The objective is to make more efficient and circular use of children's bicycles, and thus cycling for more children, possible, feasible and affordable by offering quality second-hand children's bicycles, parts and accessories on a subscription basis.
This project is one of the 5 selected projects of the Flemish project call 'Imagining space together' of the Department of the Environment with the aim of sensitising Flemish citizens about and involving them in spatial challenges in Flanders.
The EPIC project is developing an intelligent Newsroom Computer System (NRCS) as a Software-as-a-Service (SAAS), supporting editorial teams in story-based news production across various modalities, channels, and devices. The project integrates multimodal news content following the principles of modular journalism.
STEMbasisNET functioned as a Community of Practice & Development (CoP&D) to integrate STEM into the education story in a sustainable and well-considered way.
In a time where technological progress continues to push the boundaries of human interaction with media, the 'Xited' project takes center stage in researching the enhancement of the media experience through immersive technologies. With a focus on innovative technologies such as extended reality and metaverse applications, this project explores how the integration of augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), and the metaverse can provide valuable additions to the experiences of media users.
In this two-year project, we work together with primary schools to build language-efficient education, effective language pathways for pupils in need of extra language support and a supported language policy.
The OBPWO project KIKO focuses on Dutch, mathematics, and executive functions in the preschool classroom, with two goals: identifying effective practices in international literature and investigating how they are applied in Flemish preschool classes. The intended outcome? Scientific insights, recommendations, and practical tools for the field of education.
With the News Wisecracks! project, we make children (aged 8-12) more resilient against disinformation by focusing on news wisdom, both on the side of (youth) journalists and children.
In the past 2 years, 70 organizations and local authorities received a grant from the Department of Culture, Youth, and Media to develop their youth infrastructure in a high-quality manner based on principles of sustainability, participation, collaboration, etc. The Vrijplaats team is researching the approach and guiding these organizations in the development of their projects.