Two “FERTILE” trainings in Slovakia organised by Comenius University!
The Slovak research team opted to organise two training events to accommodate the needs of Slovak educators.
Both training events were supported by the non-profit organisation “We Teach with Hardware,” which facilitated the recruitment of in-service Slovak teachers.
The primary scope of the training 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.
23 Slovak educators from primary, lower and upper secondary education, originating from either Informatics or Arts disciplines, participated in the 1st training event
The 1st training event had 7 phases:
- Face-to-face session at the premises of Comenius University on April 19th, 2024
- Asynchronous activities from April 20 till May 3, 2024
- Face-to-face session at the premises of Comenius University on May 4th, 2024
- Asynchronous activities from May 5 till 17, 2024
- Face-to-face session at the premises of Comenius University on May 18th, 2024
- Asynchronous activities from May 19 till June 10, 2024
- Two Online synchronous sessions (Zoom) on June 14th and 15th, 2024.
18 Slovak educators from primary, lower and upper secondary education, originating from either Informatics or Arts disciplines, participated in the 2nd training event
The 2nd training event had 5 phases:
- Face-to-face session at the premises of Comenius University on October 12th, 2024
- Asynchronous activities from October 13 till 25, 2024
- Online synchronous session (Zoom) on October 26th, 2024
- Asynchronous activities from October 27 till November 15th, 2024
- Online synchronous session (Zoom) on November 16th, 2024
The trainers at both training events were:
- Karolína Miková, associate professor at Comenius University in Bratislava
- Zuzana Kubincová, professor at Comenius University in Bratislava
- Jakub Krcho, PhD. Student at Comenius University in Bratislava
At the 2nd training event, an extra trainer was:
- Barbora Stenová, PhD. Student at Comenius University in Bratislava
