weSPOT

Working Environment with Social and Personal Open Tools for inquiry based learning

Coordinatore	OPEN UNIVERSITEIT NEDERLAND    more  Organization address address: VALKENBURGERWEG 177 city: HEERLEN postcode: 6419 AT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jos Cognome: Van den Broek Email: send email Telefono: 31455762806 Fax: +31 45 5762800
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Netherlands [NL]
Totale costo	3˙738˙930 €
EC contributo	2˙899˙996 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2011-8
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-10-01   -   2015-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	OPEN UNIVERSITEIT NEDERLAND  Organization address address: VALKENBURGERWEG 177 city: HEERLEN postcode: 6419 AT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jos Cognome: Van den Broek Email: send email Telefono: 31455762806 Fax: +31 45 5762800	NL (HEERLEN)	coordinator	0.00
2	FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS  Organization address address: N PLASTIRA STR city: HERAKLION postcode: 70013 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Zinovia Cognome: Papatheodorou Email: send email Telefono: +30 2810 391522 Fax: 302810000000	EL (HERAKLION)	participant	0.00
3	FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN NURNBERG  Organization address address: Schlossplatz city: ERLANGEN postcode: 91054 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Franziska Cognome: Müller Email: send email Telefono: 4991320000000 Fax: 4991320000000	DE (ERLANGEN)	participant	0.00
4	IPAK INSTITUT ZA SIMBOLNO ANALIZO IN RAZVOJ INFORMACIJSKIH TEHNOLOGIJ VELENJE ZAVOD  Organization address address: KOROSKA city: VELENJE postcode: 3320 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Vojko Cognome: Strahovnik Email: send email Telefono: 38640589373 Fax: 38638919042	SI (VELENJE)	participant	0.00
5	KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN  Organization address address: Oude Markt city: LEUVEN postcode: 3000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Sofie Cognome: Heroes Email: send email Telefono: +32 16 329979 Fax: +32 16 326515	BE (LEUVEN)	participant	0.00
6	LATTANZIO LEARNING SPA  Organization address address: VIALE GRAMSCI city: FIRENZE postcode: 50121 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Roberto Cognome: Vaccaro Email: send email Telefono: 3901854761	IT (FIRENZE)	participant	0.00
7	SOFIISKI UNIVERSITET SVETI KLIMENT OHRIDSKI  Organization address address: Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. city: SOFIA postcode: 1504 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Krassen Cognome: Stefanov Email: send email Telefono: 35928657111 Fax: 35928687422	BG (SOFIA)	participant	0.00
8	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ  Organization address address: Rechbauerstrasse city: GRAZ postcode: 8010 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Erwin Cognome: Duschnig Email: send email Telefono: +43 316 873 9256 Fax: +43 316 873 9552	AT (GRAZ)	participant	0.00
9	THE OPEN UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: WALTON HALL city: MILTON KEYNES postcode: MK7 6AA contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Jane Cognome: Whild Email: send email Telefono: 441909000000 Fax: +44 01908 652990	UK (MILTON KEYNES)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (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.