4. About UniSchooLabS
What is UniSchooLabS?
Two year project (9/2010-9/2012) aimed to promote collaboration
between universities and schools by providing remote access to science
laboratories for secondary education through Internet-based services.
Main aims:
• Provide remote access to high-quality science laboratories
• Promote the collaboration between universities and schools
• Provide inquiry based learning activities based on the selected
laboratories
5. Good Practice Analysis
Remote labs and pedagogical approaches
Technical Development
Involving pilot
teachers
Ensuring collaboration
with laboratory providers
Creating an online toolkit to make access to remote labs easier.
Promote inquiry based and problem solving approaches to science education
Test & Improve the Toolkit
10 pilot teachers
200 students
• Questionnaires and focus group
• Interviews with laboratory providers
Policy recommendations
Validated
toolkit
6. Lab catalogue
9 remote labs
Lab activity editor
Teacher create and share
online activities for students
Lab notebook
Students „publish“ results of
experiments and discussions
7. GLOBAL excursion
http://www.globalexcursion-project.eu/ GLOBAL Excursion RI-283686
http://www.globalexcursion-project.eu/
http://vishub.org/home
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8. OBJECTIVES
To provide students (14-18 years) and their teachers access
to e-Infrastructures and their selected labs & resources
To create quality teaching use cases, pedagogical & technical
artefacts
To improve science curricula
Joyful exploration of e-Science
- nano- and biotechnologies
- volunteer computing
- life sciences
http://www.globalexcursion-project.eu/ GLOBAL Excursion RI-283686
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Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the GLOBAL
excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
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University of Cambridge (UK)
Various kinds of electronic
microscopes
Doñana (Andalusien, Spain)
Cameras, microphones,
sensors for wildlife
SZTAKI (Budapest, Hungary)
Earthquake equipment,
Digital production, ..
BIFI (Zaragosa, Spain)
Simulations, e-Equipement
e-Infrastructure access
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Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the GLOBAL
excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
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Virtual Science Hub - VISH
Social &
collaborative public
repository of
e-Excursions
Resources
User profiles
(content producers)
Community of
teachers and scientists
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excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
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VISH Content
Everything in
ViSH is public
(content can be
seen by non
registered
users):
e-Excursions,
resources &
user profiles
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Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the GLOBAL
excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
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Web based presentation where a slide
is a:
Rich media mash-up (standard
content: text, images, videos;
remote access elements: cameras,
sensors, controlers)
Smart-card
Quiz
For virtual & physical classroom
Can be projected with a beamer
and used like a PowerPoint
presentation
Accessible from a smartphone
iPhone and Android versions
e-Excursion
The GLOBAL excursion project is supported by the European Commission, in the theme e-Infrastructures, as a Supporting Action, under the 7th Framework Programme. The Members of the GLOBAL excursion
Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the GLOBAL
excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
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Registered users can:
Create new e-Excursions
Clone and enrich e-Excursions
Connect with other teachers and
scientists
Stay up to date about online events,
and chats (3 « Meet the Scientist »
online sessions took place in May
2013)
Content sharing
The GLOBAL excursion project is supported by the European Commission, in the theme e-Infrastructures, as a Supporting Action, under the 7th Framework Programme. The Members of the GLOBAL excursion
Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the GLOBAL
excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
