New Feature: Personalized Academic Advising Styles
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The EDUC8EU system now lets you experience different academic advising styles, helping you find the approach that best supports your learning journey:[BR][B]Standard EDUC8EU Style (default)[/B][BR]A balanced, evidence-based advising approach combining elements of self-assessment, motivation analysis, and skill-gap reasoning. It offers structured yet conversational recommendations aligned with academic and career pathways.[BR][B]Person-Centered (Rogers)[/B][BR]Based on Carl Rogers? humanistic theory, this style focuses on empathy, active listening, and unconditional positive regard. The advisor acts as a facilitator, helping the student explore feelings, values, and motivations without imposing direction.[BR][B]Trait-Factor Matching (Parsons)[/B][BR]Rooted in Frank Parsons? classic model, this style emphasizes matching personal traits (interests, abilities, values) with academic or occupational requirements. It?s analytical, focusing on objective fit and career alignment.[BR][B]Cognitive/Behavioral ? Practical Steps (CBT)[/B][BR]A problem-solving approach that helps students identify barriers, set achievable goals, and apply concrete behavioral strategies. It emphasizes self-regulation and actionable steps to overcome academic or motivational challenges.[BR][B]Narrative / Life Design[/B][BR]This reflective style invites students to tell their personal story, linking experiences, aspirations, and turning points. The advisor helps the student re-author their narrative to design a meaningful learning and career path.[BR][B]Cognitive Information Processing (CASVE)[/B][BR]
[br][br][br][br][br]Based on the CASVE cycle (Communication, Analysis, Synthesis, Valuing, Execution), this method provides a structured decision-making framework. It helps students systematically explore options, evaluate them, and implement their choices.[iframe width="100%" height="623" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z2YQKCvNf88" title="EDUC8EU Advising Chatbot" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen][/iframe]
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New in EDUC8EU: Joint Bachelor's Degree in Smart Farming and Resilient Food Systems
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The Joint Bachelor's Degree in [a href="https://www.invest-alliance.eu/en/Home/Texts?link=bsc11" target="_blank"][u]Smart Farming and Resilient Food Systems[/u][/a] has now been added to the EDUC8EU smart advising system. This 3-year, 180 ECTS, English-taught Bachelor programme at EQF Level 6 is jointly offered by the University of Cordoba (Spain), the Slovak University of Agriculture (Slovakia), and the University of Thessaly (Greece) within the INVEST European University Alliance.[br][br][a href="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/start.jsp?lp=10"][strong]Click [u]here[/u] to explore the program and receive a personalized recommendation.[/strong][/a]
EDUC8EU Introduces AI-Powered Chatbot for Personalized Guidance
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We are excited to announce a major upgrade to the EDUC8EU platform. In addition to our established recommendation engine, based on well-recognized educational and career guidance theories, users can now [B]discuss their personalized recommendations directly with the new EDUC8EU chatbot[/B].[BR]This innovative feature enhances the advising experience by providing interactive, conversational support, helping learners explore their study and career pathways in greater depth.[BR]The addition of generative AI to EDUC8EU marks another step forward in making guidance more dynamic, accessible, and engaging.[BR]Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to expand and refine this capability![CENTER][br][br][A HREF="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/assets/images/AI1.png" TARGET="_BLANK"][img src="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/assets/images/AI1.png"][/A][BR][A HREF="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/assets/images/AI2.png" TARGET="_BLANK"][img src="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/assets/images/AI2.png"]Click to zoom[/A][/CENTER]
Microservices architecture
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The EDUC8EU software adopts the Microservices architecture approach. Microservices architecture (often shortened to microservices) refers to an architectural style for developing applications, which allows a large application to be separated into smaller independent parts, with each part having its own realm of responsibility. This makes it easier and less expensive to scale one part of the EDUC8EU application. This style enables fast and cost-efficient upgrades. We can do this without affecting the rest of the application.
EDUC8EU ontology: operating principles
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[div]The provision of [u]personalized[/u] services in higher education requires extensive conceptualization since the HEI learning pathways enclose a highly multi-faceted domain of knowledge. HEIs constitute complex structures with various types of resources, events and agents. The implementation of EDUC8 ontology aims at the efficient representation of the specific complex domain so as to facilitate the recommendation and execution of personalized and evolving LP within a HEI. EDUC8EU ontology covers:[/div][div]a) the Learner domain, [/div]b) the Learning pathway domain,[br]c) the Business and Finance domain (in HEI) and[br]d) the Quality Assurance domain in education provision environments.[div][br][/div][div]These aspects are inextricably intertwined, therefore none can be neglected.[/div][br][a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-019-09877-4" target="_blank"]Read our publication[/a]
Fuzzy Logic to deal with uncertainty
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The fuzzy inference engine of the present system uses Mamdani inferencing, which is widely accepted for describing expert knowledge in a more intuitive and human-like manner. The process is performed in four steps:[br](a) Fuzzification of the learner variables: determining the degree to which these inputs belong to each of the appropriate fuzzy sets[br] (b) Academic advising rule evaluation (inference): for each rule, applying the result of the antecedent evaluation to the Membership Function[br](c) Aggregation of the rule outputs (composition): unification of the outputs of all rules into a single fuzzy set[br](d) Defuzzification: Calculation of the final output of the FLC in a crisp format[br]The fuzzy linguistic variables that are dynamic estimators of student's interest for a specific learning pathway.
