Report for the Summer Schools 2011

The first year of the Summer School at TEI of Ionian Islands was considered to be a trial period regarding the final evaluation by the trainees and the persons interested. However, the results exceeded every expectation, laying the foundations for the establishment of the Summer Schools as an original institution with duration and with the perspective to provide effective educational work and constructive collaboration with the local communities in the Ionian Islands.

Specifically:

Summer School on Dynamics and Management of the Marine Environment

Zante, 18 - 29 July 2011

Scientific Manager: Anastasios Kalimeris, Assistant Professor

The Summer School dealt with the latest scientific developments and the latest research findings in related disciplines regarding:

a. The Mediterranean Sea and its way to develop and change its circulation (dynamic climatology and oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea)

b. The production and numerical forecast dispersion marine pollutants

c. The effects of natural variations and human activities on biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea

d. The dynamics of coastal areas and ports, as well as their management

e. The marine ecosystems and habitats of the Mediterranean, as well as methods of protection

f. The dynamic evolution of ecosystems and populations.

The Summer School was attended by 25 of the 96 parties that met the requirements, 14 of which were holding postgraduate degrees. Fourteen (14) professors and researchers from the collaborating institutions and organizations lectured. The lessons were of 60 hours duration, with a daily 6-hour monitoring. At the same time, experiential exercises in the countryside, combined with visits to places of Summer School’s interest, such as the Information Centre of the Royal NMPZ and the nesting beach of Gerakas and around the port area of ​​Zante.

Summer School on Management of Media, with emphasis on new digital media

Cephalonia, August 22 - September 2, 2011

Scientific Coordinator: Christina Beneki, Assistant Professor

The central axis around which revolved the Summer School was the emergence of new media and the convergence of traditional media, combined with the overall impact in the field of Communication.

More specifically it was analyzed:

a. The influence of the convergence in the media industry and new economic practices.

b. The new models of business organization in the field of Communication.

c The new ways of dissemination and information management with emphasis on social networks and the "open" citizen journalism.

d. The role of the professionals in Communication in filtering the contents generated by the online practices and interconnected communities.

e. The historical role of advertising and the prospects of the new media-television landscape that is formed.

f. The prominence of the digital identity of the individual and its relation to the daily, "analogue" life.

The Summer School was attended by 25 of the 76 parties that met the requirements, nine (9) of which were holding postgraduate degrees. Twelve (12) professors and researchers from partner institutions lectured. The lessons were of 60 hours duration, with a daily 6-hour monitoring.

Along with the operation of the Summer School, Open Discussions were organized at the Municipal Theatre “Kefalos” of Argostoli, addressed to all the residents and visitors of Cephalonia, with important guests from the fields of communication and media who were invited in Cephalonia particularly for these events.

The topics were:

- The effects of media on mental health, especially among young people.

- "Journalists, you do not own the Press": The newsrooms in the Internet era.

- The role of local media in the new digital era.

- The economic crisis’ consequence on the Greek and international media.

The Open Discussions brought to completion the Summer School and, through presentations and conversations with the public, they have enriched the debate about the Media and the challenges that are being faced at the newly-formed digital reality.

The project is implemented under the Act "The Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands as an International Pole of Education and Innovation" of the Operational Programme "Education and Lifelong Learning" and it is funded by the European Union (European Social Fund-ESF) and by national resources.