Fertile Project

The UniWa research team participated at the 8th Panhellenic Conference “ICT in Education” in Volos presenting the article “Cultivating Computational Thinking through the Integration of Art and Educational Robotics”. In collaboration with the Valladolid research team, they hosted the workshop “Co-designing on the “FERTILE” community platform Educational Robotics and Art activities for the cultivation of Computational Thinking skills”. Over the course, the …

Presentantion and Workshop at the 8th Panhellenic Conference “ICT in Education”, Greece – Septemper 2024 Read More »

TThe first “FERTILE” Multiplier Event at Comenius University in Bratislava took place from April 19, 2024, to June 15, 2024. The total number of participants was 23. They were teachers of informatics, Arts, and other subjects from all over Slovakia. All of them completed the training and created interesting project designs combining ER and some …

1st Multiplier Event at Comenius University, Bratislava – June 2024 Read More »

The “FERTILE” consortium held their 5th Transnational Project Meeting at Comenius University in Bratislava on May 23rd and 24th. During this final face-to-face meeting, the partners discussed the progress of the final reports, the evaluation of the FDM methodology, and the training materials. They also reviewed the pilot studies completed in each country. The importance …

5th Transnational Meeting at Comenius University, Bratislava – May 2024 Read More »

Two separate pilot studies were conducted in February and March at the Spanish universities Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) and Universidad de Valladolid (Uva) in Madrid and Valladolid, respectively. The pilot studies followed the same organization and involved 22 participants pursuing Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in teaching education. The participants got familiar with the FERTILE …

The “FERTILE” Pilot Studies at URJC and UVa, Spain – February & March 2024 Read More »

The pilot training at Comenius University in Bratislava took place from January 20, 2024, to February 12, 2024, and was attended by 20 teachers from all over Slovakia. Half of them were informatics teachers, and the other half taught an art subject. Most participants were satisfied with the training, but we also received valuable suggestions …

The “FERTILE” Pilot Studies at Comenius University, Bratislava – January 2024 Read More »

Pilot studies of training materials with the participation of in-service students took place at Charles University in January and February 2024! Students participated in two face-to-face meetings, where they were introduced to the FERTILE methodology. They also completed workshops focused on computational thinking and the interdisciplinarity of educational robotics and art. Furthermore, they learned the …

The “FERTILE” Pilot Studies at Charles University, Prague – January 2024 Read More »

Pilot Studies initiated at the University of West Attica! In the context of postgraduate courses in Robotics, students get acquainted with the “FERTILE” design methodology and are assigned to co-design Artful ER projects in the “FERTILE” Community platform. According to the “FERTILE” project agenda, participants use “FERTILE” training materials and provide feedback on their experience.

The “FERTILE” UNIWA team, in collaboration with the Αssistant Professor of Theatre Studies of the ΝKUΑ, Clio Fanouraki, organized a creative workshop for the postgraduate program “Theatre in Education” students at the Department of Theatre Studies of the NKUA. Through hands-on and interactive activities, the participants discover Educational Robotics and better understand Computational Thinking. Then, we …

Workshop on CT skills at the Department of Theatre Studies of NKUA, Athens – December 2023 Read More »

The “FERTILE” consortium proudly presents the initial “FERTILE” community platform available at https://fertile.gsic.uva.es  The “FERTILE” platform is a community platform supporting educators in designing and learners in implementing Artful ER projects. It provides educators with several functionalities:  an authoring environment supporting educators to design Artful ER projects based on the FERTILE methodology, tools supporting educators to co-design, …

The initial “FERTILE” Community platform is released! – November 2023 Read More »