Project description Technology-enhanced learningweSPOT aims at propagating scientific inquiry as the approach for science learning and teaching in combination with today's curricula and teaching practices. Show the project objective Hide the project objective weSPOT aims at propagating scientific inquiry as the approach for science learning and teaching in combination with today's curricula and teaching practices. It lowers the threshold for linking everyday life with science teaching in schools by technology. weSPOT supports the meaningful contextualization of scientific concepts by relating them to personal curiosity, experiences, and reasoning. weSPOT addresses several challenges in the area of science learning and technology support for building personal conceptual knowledge. The project focuses on inquiry-based learning with a theoretically sound and technology supported personal inquiry approach. In inquiry based-learning learners take the role of an explorer and scientist and are motivated by their personal curiosity, guided by self-reflection, and develop knowledge personal and collaborative sense-making and reasoning. weSPOT will work on a meta-inquiry level in that it will (a) define a reference model for inquiry-based learning skills, (b) create a diagnostic instrument for measuring inquiry skills, and (c) implement a working environment that allows the easy linking of inquiry activities with school curricula and legacy systems. The foreseen weSPOT Toolkit gives smart support for personal scientific inquiry to address a lack of scientific inquiry skills in an age group of 12-25. Furthermore, weSPOT will unleash support of triggering and leveraging curiosity that is missing in today's learning technology. weSPOT will develop (1) an open source service framework for inquiry workflows, (2) tools for mobile data collection and personal experience sampling. Additionally, it will develop (3) learning analytics tools for collaborative and personal reflection, and (4) a badge system for linking formal and informal learning activities via social media. These products will be customized and evaluated in at least 8 primary test-beds in a European wide approach in 8 European member states. Fields of science social scienceseducational sciencespedagogyinquiry based learning Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.8.1 - Technology-enhanced learning Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-8 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator OPEN UNIVERSITEIT NEDERLAND EU contribution € 588 760,00 Address VALKENBURGERWEG 177 6419 AT Heerlen Netherlands See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Zuid-Limburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jos Van den Broek (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ Austria EU contribution € 349 920,00 Address RECHBAUERSTRASSE 12 8010 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Erwin Duschnig (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium EU contribution € 412 654,00 Address OUDE MARKT 13 3000 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sofie Heroes (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI Bulgaria EU contribution € 203 180,00 Address BUL TZAR OSVOBODITEL 15 1504 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Krassen Stefanov (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG Germany EU contribution € 299 712,00 Address SCHLOSSPLATZ 4 91054 Erlangen See on map Region Bayern Mittelfranken Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Franziska Müller (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS Greece EU contribution € 183 770,00 Address N PLASTIRA STR 100 70013 Irakleio See on map Region Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Ηράκλειο Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Zinovia Papatheodorou (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LATTANZIO LEARNING SPA Italy EU contribution € 317 274,00 Address VIA DOMENICO CIMAROSA 4 20144 MILANO See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Roberto Vaccaro (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IPAK INSTITUT ZA SIMBOLNO ANALIZO IN RAZVOJ INFORMACIJSKIH TEHNOLOGIJ VELENJE ZAVOD Slovenia EU contribution € 193 504,00 Address KOROSKA 18 3320 VELENJE See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Vojko Strahovnik (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data THE OPEN UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution € 351 222,00 Address WALTON HALL MK7 6AA Milton Keynes See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Milton Keynes Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jane Whild (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
