Presentation at the Hands-On Science annual conference, Aveiro, Portugal, 24 July 2014.

1. Connecting science teachers in
Europe using online meetings
The work presented in this document/ workshop is supported by the
European Commission’s FP7 programme – project Scientix 2 (Grant
agreement N. 337250), coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The
content of this document/workshop is the sole responsibility of the organizer
and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission, and the
Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of information
contained herein.
Victor J. Perez-Rubio,
Àgueda Gras-Velázquez
HSCI’2014: the 11th annual conference on Hands-on Science
24 July 2014, Aveiro, Portugal

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www.eun.org
Network of 30 Ministries of Education in Europe
Support schools in using
technology in learning and
teaching
Promote the European
dimension in schools
and education
Improve
the quality of
education
in Europe

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4. EUROPEAN SCIENCE AND MATHS PROJECTS

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Scientix facilitates dissemination and sharing of best
practices in science and maths education in Europe:
• Scientix portal: www.scientix.eu
• European Conference 2014, 24-26 October 2014, Brussels
• Workshops for teachers and/or researchers in STEM
education
• Scientix National Contact Points & Teacher Panel

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Topics:
• STEM practice and research
• Science and Society
• ICT in education
Funding:
• European (FP6, FP7, LLP, HORIZON2020, ERASMUS+)
• International
• National
Results:
• Teaching materials
• Research reports
• Online courses
228 Projects included in
Scientix

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STEMeducationpublicfunded
projects

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Scientix Online Meeting Room - SOMR
Any project included in the Scientix
repository can request to schedule an
online meeting, webinar, online workshop,
etc. for up to 200 participants at once.

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Go to http://www.scientix.eu/web/guest/online-meeting-room
+Check calendar +Fill in the form
Scientix Online Meeting Room - SOMR

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76 Sessions organized:
8 different projects have used the service:
• Ark of Inquiry (7 meetings)
• Go-Lab (4 meetings)
• iTEC (5 meetings)
• Nanopinion (5 meetings)
• Quantum Spin Off (4 meetings)
• DESIRE (5 meetings)
• nanOpinion (38 meetings)
• PLACES (1 meeting)
• Scientix (7 meetings)
Scientix Online Meeting Room - SOMR

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• Management meetings (37 meetings)
• Workshops
• Follow-up sessions (39 meetings)
• Short courses
49%
51%
Distribution depending on users
Management
Teachers
involved
Scientix Online Meeting Room - SOMR

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Teachers involved in online
meetings
• Most of the sessions were organized by
project managers.
• Scientix Ambassadors can organize
meetings for teachers in their country about
different topics.
• If the attendees are going to be active during
the session is better to do small groups of
around 20 people and use the chat to
participate if students are involved1.

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80 Scientix Ambassadors (Teachers!)
Collaborating with the project from 30 countries

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Online meetings on STEM
• Virtual visit
• Chats
The Virtual visits are included in a MOOC which will
start next 18th August
http://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu/
The inGenious chats: display role models in industry,
and it consist of real-time, synchronous, online
discussions between an expert in a particular topic
and several classes of pupils.

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Muito
obrigado
More information
Àgueda Gras-Velázquez (agueda.gras@eun.org)
Scientix project manager
Victor J. Perez-Rubio (victor.perez@eun.org)
Scientix resources manager
How to get the latest news:
• Scientix digest
• Scientix Newsletter
• Twitter: @scientix_eu
• Facebook group:
Science teachers in Europe
Reference
Àgueda Gras-Velázquez et al. (2013). The Scientix Observatory: Online
Communication Channels with Teachers and Students – Benefits, Problems
and Recommendations