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LAB OF TOMORROW project:
A constructivist approach in
science teaching through
emerging technologies
IST-2000-25076
S.A.Sotiriou, Ellinogermaniki Agogi
Frankfurt Book Fair 2002
The Lab of Tomorrow project
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The framework
The consortium
Project’s Description
Classroom activities
Human centered design
Evaluation scheme
Conclusions
“To improve the quality and accessibility
of learning at primary and secondary
school level through embedded IST, in
particular addressing knowledge and
skills required by future citizens of the
Information Society”
Main Objective of the School of
Tomorrow Action Line
The Lab of Tomorrow
Consortium
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ICCS / NTUA, Coordinator, Greece
UNIV. OF BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom
COREP, Italy
ANCO SA, Greece
UNIV. OF DORTMUND, Germany
ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI SA, Greece
4 EUROPEAN HIGH SCHOOLS, Germany,
Austria, Italy
Project’s Objectives
– The development of a pedagogical framework that will
allow successful application of the emerging technology
in everyday learning
– enhancement of a constructivist approach in science
teaching
– development of new educational tools and learning
environments
– equal and parallel development of pedagogical and
technological innovations
– development of a concrete evaluation scheme of
educational and technological aspects
Project’s description
• “Lab of tomorrow” project proposes the introduction of
an innovation into everyday teaching.
• Wearable computers and intelligent sensors will be used
to guide students through the learning process in science.
• Fundamental physical laws in engineering and physics
can be addressed through the daily analysis of the data
that will be collected by some intelligent artefacts.
• Students will be able to graphically view all quantities
under study and the data correlation through a scatter
diagram on a computer screen.
Kick life into the classroom
• The axions will provide data in a format compatible
with graphing and analysis software components, so
that students can easily investigate trends and
patterns in the data they collect with the wearable
sensors
• “Kick life into the classroom”: the graphical userinterface will plot the data on a graph, will create a
mathematical model to fit the data and relate the
graph with the motions of axions. As an example the
case of a football game is presented.
Kick life into the classroom
The implementation scheme for the Lab of
Tomorrow project.
PEDAGOGICAL
PATHWAY
Development of
the prototypes
Test Run
Validation and
redesign
Final Run –
phase A
Final Run –
phase B
TECHNOLOGICAL
PATHWAY
First meeting
Second meeting
(Technological and
(Assessment of the Test Run)
Pedagogical design)
Teachers’ workshop
Toys, wearables
(Presentation of the prototypes)
available
Students’ projects
Closing conference
(Presentation of the results)
Classroom activities
Test Run (3 months)
Final Run A (4 months)
Final Run B (4 months)
in each of these cycles of the school-centered work
less and less guidance is needed
Final Run (Phase A)
• During this phase students and teachers will
follow the constructed lesson plans, by using the
already developed tools. The main purpose of this
phase is to get both students and teachers
familiarized with the new approach and the new
tools and prepared them for the final and most
important cycle of the school-centered work
• Improvements to the tools
Final Run (Phase B)
• During the last phase students and teachers
will be able to study any aspect they
consider important by using the tools and
the axions. Additionally, at this stage
students will have the opportunity to
propose new wearable sensors and
ergonomic solutions, providing thus their
input in the co-design of the toys and
wearables.
Initial Concept
Distribution of load
Bench Model
9V Battery
2-axis accelerometer
Digital Thermometer
Insert Microphone
Piezo-electric Pulse
transducer
Mitsubishi M-16
LCD
LED
SensVest 1.0
Sensors, Displays and Processor
laid out on shirt on desk
Wearing SensVest 1.0
SensVest 1.1
Smart clothing able to record:
• body acceleration
• arm acceleration
• body temperature
• heart pulse rate
• leg acceleration
Acceleration (mV)
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stand
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400
sit
w alking
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running
jump
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Tim e (seconds)
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Compass, accelerometer and
GPS in a ball
Axion Ball
Teachers training
Test Run
Lesson Plans
• adapted to national curricula
• simple experimental activities
Evaluation of the didactic approach
The evaluation of the proposed didactic
approach will be performed on three
aspects:
• evaluation of student’s learning,
• evaluation of the underlying pedagogical
framework and
• ethnographic evaluation.
Evaluation procedure
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Development of the research plan
Test design
Measurements (Test Run)
On field observations (Test Run)
Measurements (final run)
On field observations (final run)
Statistical analysis
Evaluation report
Evaluation schedule (Final Run)
Experimental
Group
Video Documentation
TIMSS II
ICT
Control
Group
pre-test
0. month
TIMSS II
ICT
Phase A
Additional Tests
4. month
Additional Tests
Phase B
TIMSS III
ICT
post-test
8. month
TIMSS III
ICT
Conclusions
The presented pedagogical concepts govern the
scientific research in the fields of Pedagogy and
Educational Technology. This research is in
principle necessary to be performed in a large
multinational community for science advance and
broad benefits. The developed tools are results of
collaboration of complementary expertise in the
fields of technology, communications, basic
research, educational software development,
education, science teaching and pedagogical
psychology.
Lab of Tomorrow
www.laboftomorrow.org
The project is being carried out in the framework
of the IST programme of the European
Commission