Presentation shared by authors at the 2015 EDEN Open Classroom Conference "Open Discovery Space: Transforming schools into innovative learning organisations" held on 18-21 September 2015, in Athens, Greece. Find out more on #OCCAthens here: http://www.eden-online.org/eden-events/open-classroom-conferences/athens2015.html

1. IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE LEARNING
METHODS:
A TWO SCHOOLS EXAMPLE.
Argyropoulou Maria, Chiotelis Ioannis, Theodoropoulou Maria , George Birbas

2. Rural vs Urban School
Model Experimental School

3. Abandoning School
Excellence

4.  educational programs,
 excellence groups,
 experimental workshops,
 exchange mobilities and
 other innovative projects.
Model Experimental School Students

5. Teachers’ and Administration’s
vision encourages of students to
organize groups according to their
interests.

6. Astronomy group Environmental
group Drama group.
Students revealed a remarkable interest about
sciences and culture.

7. The equipment and improvement of building infrastructure,
Teachers training and engagement with new pedagogical data, innovation
and research,
Upgrading teaching skills, developing students abilities ensuring thus a
balance into the labor market and society,
Evaluation.
Major Steps…

8. Urban School activities…
In-service training for teachers
Collaboration protocols:
Hellenic Open University (HOU), University of Patras, ATEI Patras.
Equipment
two computer labs Robotics, all classrooms with computers and video projector, optical fiber, high speed Internet in
every classroom or lab
Development of “school on cloud”
Educational material utilizing interdisciplinary approach
Seven clusters (groups) of excellence
Scientific Competitions

11. Rural School activities…
Contests
Astronomical Event
Environmental Event
Innovative Approaches
(synchronous) video conferences
virtual visits to CERN
ICT on daily teaching practice. Digital lessons experiments combined with electronic means e.g. we used augmented reality
applications and Kinect camera

12. Planning and implementing…

13. Achieving goals…

14. And following up…

15. …and following up…

16. …and always trying to be innovative

17. High
School of
Pelopio
EKFE
Ilias
7th
EPKA
Municipalit
y of Ancient
Olympia
University of
Patras
High
School of
Lala
High
School of
Vasilaki
High
School of
Lehena
Moraitis
Schools
Astronomical
Union “Orion”
Ellinogerma
niki AgogiOpen-air
Water Power
Museum
School
Counselors
Office
«Physically
Play»
Cultural
Associatio
n Pelopio
Naturalist Club
A. Olympia
Local
society
Ideas and knowledge flow networks…

18. MODEL
EXPERIMENTAL
JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL OF
PATRAS
EKFE
Patras
Institute of
Computers
Technology
Hellenic Open
University
University of
Patras
IKY
ELLIAMEP
Pelopio
General
High School
DEPPS
E.A.
Primary
Education
Science
Centre of
Patras
Counselors
Office
KESYP
PATRAS
ΑΤΕΙ
Patras
SPETE
Local
Society
Ideas and knowledge flow networks…

19. Conclusions…
Changes in operation and administration,
concluded in wide cooperation and participation.
Developing culture of innovation influences the local
society which accordingly is changing, changing us
also backwards.
Implementation of an action plan can act beneficially
towards a thinking school, through repeating
evaluation loops
An essential evaluation can only be performed after a long period (4-5 years) of actions and activities
Importance of lifelong training for teachers and educators
Organizing extroversion events by entrusting critical responsibilities to students was also one of our positive
remarks

20. Finally, evaluation in each step helped us to achieve goals and set new
milestones.
We observed that extroversion events joined teachers, students and local
community together. Science and culture came closer to students and
local society.
All these events include the element of collaboration and cooperation between
several partners and promote our basic goal of knowledge diffusion.
Another remarkable conclusion is the importance of educational scenarios,
material and content and the diffusion of these educational tools.
Additionally, participation in contests is another crucial parameter

21. Thank you for your attention…