Distance learning solutions

The recent CONVID-19 pandemic caused  the closure of the schools of all levels in almost all the countries of the world. From kindergartens to Universities, they had to postpone their face-to-face activities and start thinking about providing distance learning. Higher education organizations were prepared for this, since most of them provide their services partly on-line. Read More …

The new pandemic and digital competences

The new situation that has been provoked due to the CONVID-19 has spotlighted the necessity of  digital competences. People in most countries are not allowed to go shopping, except  food stores and pharmacies. They are encouraged or obliged to shop on-line and do their financial transactions using digital tools. In Greece,  the authorities developed a Read More …

What is your digital identity?

As of January 2020, almost 4,54 billion people were active internet users around the world. Every online user has a digital identity, either we like it or not. Personal digital identity consists in small parts of information about users available online. More specifically, it contains online accounts, usernames, personal data, medical history, credit card numbers Read More …

Digital literacy — E & Y survey

The following article has to do with a question given to the European Parliament on February 2019 and and highlights the importance of the DISK project, since this project attacts on the digital competences of the majority of the European citizens.   Question for written answer E-000749-19 to the Commission Rule 130 Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL) Read More …

DISK and Government

Nowadays, E-Government is more and more being implemented. One of the targets of the DISK project is to prepare citizens to live and function in this continually expanded digital world. Function of e-Government E-Governance is expected to improve the functioning of Public Administration. Its implementation has benefited  the public sector and businesses and citizens alike. Read More …

Do you know jpg compression?

Smartphone Images & JPeG Many people in Europe own a smartphone (approx. 240 million; source: www.statistica.com). All smartphones have an inbuilt camera and most people use it. 43 % of the smartphone users are taking images with their device and produce millions of images each year. Some of the can be admired in Facebook, Instagram Read More …