/derived from businesses or universities already working in these streams (workshops, learning environment, new excellence for teachers, learning materials). To do so, we will carry out a needs survey based on interviews with companies and NGOs, so that the solutions created are best suited to the current market situation.

These solutions cover many aspects. When we talk about ecology and green solutions, we mean directing the mode of work in such a way that it takes place efficiently, with minimum expenditure of resources and time needed to achieve the assumed objective. An example of such a solution is limiting fieldwork (which requires additional time, travelling, generating a carbon footprint) when it is possible to introduce solutions enabling stationary work.

Another problem that our project addresses is the ever-changing world of new technologies and the consequences that follow. The pace of change means that the knowledge about them quickly becomes outdated. Instead, we want to provide students (and therefore future employees) with soft skills that enable them to quickly adapt to the changing environment. We would also like to help them face the challenges that come with the development of civilisation. Our purpose is to promote a work environment in which burnout does not occur and where psychological well-being is important.

The result of the project will be a new teaching methodology in the field of media education and creation of new initiatives and implementation of practices supporting sustainable development. In addition, each university will create a curriculum focusing on the transfer of this knowledge to students.

Partners in SUMED:
Innocamp PL, Poland – leader
Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA, Spain
University of Malta, Malta

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