Connnecting science teachers in Europe using online meetings

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-VelázquezHSCI’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 schoolsand education

Improve the quality of

education

in Europe

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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

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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

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Distribution depending on users

Management

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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 ([email protected])Scientix project manager

Victor J. Perez-Rubio ([email protected])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