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The University of Galway was founded in 1845 and is located in western Ireland on the rugged coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It has a student population of nearly 19,000, 17% of which are international students from 122 countries. The university provides teaching and research across the sciences, social sciences and humanities, delivered through four colleges, 19 schools, five research institutes and a range of research centres and clusters. University of Galway aims to foster a vibrant community of students and staff, where distinguished learning, impactful research, and creative thinking are shared with the world. Four institutional core values underpin this: respect, openness, sustainability and excellence. Within University of Galway, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) supports and enables the development of a culture of excellence in teaching and learning by promoting methods that encourage active learner engagement and critical thinking. CELT is very much research-led and participates in international organisations and fora in the areas of teaching, evaluation, technology and higher education research.
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Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oamk) provides Bachelor and Master’s degree studies as well as pedagogical studies at the School of Professional Teacher Education. Studies are offered in the field of Business, Engineering, Health and Social Care, Information and Communication Technology, Media and Performing Arts or Natural Resources. Video based training, online and digital pedagogy have been in the core of Oamk’s development in the past decades.
Somali Digital Media Academy (SODMA) is a non-profit educational initiative based in Somalia, dedicated to empowering youth and professionals through training in digital media, communication, and technology. The Academy promotes media literacy, digital innovation, and community development by providing practical learning, research, and collaboration opportunities across Somalia and the wider Horn of Africa.
The NewMedia Centre (NMC) is a media production and expertise centre for education and research. The centre creates video (in a green screen studio and on location), livestreams, animations, infographics, augmented/virtual reality and is responsible for the university’s lecture capture. NMC experiments, together with lecturers and students, with media technology in education, such as holography, 3D models, AR, 360 video and audio and much more.