{"id":98,"date":"2025-11-02T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2025-11-03T07:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T07:36:23","slug":"the-consortium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/index.php\/the-consortium\/","title":{"rendered":"The Consortium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OPENLang Network project is carried out by a transnational consortium composed by 4 partners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1)<strong>&nbsp;The University of Macedonia<\/strong>, UoM (Thessaloniki, Greece)<br>2)&nbsp;<strong>The Open University of UK<\/strong>, OU (Milton Keynes, UK)<br>3)<strong>&nbsp;The Cyprus University of Technology<\/strong>, CUT (Limassol, Cyprus)<br>4)&nbsp;<strong>PIXEL<\/strong>&nbsp;(Florence, Italy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people1-1024x492.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people1-1024x492.png 1024w, https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people1-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people1-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people1.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people2-1024x503.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people2-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people2-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people2-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people2.png 1263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people4-e1762155371370.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consortium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uom.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/uomlogo-768x359-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/uomlogo-768x359-3.png 768w, https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/uomlogo-768x359-3-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>University of Macedonia<\/strong>&nbsp;(UOM) is a well-known university both inside and outside of Greece. Education and research covers a broad spectrum, from economic sciences, political studies and business administration to information systems and applied informatics. UOM has an outstanding range of facilities, services and infrastructure to support its vibrant research community. The Research Committee of the university is formed of a group of specialized administrative personnel whose contractual obligations include the supporting of research projects. The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/smile.uom.gr\/\">Smart Mobile Interactive Learning Environments<\/a>&nbsp;(SMILE) Laboratory&nbsp; has as a mission the Development and Training in the area of Mobile Learning. Professor Anastasios A. Economides, the director of SMILE, leads the e-Learning research group that consists of 5 post-doctoral researchers, and several Ph.D. and M.Sc. students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>Open University<\/strong>&nbsp;(OU) is the UK\u2019s largest university, with 250,000 students per year studying its courses. This number comprises 22% of all part-time higher education students in the UK. The OU is leading the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/\">FutureLearn<\/a>&nbsp;initiative&nbsp; aiming at delivering high quality MOOCs from a network of renowned UK universities. The OU offers a wide variety of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and opportunities to study these resources collaboratively online through projects such as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/\">OpenLearn<\/a>. The OU is also one of the top global contributors of learning materials in iTunes U and a co-producer of popular BBC programmes.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oulogo-300x277-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cut.ac.cy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cyprus_University_of_Technology_official_logo-1-768x308-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cyprus_University_of_Technology_official_logo-1-768x308-1.png 768w, https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cyprus_University_of_Technology_official_logo-1-768x308-1-300x120.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) is a public university that targets high values concerning the design and development of research activities, both within the University and in cooperation with other research institutes in Cyprus and abroad. CUT has been ranked by the Times Higher Education among the top 400-500 universities in the world and among the 200-250 in Europe. In particular, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, CUT is the youngest university in the list of top universities in Europe an achievement that highlights the emerging, dynamic and innovative nature of CUT. CUT aims at transferring knowledge and setting new grounds through fundamental and applied research in all academic fields of the University\u2019s faculties.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 26%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pixel is an international education and training institution with 19 years of experience in international cooperation and European project management. Established in Florence (Italy) in January 1999, Pixel is engaged in a constant improvement in the quality of the services performed. Pixel obtained quality certification according to UNI EN ISO 9001. Pixel is also accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education and by the Tuscany Regional Government.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixel-online.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openlangnet.uom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pixel-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OPENLang Network project is carried out by a transnational consortium composed by 4 partners: 1)&nbsp;The University of Macedonia, UoM (Thessaloniki, Greece)2)&nbsp;The Open University of UK, OU (Milton Keynes, UK)3)&nbsp;The Cyprus University of Technology, CUT (Limassol, Cyprus)4)&nbsp;PIXEL&nbsp;(Florence, Italy) People Consortium The&nbsp;University of Macedonia&nbsp;(UOM) is a well-known university both inside and outside of Greece. 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