Research Projects Doukas School

19/02/2014

Lifelong Learning Programme, European Commission

ISTE

EU Schoolnet

UNESCO

Stanford Univ.

Pearson

New Media

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Skills

Attitudes

Know-ledge

EC Futurium

NMC Horizon Project

Key competences for lifelong learning

Lifelong Learning Programme

Cloud Computing Open Content

Game Based Learning

Personalised Learning Learning Analytics

Mobile Devices Applications

ISTE

EU Schoolnet

UNESCO

Stanford Univ.

Pearson

New Media

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GAME-IT School on the Cloud

Geo-Capabilities

CLA

SH

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FAM

ICO

Skills

Attitudes

Know-ledge

Connecting Education to the Cloud

for Digital Citizenship

“School on the Cloud (SoC)” Network

Project Duration: 3 years (01/01/2014 – 31/12/2016)

SoC basis

“Digital-Earth.eu network Comenius Multilateral Network”

The SoC proposal originates from active partners in the “Digital-Earth.eu network Comenius Multilateral

Network”, who are focused on the ways Cloud-based digital technologies can be implemented in STEM

(and other) subject areas.

CEDEFOP Study Visit

The idea for SoC originates from a CEDEFOP study visit for ICT in education experts that took place in Spain

in April 2012.

Preparatory Visit

The group followed this up via a Preliminary Visit held at Doukas school in November 2012, in Athens in

order to clarify the goals, products and needs SoC should address and how the network would operate.

“School on the Cloud (SoC)”: Preparation

The photo was taken during the Preparatory Visit in November 2012, with the aim to submit the “School on

the Cloud” proposal

Core Partners:

1. P1-Doukas School (Coordinator)

P2-Innovative Learning Network (UK, Mr. Karl Donert -also EUROGEO President)

P3-EUROGEO European Association of Geographers (Belgium, Mr. Kostis Koutsopoulos)

P4-GO! Official Education Institution of the Flemish part of Belgium (Belgium, Ms. Sofie De

Cupere)

P31-Ghent University (Belgium, Mr. Luc Zwartjes)

It is a 57 Partners Consortium, where most partners are leaders in their areas, representing all educational sectors: School Education University Education Vocational Education Adult Education

The 57 partners represent 18 countries of the EU and among them there are 10 Schools, 21 Universities, Companies, NGOs, National Authorities, Research Centres, Adult Education Providers etc.

More info at: http://www.doukas.gr/Articles/320

SoC: Partners

SoC is an ICT network needed to explore the new dynamic ways to educate that aligns with the way we think, share, learn and collaborate outside of the classroom, across various education sectors, by exploiting the opportunities arising from “Cloud” environments.

To achieve this, SoC will:

a. undertake research and publish the “state of art”

b. examine pedagogical approaches

c. produce guidance resources for teachers and teacher educators

d. establish 4 working groups themes on management (transition), iTeacher/Trainer,

personalised learning and Cloud-based digital futures

e. create a School on Cloud Web site with services offering access to materials, an online

community, training opportunities and SoC products, research reports, resources etc.

f. disseminate School on Cloud and widen the community via the extended networks of

partners

SoC: Concept

“School on the Cloud (SoC)”: Preparation

The image above was drafted during the Preparatory Visit in November 2012, with the aim to submit the

“School on the Cloud” proposal

WG Aim:

Examines aspects of leadership and management, essential when implementing Cloud-based technologies.

Policy makers will be able, to define and then select the resources, products, services and infrastructure that are more applicable to their specific aims. (Leader: P2-ILN)

Topics:

Required resources (in particular in the amount of time and the number of people involved)

Required infrastructure and equipment

Setting the boundaries of the “culture of use” of these technologies for teachers/students/parents

Setting the necessary procedures either for administrative or educational purposes

Exploiting different social media functions (e.g. wiki, microblogging, bookmarking, curation, networking community etc)

Using different information systems either for input or for output purposes (ERP, CRM, CMS, LMS, SIS etc)

Selecting information sources

Deliverables:

1. D2.1 Education and the Cloud – a summary leaflet for leaders and managers

2. D2.2 Publication: policy, leadership and management issues

3. D2.3 Implementation guidelines and advice

4. D2.4 Workshop

WG1: Leading / managing Cloud-based developments

WG Aim:

iTeacher explores the impact of the Cloud on the roles of teachers and trainers in education

(Leader: P3-GO!)

