Presentation at the EDULEARN2015 Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 8 July 2014

1. Online Teacher Training in European
Science Education Projects
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.
Premysl Velek
EDULEARN14: the 6th annual International Conference on
Education and New Learning Technologies
8 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain

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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:
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Scientix portal: www.scientix.eu
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European Conference 2014, 24-26 October 2014, Brussels
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Workshops for teachers and/or researchers in STEM
education
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Scientix National Contact Points & Teacher Panel

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Topics:
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STEM practice and
research
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Science and Society
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ICT in education
Funding:
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European (FP7, LLP)
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International
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National
Results:
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Teaching materials
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Research reports
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Online courses
Project library: 239 projects

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STEMeducationpublicfunded
projects

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Online training
Over 30 Scientix
Moodle courses
published, more
coming soon…

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Projects on Scientix – online courses
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13 projects offered online courses for
teachers
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107 courses in total
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Duration ranges from 2 hours to five
months
– 40 courses (37.3%) were intended for
students
– 67 courses (62.7%)were intended for
teachers

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Projects on Scientix – online courses
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Platforms:
– 103 out of 107 (96,3%) courses are on
Moodle
– Custom made platforms: 4 courses (3,7%)
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Synchronicity:
– 87 courses asynchronous (81.3%)
– 20 courses synchronous (18.7%)

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Projects on Scientix – online courses
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Certification:
– 14 courses (13%) offered certification
– 93 courses (87%) were non-certified
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Language:
– All courses available in English
– 6 courses also localised to another
European language

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Projects on Scientix – online courses
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Delivery:
– Through a custom made (Moodle)
platform
– Third party platform (MOOC phenomenon)
EUN Academy:
http://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu

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Àgueda Gras-Velázquez (agueda.gras@eun.org)
Scientix project manager
More information
Přemysl Velek (premysl.velek@eun.org)
Scientix portal manager
Thank you for
your attention!