Two “FERTILE” trainings in Valladolid, Spain, organised by Universidad de Valladolid and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
The UVa research team opted to organise two training events to accommodate the needs of Spanish educators. Both events’ scope was to empower educators to design interdisciplinary projects that combine Educational Robotics and Arts, aiming to cultivate students’ Computational Thinking skills in a blended learning context.
11 Spanish educators from kindergarten and primary education participated in a training event held in Valladolid.
The 1st training event was organised as a blended training event at the Center for Teacher Professional Development and Educational Innovation in Valladolid, Spain. Its agenda included the following four synchronous face-to-face phases:
- Introduction to the FERTILE Project Computational Thinking. Interdisciplinarity in Robotics and Art projects for 2,5 hours, held on Tue 26 Nov 2024.
- Workshop with resources for Robotics and Art projects in blended learning learning contexts for 2,5 hours, held on Thu 28 Non 2024.
- Overview of FERTILE design methodology and co-design of interdisciplinary projects through the FERTILE Community Platform for 3 hours, held on Tue 3 Dec 2024.
Also, participants were involved in online asynchronous activities using the “FERTILE” training materials, and they elaborated their own interdisciplinary projects that were revised based on the assessment and feedback provided by the trainers.
See: Training Guide For The Face-To-Face Uva Training Event
27 Spanish educators from kindergarden and primary education, participated in a fully online training event.
The 2nd training event was organized in a fully online format. It included four synchronous phases.
- Overview of FERTILE approach and computational thinking for 2 hours, held on Tue 14 Jan 2024
- Interdisciplinarity in Robotics and Art projects for 1 hour, held on Wed 15 Jan 2024
- Robotics projects in blended learning contexts for 1 hour, held on Thu 16 Jan 2024
- Overview of FERTILE design methodology and co-design of interdisciplinary projects through the FERTILE Community Platform for 2 hours, held on Tue 21 Jan 2025
Also, participants were involved in online asynchronous activities using the “FERTILE” training materials, and they elaborated their own interdisciplinary projects that were revised based on the assessment and feedback provided by the trainers.
See: Training Guide For The Online Training Event
In both training events, the trainers were:
- Lia García Pérez, assistant professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and member of the research team at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Yannis Dimitriadis, professor at Universidad de Valladolid
- José María Cañas Plaza, professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Juan Ignacio Asensio Pérez, professor at Universidad de Valladolid
- David Roldán Álvarez, assistant professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Mohamed Saban, postdoctoral researcher at Universidad de Valladolid
