WYRED Platform. Initial functionalities 
 
 
Francisco J. García-Peñalvo 
GRIAL Research Group 
Research Institute for Educational Sciences 
University of Salamanca, Spain 
fgarcia@usal.es 
 
 
 
Abstract 
The WYRED (netWorked Youth Research for Empowerment in the Digital society) 
project has celebrated its second face-to-face meeting in Vienna (Austria) from May 
29th till May 31st.  
 
One the most important discussed topics was the WYRED Platform. This component is 
the core of the Technology Ecosystem for the project. In this platform, all the virtual 
interaction will occur in the project, mainly social dialogues and generative research. 
 
 
Link to the presentation 
https://es.slideshare.net/grialusal/wyred-platform 
 
Keywords 
WYRED; Platform; H2020; Digital Society; Youth 
 
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