Enhancing User Experience with the DALL-E AI System
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[div]The profile assessment component has undergone an upgrade, now featuring an enhanced capability to display relevant images generated by the cutting-edge DALL-E AI system. This enhancement empowers the end user to visualize the question at hand, enabling them to provide more precise and accurate answers. [br][/div][div][br][/div][br][center][img src="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/assets/images/dall-e.png" width="345"][/center]
EDUC8EU Career clusters
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A career cluster is a group of occupations with similar features. Jobs in the same cluster require similar knowledge or skill sets. If someone enjoys a job in a particular cluster, they are more likely to enjoy related occupations in the group.[br][br]EDUC8EU knowledge base categorizes results in 16 career clusters:[br][ol][li]Architecture & Construction[/li][li]Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications[/li][li]Business Management & Administration[/li][li]Education & Training[/li][li]Finance[/li][li]Government & Public Administration[/li][li]Health Science[/li][li]Hospitality & Tourism[/li][li]Human Services[/li][li]Information Technology[/li][li]Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security[/li][li]Manufacturing[/li][li]Marketing[/li][li]Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics[/li][li]Transportation, Distribution & Logistics[/li][/ol] [center][a href="all.jsp"][u]View occupations by career cluster[/u][/a][/center]
Enter your RIASEC profile manually
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The term Holland Codes and abbreviation RIASEC refer to John Holland's six personality types: Realistic (R), Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Social (S), Enterprising (E) and Conventional (C). EDUC8EU incorporates an integrated self-assessment test to determine your RIASEC code. However, you can also add your code manually:[br][br][img src="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/assets/images/riasec1.png"][img src="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/assets/images/riasec2.png"]
AI in career and academic advising
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An AI system is a computer program that is designed to solve complex problems and sometimes to provide decision-making ability like a human expert. EDUC8EU utilizes state-of-the-art algorithms to help in decision making for academic advising using both facts and heuristics like a human expert. It performs this by extracting knowledge from its knowledge base using the reasoning and inference rules according to the user queries. [br][br]An important attribute to the EDUC8EU approach is that in any execution cycle, new knowledge can be created that will be utilized in the next tasks that belong to a particular learning pathway. This attribute ensures the constant update of the knowledge that is stored inside the ontology together with the rule repository. [br][br][a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12530-019-09287-4" target="_blank"]Read more[/a]
Integrate academic programs with EDUC8EU
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Higher education institutions have the opportunity to integrate their programs with EDUC8EU intelligent academic advising system, enabling students to request personalized recommendations.[br][br]Here's how it works:[br]1) Go to the following webpage: [a href="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/public/all.jsp" target="_blank"][u]EDUC8EU Knowledge base[/u][/a].[br]You can add as many profiles as you wish, provide the program metadata (program title, level, HEI and call-to-action), and obtain the URL for your custom webpage generated by EDUC8EU. The entire process is straightforward, but if you encounter any difficulties, please refer to the remaining instructions (points 2-6) and watch the video.[div]2) Choose a career option that aligns with the program. Read the profile description, and if it matches your program of interest, click on the continue button.[br]3) If the program covers multiple career pathways, click the back button and add more to create a bundle of supported specialized pathways.[/div]4) Provide the exact title of the program (e.g., Digital Systems), mention the Higher Education Institution offering the program, and select the degree level (e.g. MBA or MSc).[br]5) Define the URL for the Call-To-Action button.[br]6) Copy the permanent link, which will guide EDUC8EU in generating recommendations specifically tailored to your chosen program.[br][br]By following these steps, you can leverage the EDUC8EU intelligent academic advising system to receive targeted recommendations for your higher education program. [br][iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kvuCPq3Eivg" title="EDUC8EU deom" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" width="300" height="300" frameborder="0"][/iframe]
New EDUC8EU video
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Our new video will give you an insight into our application and its components![br][iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/waeGayG-a2M" title="EDUC8EU" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" width="300" height="300" frameborder="0"][/iframe] [br][a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waeGayG-a2M" target="_blank"][u]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waeGayG-a2M[/u][/a]
Profiles for Artificial Intelligence Engineers and Art Directors have been added!
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Two new profiles are now updated in our database. Click below to request a recommendation from EDUC8EU:[br]1. [a href="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/start.jsp?lp=-1&oj=Artificial%20intelligence%20engineers&ou=&ol=null&ok=&cl="][u]Artificial Intelligence Engineers[/u][/a][br]2. [a href="https://educ8eu.invest-alliance.eu/engine/start.jsp?lp=-1&oj=Art%20Directors&ou=&ol=null&ok=&cl="][u]Art Directors[/u][/a]
New Featured Learning Pathway Added: Sustainability Management (MEng) at INVEST European University
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[b]Degree[/b] Master of Engineering (Sustainability Management)[br][b]Extent and duration:[/b] 60 credits ECTS | 2 years[br][b]Location:[/b] Online[br][b]Hosting University[/b]: Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Finland[br][br]As a Master of Engineering in Sustainability Management, you will lead and support the deployment of sustainable technologies and organizational change processes within organizations. You will also create and maintain networks for collaboration among environmentally and socially responsible businesses.[br][br][center][a href="https://bit.ly/3SxzdfA"][u]Click here to request a recommendation for this program from EDUC8EU[/u][/a][/center]
