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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 »
The “FERTILE” consortium met at the UniWA, Athens, Greece premises on the 19th and 20th of October 2023 for the 4th Transnational Project Meeting. The meeting agenda included: – A workshop to test the affordances of the newly developed “FERTILE” community platform before its initial release. Discuss and provide feedback to the UVa research team …
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The UniWA research team participated at the 13th Panhellenic/ International Conference “ICT in Education” hosting the Workshop “Enhancing Educators’ Interdisciplinary Project Design in Educational Robotics and Arts”. The interactive workshop aimed to empower educators to design interdisciplinary projects, combining the power of Educational Robotics and Arts, all while fostering CT. Over the course of two hours, participants from all education levels explored the …
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