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COSMOS

WP4

Learning Activities

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Educational Materials

• Provided Content: 168 (until 15.3.2009) COSMOS_Scenarios_-_BMUKK_and_EDUHI_-_20090313.pdf– Learning Activities: 11 (8de/3en)– Educational Content: 157

• Exchange Portal provided by EDUHI• Interactive Working Booklets Szenarien

• Inquiry/Game Based Learning applications– MobileCosmos

(already implemented in COSMOS portal)

– Cosmos Pen– Etc.

FlyPen, Space Drive, MoCo [FH Joanneum, Graz]

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COSMOS Interactive Applications

• Innovative Lectures, Game-based Learning

• Developed by FH Joanneum, Graz– MoCo Mobile Cosmos– FlyPen „Solar System“

(with Quiz; en/de)– Space Drive– To New Frontiers– Magic 3D Book

• Integrated in COSMOS Scenarios

FlyPen, Space Drive [FH Joanneum, Graz]

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• Digitale Learning Penspersonalised ubiquitous learning paradigms

• Leapfrog Flypen Fusion• Learning Planets• Game Quiz• Anoto Technology• IR Kamera• dt. & eng.

Cosmos Fly Pen

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Cosmos Magic 3D Book

• Augmented Reality• 3D Tracking • 3D Interaction • 3D Quiz Cube

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To new frontiers

• Special Interface board• Interactive Map• Cosmos Content • Joystick • Quiz (from DB)

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Cosmos Space Drive

• Game Based Learning• Spaceship “Driving Wheel” • Content: Planets• Quiz

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MoCo – Mobile Cosmos

• DOW: personalised ubiquitous learning paradigms

• Cosmos on Mobiles• 46 eLerning Units (dt. & eng.)

• Flash Lite 1.1• Offline & Online• Quiz

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MoCo – QR Codes

• MoCo Poster• Mobile Tagging

Quick Response • Learning Activities

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Working Booklet

• Includes all learning objects (educational content) and the description of the learning activities of one learning scenario in one interactive PDF

• Easy printable (parts or the whole booklet)

• Easy usage of the interactive parts

• Keywords are listed for eachlearning content for easy search inthe portal

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COSMOS Interactive PDFs

• Use of LaTeX-Packages to include several e-content in an interactive PDF document

• Videos are directly playable• Documents can be included in the PDF and available

by a open-button; no separate file is needed • Exercises and Quiz

executable directly in the PDF

• Simulations and Plots easily integrateable

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Further Developments

• Database of astronomical institutions and excursion places established Exkursionsorte

• Preparation of learning materials for (online/offline) trainings of teachers (COSMOS Toolbox, LaTeX)

• Development of layout and standards for interactive working booklets and quality criteria for e-content http://www.schule.at/gegenstand/vis/

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Collection of Materials

• Invitation of national astronomical institutions to support the COSMOS project with educational materials(54 contacted)

• Rework of collected content according to user needs and qualtity criteria

• Work on „efficient“ Metatagging– easy metadata sheet for teachers to fill out– one or two responsible persons for generation of metadata and

uploading)• Provided Content:

COSMOS_Scenarios_-_BMUKK_and_EDUHI_-_20090313.pdf• Cross linking in exchange Portal provided by EDUHI

COSMOS