TU Dublin team present their work on an "ECDL for mobile devices & smart home tech" at the EU Hands-on-SHAFE project meeting in Warsaw
EU Hands-on-SHAFE project meeting (Warsaw)
In early May 2022, a team of researchers from the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering attended a 3 day workshop to demonstrate and evaluate e-learning materials that they have been developing over the previous 6 months. The work on the Hands-on SHAFE project is funded by the ERASMUS programme. SHAFE stands for "Smart Healthy Age Friendly Environments" and emphasises the use of technology, and the importance of health & wellness as well as the design of places to support independent living.
Attending the workshop were Paula Kelly, Michael Core, Charlie Pritchard and Damon Berry from the tPOT research group in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. The purpose of the workshop, which was hosted by the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography, Warsaw University of Technology, was to demonstrate and evaluate the second tranche of learning materials which are under development by the Hands-on SHAFE project partners. Within the project the role of the TU Dublin team is to develop learning materials about mobile devices, wearables and smart home technology for "SHAFE facilitators" who work with older people. According to Dr. Berry, who leads the TU Dublin "SMART" work package in the project, the "SMART" learning materials adopt an ECDL-style approach to mobile, wearable and smart home technologies.