Digital Competences through Photography
In today’s digital age, having a strong understanding of digital imaging and the ability to process images is an essential skill. As technology continues to advance, the demand for individuals proficient in capturing and enhancing digital images is on the rise. This article focuses on the importance of learning how to take digital images of Read More …
The project was closed and evaluated by the Swedish National Agency. We are proud to be awarded with the label for “Good Practice”! Starting to learn certain competencies through an activity that is performed frequently and that is familiar to the user seems to be an excellent way to start the learning process. We publish Read More …
The CICERO course used digital photography to convey digital competences. Therefore, images are a central issue. To put it better, one could say: All about images. You have to see this short statement in two ways: On the one hand, the course actually offers a lot of information about images, on the other hand, working Read More …
The CICERO web-based course focuses on digital competencies, with a specific emphasis on digital photography. Digital competencies are necessary to master the daily life. People are used to take pictures, supported by their smartphone. The CICERO course joins these two item: Digital photography is the entrance to care about connected digital competencies. About the course Read More …
Due to the Corona crises the face to face blended learning activities were not possible in the Austrian course. After two learning session in our seminar hotel the course has been continued with virtual meetings. On six Friday evenings, the group met in the Internet (using ZOOM as the meeting platform) and continued the training. Read More …
Smartphones offer tools for image editing. Most people do not know them or are not experienced enough to use them. In the CICERO Course, we use PixlR as an app on the smartphone. There exists a web-based tool for tablets or computers as well. Here you see a small example what we are doing with Read More …
The CICERO training course started in Austria with February 2020. Twelve people attend currently the course guided by Peter Mazohl, Stefanie Mayrwöger, Harald Makl and Charlotte Gatti as trainers. The group represents the typical target group of the EBI/EIE with older people. The group is not homogeny in the frame of the used devices – Read More …
The abbreviation JPG (or JPeG) stands for “Joint Photographic Experts Groups” and has been developed in the beginning of digital photography. The image is compressed by using a specific formula (algorithm) to get a smaller file size. The JPG format is a typical lossy image format, this means that some information of the image gets Read More …
In the frame of the CICERO project a special course focusing on Digital Photography is created with a lot of technical background. The experience of this course will increase your technical knowledge and your digital competences as well. Here is a short example: How images are created For images three items are characteristically: the raster Read More …
The Kickoff Meeting of the project took place in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, from March 29 – March 30, 2019. Members of all parner organizations met to initiate the project, to discuss strategies and potential ways to reach the project aim. Here are some images from the meeting: