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Teachers’ views on quality of educational

resources existing in

Scientix repository

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.

Dr. Gina Mihai

International Conference “New Perspective in Science Education”

20/03/2015, Florence

European Schoolnet (EUN)

Promoting the use of ICTand digital technologies in the classroom

Promoting the Europeandimension in schools

Improving the quality ofeducation in Europe

Network of31 Ministries

of Education in Europe

Three areas of interest: services to schools, research and innovation, sharing of learning resources

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EUN STEM Projects

Teachers 'views on quality of educational resources existing in Scientix repository| Gina Mihai

20/03/2015| Florence

International Conference New Perspective in Science Education, Edition 4

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European science and maths projects




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http://scientix.eu

&

maths &

engineering & technology




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Scientix: 2010 - 2015

Conference 2014Portal (disseminate projects)

Scientix live

Scientix

observatory

Collaboration

between projectsNational Contact

Points &

teachers’ panel




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scientix.eu• Navigation: 8 languages (en,

fr, de, pl, it, es, ro, nl)

• Sections:o Projectso Resourceso Newso Eventso Communityo Conferenceo Scientix Liveo In your countryo Observatoryo Newsletter + Email digesto Social Media




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Projects: e.g. Quantum SpinOff(http://www.quantumspinoff.eu/)




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scientix.eu• Navigation: 8 languages (en,

fr, de, pl, it, es, ro, nl)

• Sections:o Projectso Resourceso Newso Eventso Communityo Conferenceo Scientix Liveo In your countryo Observatoryo Newsletter + Email digesto Social Media




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Over 800 STEM resources




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Over 800 STEM resources




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Translation on demand




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Evaluation and rating of educational resources

SEVEN COMPETITIONS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2014 – OCTOBER 2015




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Categories of resources


Category 1: STEM teaching materials

for teachers

Category 2: STEM teaching material

addressed to students

Category 3: STEM reports




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Set of criteria for evaluation

Pedagogical Value

Curricular integration

Clarity of presentation

Possibility of Deepening knowledge

Does the resource offer the possibility to use technology in

an innovative way

Is the resource free to use for all




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Teachers’ views on the quality of resources

Resources in languages they don’t speak

Scientix has a Translation on Demand service, and teachers can request one

of the available languages (if CC allows)

Project Reports don’t seem addressed to teachers

On the other hand, Teachers agree they prefer written reports instead of video, to search fast the content they

are interested and avoid the rest of the document

Some resources are only one page long and too

simple

This gives freedom to the teacher to use it without modifying it and if they want to connect them they can find other resources that explain what to

do with each of the sheets




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Teachers’ views on the quality of resources

There is no need on handcrafts and hands-on experiments to use ICT

Then, ICT could be used to present the activity, demonstrational videos or

present results

Teachers prefer “ready to use” teaching materials, with lesson

plans and activities

Teachers’ lack of time has been reported in many different occasions

Evaluating resources has helped our teachers to:• Learn new ways of teaching• Discover new teaching materials to use in their classes• Discover new projects on STEM education they didn’t know before• Be interested about the results and the different incomes from the

different projects




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Scientix Resources Awards

Up to four resources awarded

Awarded resources: promoted on the Scientix

portal, newsletters, at Scientix events and during

the media campaigns.

Winners: two per awarded resources invited to

different face to face events organized by Scientix




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http://scientix.eu

@scientix_eu

• Request translations of teaching materials.

• Participate in forums.

• Join teachers directory.




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Science Programme Manager // Scientix project manager

Àgueda Gras-Velázquez ([email protected])

More information

Web Editor // Scientix portal manager

Přemysl Velek ([email protected])

Project Administrator // Scientix teachers panel coordinator

Marina Jiménez Iglesias ([email protected])

Project Administrator // Scientix portal resources coordinator

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

Science Projects Officer // Scientix project deputy manager

Gina Mihai ([email protected])

Project Coordinator// Scientix NCPs financial manager

Ioanna Leontaraki ([email protected])

mailto:[email protected]

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