Topics:

Raising awareness: by clarifying training needs and the preparation of materials for workshops as well as teaching guidelines

Diffusion: the use of social media to disseminate recommendations for useful Cloud-based resources (blogs/wikis/bookmarking tools/tags/online walls/webinars/web 2.0, etc)

Participation: through network meetings, the annual conferences and Cloud meetings

Managing: create a framework on how to administer and inform iTeachers about Cloud-based tools and activities

Deliverables:

1. D3.1 Presentations on the impact of Cloud-based teaching and teacher education, leading to the identification of training needs for teachers

2. D3.2 An Online Catalogue of recommended Cloud-based platforms, applications and tools, continually updated & disseminated

3. D3.3 A guidance Leaflet for teachers and trainers on Cloud teaching and Cloud learning

4. D3.4 The creation of an interactive training Workshop about using the Cloud for iTeachers and i-trainers

WG2: i-Teacher: innovative-Teacher

WG Aim:

To explore the opportunities afforded by the Cloud in personalising learning experiences ‘at any time, any place by any one’ (Leader: P31-Ghent University)

Topics:

Opportunities and issues associated with one-to-one learning

Understanding the possibility to exploit the opportunities resulting from both formal and informal learning situations

Deliverables:

1. a Guide based on state-of-the-art research, based on a literature review of research and innovative projects (D4.1).

2. a Collection of Case Studies of the personalisation of learning (D4.2), made available through the project web site and in cloud-based electronic format either as an eBook or an app

3. Advice for the teachers, coordinators and trainers, downloadable and printed on demand (D4.3).

4. a Training Workshop to disseminate the findings and deliverables in this work package (D4.4).

WG3: Integrating the Cloud: personalised learning

WG Aim:

Working group 4 will seek to examine the exploitation of “Future scenarios for Education on the Cloud”. (Leader: P3-EUROGEO)

Topics:

WG 4 relates closely to the exploitation of the outcomes of the project and will deal with topics like:

the impact of open (education) resources,

the availability of free and available information,

new generation tools for the Cloud,

communicating and publishing on the Cloud and the resultant issues such as ethics and IPR.

Deliverables:

1. a Research Report on the state of the art and methodologies of “futures” thinking (D5.1)

2. a Report on scenarios for the future resulting from partner conference (D5.2).

3. Press Releases on the power of the Cloud and the potential and drawbacks (D5.3).

4. Workshop on futures at the final conference (D5.4).

WG4: Future scenarios for Education on the Cloud

The first annual Education on the Cloud Summit will be held Saturday 22 March through Sunday 23 March, 2014. It will be held in conjunction with the first kick–off partners meeting for SoC - School on the Cloud Programme.

Welcome Speeches

Invited Speeches

Cloud Applications - Implementations (conducted in parallel for 90 min.)

Workshops: “Hands-On the Cloud” (conducted in parallel for 120 min.)

Lounge Session – SoC Project Ceremony (including Keynote Speech & 4 WG Presentations)

The entire event will be held @Dais Conference Center and Doukas School premises. This meeting aims to discuss ways the Cloud can be used as a value-added component in Education.

Already 60 participants from 18 countries have confirmed their participation

Education on the Cloud First Annual Summit

March 22, 2014, Doukas School, Greece

Vassilis Economou

Panos Papoutsis

Chryssanthe Sotiriou

Dimitris Primalis

Doukas School Communications

Team

Yannis Kotsanis

School on the Cloud: Doukas School Project Team

CLASHE Continuous Learning Anywhere Within A

Collaborative, Knowledge Sharing and Enjoyable Context

Project Duration: 2 years (01/12/2012-30/11/2014)

Project Aim

CLASHE project will utilize the latest technological trends such as WEB 2.0 technologies, media

driven attractive rich material, mobile and portable devices and gamification, bridging formal

and informal learning in order to realize a highly interactive, collaborative learning platform.

CLASHE Partners

Exodus S.A. (Greece)

Doukas School (Greece)

INFOMAN AG (Germany)

University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (Switzerland)

Toledo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Spain)

CLASHE Aim & Consortium

Basic Characteristics:

Game-like digital educational application

Learning Geography and Mathematics

Users (world-travelers) visiting destinations around the world

Becoming familiar with the cultural heritage of each one of the visited destinations

Engaging in everyday life activities

Learning in fun way

Exploring in authentic, meaningful activities

Participating in a Collaborative environment

Project Motto: Keep moving, keep gaming, keep learning!

Doukas School Educational Scenario

Hercules Panoutsopoulos

Panos Papoutsis

Vassilis Economou

Yannis Kotsanis

Sofia Mysirlaki

CLASHE: Doukas School Project Team

GeoCapabilities 2:

teachers as curriculum leaders (in European geography education)

Project Duration: 01/11/2013-30/10/2016

GeoCapabilities 2 Aim and Partners:

Aim:

develop a Geo-Capabiltities teacher training course, with international reach;

develop and pilot an online professional development communications platform for teacher preparation in geography.

