On the 18th of April of 2023 we celebrate the official International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS), also known as the World Heritage Day! The yearly celebration was established in 1982 to raise awareness of the importance of preserving and protecting cultural heritage. Each year the celebration takes place under a different theme, this year the theme is “Heritage Changes».
A transnational meeting with all project partners was held in Amsterdam at the end of January to continue working together on the dissemination and results of the project CHERISHED. At the meeting, experts from Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, the Netherlands and Slovakia discussed digital heritage education and the actions to be taken to reduce the gap between culture and education, especially
Thanks to new technologies, it is now possible to connect online and digitally explore libraries, museums, archives, and galleries. Everyone can see the beauty of the world from a screen! Virtual tours offer the opportunity to explore some of the beauty of the world’s cultural heritage, feeling oneself in those fascinating places. In Europe, there are many points of interest that
On 16 November 1972, UNESCO adopted the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The idea grew out of concerns about the threat of destruction of cultural and natural heritage due not only to the degradation of time but also to changing social and economic conditions. The convention, therefore, outlined what cultural and natural heritage is and
The third transnational meeting took place in Cyprus! The project partners from Cyprus, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia and the Netherlands came together to work on the project and to ensure that the objectives of the project are achieved. Specifically, the partners reviewed the progress of the project over the past months and planned improvements to the E-learning platform proposed by the participants
The use of an e-learning platform and the use of digitalization in teaching is essential in modern education. Indeed, technological innovation has greatly improved the world of education. The main objective of the CHERISHED project is to develop an online platform for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral learning. The learning modules and tools supporting the platform are used by teachers to develop their
Over the past months, CHERISHED has developed a teacher training programme. It offers online resources that support secondary school teachers and museum educators in integrating digital cultural heritage into education. The learning resources are interdisciplinary in nature, covering a wide range of subjects like biology, physics, art, history and languages. If you are a teacher or museum educator and are interested
Our partnership has held an online meeting to discuss the evolution of the Teacher Training Programme that is essential for the inclusion of digital cultural heritage in secondary school education. During the meeting we have discussed the progress of the implementation phase and we started organizing the Learning, teaching and training activities that will take place in July in Cyprus. Follow us
Europeana is an initiative of the European Union that supports Europe’s rich cultural heritage sector in its digital transformation. Interestingly, in Europeana’s database, you can search for art, books, films, music and much more. Through a variety of themes like migration, art and sport, you can discover the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Europe. If you want to learn about
The European Union has placed an important focus on Europe’s cultural heritage as a wealth related to the history and culture of European countries. 2018 was the year of cultural heritage as a shared resource in Europe to raise awareness of history, collective values and also to strengthen the common sense and belonging to a common cultural and historical heritage. The
