Its lab time - Connecting Schools to Universities’ Remote Laboratories

It’s Lab Time!

Anne-Christin TannhäuserScienter, Italy

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Connecting Schools to Universities’ Remote Laboratories

NEW PERSPECTIVE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION9 March 2012 Florence

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Remote and virtual laboratories in science teaching


Remote labs and primary/secondary school classrooms: Existing barriers



The “UniSchooLabS” project approach and using remote labs in the classroom: A toolkit for teachers



The “UniSchooLabS” project approach and using remote labs in the classroom: A toolkit for teachers

What is next? Steps to set up a larger scale provider-school collaboration

UniSchooLabS is funded with support from the European Commission.This presentation reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Remote and virtual laboratories in science teachingRemote

Run by a university or science center


Web cam to observe in real time


Learner controls the equipment


virtual

Simulation of real-world experimental data

Remote and virtual laboratories in science teachingscience teaching

Remote and virtual laboratories in science teachingscience teaching

?Why

Increase Access...time and location independent

...with high quality equipment

...meeting safety

require-ments


Do students learn less without hands-on experiences

science teaching

?

Klahr, D., Triona, L. M., & Williams, C. (2007). Hands on what? The relative effectiveness of physical versus virtual materials in an engineering design project by middle school children. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44, 183-203.

Experiment with 7th and 8th gradersTheir task:• building toy vehicles with different features!• understand causal variables!• Discovery approach for experimenting with


Physical material


Physical material Virtual programme

Physical material Virtual programme

Results showed no difference in performance(Klahr, D., Triona, L. M., & Williams, C., 2007)

Remote labs and primary/secondary school classrooms

Existing barriers

Lack of awareness about existence & accessibility of labs among science teachers #1

Information which university labs are suitable for use in primary or secondary school teaching hard to find

#2

Most teaching and learning material of remote labs– not geared towards younger students of

a specific age group • Pioneer teachers are not networked.• Demands well-established school

university collaboration.

#3

Most teaching and learning material of remote labs– not geared towards younger students of

a specific age group – not available in many languages.

• Pioneer teachers are not networked.• Demands well-established school

university collaboration.

#3#4

#5Pioneer teachers are not networked

#6Demands well-established school university collaboration.

The “UniSchooLabS” approach

Good Practice AnalysisRemote labs and pedagogical approaches

Technical Development Involving pilot teachers

Ensuring collaboration with laboratory providers

Creating an online toolkit to make access to remote labs easier. Promote inquiry based and problem solving approaches to science education

Test & Improve the Toolkit10 pilot teachers200 students• Questionnaires and focus group• Interviews with laboratory providers

Validated toolkit

Lab catalogue9 remote labs

Lab activity editorTeacher create and share online activities for students

Lab notebookStudents „publish“ results of experiments and discussions

http://unischoolabs.eun.org

http://unischoolabs.eun.org/


Pedagogical approach


Inquiry-based science education

IBSE recommended by

Rocard Report

IBSE: Its effects

Curiousity

Motivation

Self-esteem

InclusionBetter effects with disadvantaged students and those with below-average learning outcomes

Interest

IncreaseIncrease

Increase

IBSE: Its effects

Curiousity

Motivation

Self-esteem

InclusionBetter effects with disadvantaged students and those with below-average learning outcomes

Interest



Lab notebookStudents „publish“ results of experiments and discussions

Train & Present the Toolkit and Collaboration Model

To teachers, lab owners, researchers, science communicators• 3 national workshops• 2 international workshops

Align & CoordinateFeasibility study on a permanent coordination entity

Policy recommendationsEstablishing a closer and mutual collaboration on science education between schools and universities

Community of users and lab providers

Towards a sustainable coordination structure of collaboration between schools and universities

“It’s lab time – Connecting Schools to Universities’ Remote Laboratories”

Workshop organized by SCIENTER in collaboration with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering

University of BolognaBologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2

Friday, March 30thExplore the online toolkit Vision building

Round table discussion on

sustainable collaboration

Anne-Christin Tannhäuser Claudio [email protected] [email protected]

http://unischoolabs.eun.org Try out the toolkit yourself!

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