Partners:

Institute of Education, London (UK, Coordinator)

University of Helsinki (Finland)

Association of American Geographers (USA)

Geographical Association (UK)

European Association of Geographers (Belgium)

Eskisehir Osmangazi University (Turkey)

4 schools (from Finland, Greece and UK)

Contribute to reports, finalise version of in Greek

Participate in survey, contribute case studies from a Greek perspective, contribute to academic article

Advise on draft documentation and launchpad, support development of training materials and final versions

Trial and evaluate launchpad, toolkit and materials with teachers in school, provide formative feedback, cooperate in evaluation reports, offer peer review.

Support dissemination plan and website design, use, create, translate Web site and presentations, participate in local dissemination events

Produce work to deadlines to allow sound management with positive communication, contribute to meetings and sustainability plan

Doukas School Role

Sofia Papadopoulou

Panos

Papoutsis

Yannis

Kotsanis

Olga

Manouri

GeoCapabilities 2: Doukas School Project Team

FAMILY CAREER COMPASS Efficient Career Guidance Approaches

Supporting Parents in Guiding their Children’s Vocational Career

Project Duration: 01/11/2013-30/10/2015

FAMICO Basis, Aim & Partners

FAMICO basis (previous completed project):

FAMICO is based on previous LLP-Leonardo da Vinci Project (2006 - PL/06/B/F/PP-174020) - Parents as facilitator in choosing vocational education for their children Training for school career counsellors focused on co-operation with parents”

Project Aim:

Further developing career counsellors competences

Improving their skills in guiding parents to support children’s vocational decision-making process.

Project Partners:

1) SPOŁECZNA AKADEMIA NAUK University, (Poland, Coordinator),

2) BAHÇEŞEHİR University (Turkey),

3) Abif Research Centre (Austria),

4) Kadis Adult Education Provider (Slovenia),

5) Lifelong Learning Institute (Greece),

6) Doukas School (Greece)

FAMICO Impact & Expected Results

Project Impact: o To provide school vocational counselors with tools, methods and mind set to work with

families and children of all age.

Project Results:

1. 3 TRAINING PROGRAMS in blended learning mode (including on-line Problem Based Learning sessions) “How to cooperate with parents in shaping vocational career of their children at a certain age” for school career counselors (each adopted to one age developmental group - primary, secondary and upper secondary school students)

2. 1 HANDBOOK for COUNSELLORS ”How to cooperate with parents in shaping the vocational career of their children at a certain age” (with 3 parts, one per age group)

3. 1 PARENT GUIDEBOOK “How to help a child in making a vocational career decision” divided into 3 sections, each adopted to one age developmental group of children (with 3 parts, one per age group)

4. E-PLATFORM for counsellors and parents as a repository of supportive materials and a space of knowledge exchange and peer education.

Maria Koutsafti

Georgia Mantziara

Panos Papoutsis

Yannis Kotsanis

Aspasia

Koukoumtzi

FAMICO: Doukas School Project Team

Game-It Platform for semantic knowledge management and development

of interactive educational scenarios using advanced multi-user gaming technologies

Aνάπτυξη πλατφόρμασ ςημαςιολογικήσ διαχείριςησ γνώςησ και δημιουργίασ διαδραςτικών

εκπαιδευτικών ςεναρίων με χρήςη προηγμένων τεχνολογιών ανάπτυξησ πολυςυμμετοχικών παιχνιδιών

Αντικείμενο:

Πλατφόρμα η οπούα ςυνδυϊζει:

(i) τη δύναμη μιασ μηχανόσ ολοκλόρωςησ ψηφιακόσ γνώςησ (ii) τα παιδαγωγικϊ πλεονεκτόματα τησ μϊθηςησ που βαςύζεται ςτο παιχνύδι και (iii) τη διϊδραςη που εξαςφαλύζει το δικτυακό παιχνύδι με πολλούσ παύκτεσ ςε ςυνεργατικό ό/και

ανταγωνιςτικό περιβϊλλον.

Σο ϋργο θα αποδώςει (i) περύπου 50 ςενϊρια ϋτοιμα για χρόςη για την πρωτοβϊθμια και τη δευτεροβϊθμια εκπαύδευςη (ii) ιςχυρϊ, εργονομικϊ εργαλεύα ςυγγραφόσ για την περαιτϋρω δημιουργικό αξιοπούηςη τησ πλατφόρμασ από τον δϊςκαλο.

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