1. UMI-Sci-Ed Exploiting Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Computing and the Internet of Things to promote Science Education e- Twinning: Learning to Think in A Digital Society
Workshop 10
“UMI-Sci Ed: Ιntroduction on Communities of Practice Αctions”
Senior Researcher, Research Associate of Research Unit 3, Computer Technology Institute & Press "Diophantus“, in Communities of Practice :
Dr Olga Fragou (

3. Knowledge Management and Open and Distance Learning (ODL)
PROBLEMS IN WORK
PRODUCTS
It is connected with the provision of organization, design, motivation, supervision in an organization’s systems, processes, and staff
Documents
Artifacts
Repositories of good practice
Knowledge (individual level)
Knowledge (collaborative level)
Μethodologies
System characteristics
PEOPLE
ORGANISATION
TECHNOLOGY
PROCESSES
RELATIONSHIPS

4. What shapes a Community of Practice (CoP)
practice/work
open
competence
constant
work triggered
individual working identity
sustainable
“ an environment on which the members have already set their rules, their models of ethics, the accepted behavior and thus shape a relationship of trust , sharing and respect” ( Wenger, 2002)

5. Characteristics of Community of Practice
concepts
actions
tools
artifacts
communication
narratives

6. Goals of UMI-Sci-Ed CoPs
UMI-Sci-Ed Communities of Practice (CoPs):
are formed dynamically around UMI projects implemented at schools, including representatives of all necessary stakeholders.
focus on developing a fully integrated training environment for years old students based on a selection of methodological processes and UMI applications.
Involve an open repository of educational material, training activities, a platform to support CoPs through socialization, educational material, entrepreneurship training, showcases, self-evaluation, mentoring, and conceptualisation of content and information management.

7. Methodology of building UMI-Sci-Ed CoPs

8. UMI-Sci-Ed CoPs preliminary activities Y1
Definition of research sample - Selection of participating schools, definition of involvement protocol (e.g. application form, ethics procedure), specification of numbers of participating students and teachers.
Composition of schedule - Specification of a work plan for the design, execution and evaluation of pilot studies with activities assigned to stakeholders taking into account local constraints (e.g. acceptable duration of a pilot study in every country)
Specification of infrastructure for developing the UMI-Sci-Ed scenarios - Design and authoring of training materials having in mind the students’ idiosyncrasies (e.g. technological and educational profile), composition of technologies employed in the pilot studies over Arduino and communities of practice.

9. UMI-Sci-Ed Initial Educational Material

10. UMI-Sci-Ed ES : Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes
The structure of computer based sensoring system
The practice of scientific research
Fundamental features of IoT (sensing, connectivity etc)
Simple enabling technologies
SKILLS
Programming skills
Data collection skills
Data analysis skills
Hardware skills
Project management skills
Scientific thinking skills
IoT programming &web publishing
21st century skills
Building UMI prototypes
Design methods & flexible thinking
Understanding STEM competencies to design
solutions
Research & understanding a societal problem
Leadership skills
Creative problem solving
ATTITUDES
Hidden energy consumption & relation to climate change
Bring together scientific consumption & data acquisition
Easiness in programming IoT applications to produce automated machines
Design thinking
Creative thinking
Social challenges awareness
Educational engagement
Entrepreneurship
Usability
Collaboration
Communication of concepts
Critical analysis and reflections

11. Media STEM Education Educational Scenarios
UDOO Neo is a Raspberry Pi and Arduino compatible, credit-card sized board for Internet of Things (IoT) projects. It provides built in Wi-Fi, BlueTooth 4.0 functionality and bares a number of embedded sensors. It supports, Android, GNU/Linux and Arduino™. (
STEM Education
Educational Scenarios

12. UMI-Sci-Ed: small scale pilot research
Small scale pilot research (1st pilot phase - year 2): Developing UMI-Sci-Ed scenarios using technological material and scenarios. Small scale pilot research, so as a) to enable improvement of technology and tools b) to initiate appropriate training to people involved. The involved actions include:
● Focus on knowledge, skills, attitudes
● Prepare appropriate technological material
● Establish infrastructure for communication and collaboration on CoPs
● Conduct small scale pilot research (1 school)
● Amendments and improvement of tools and technology
● Training process

13. CTI Special Interest Group Stakeholders
Educational s/h
Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (
Computer Engineering and Informatics Department in Patras ( ,
Hellenic Open University (
University of Aegean, University of Patras, Technological Institute of Western Greece, Αlexander TEI of Thessaloniki
The Greek Network of Schools (
Greek Scientific Association in ICT in Education,
Industry s/h
Start ups and medium size companies
Local authorities
Municipalities
Schools
General Lyceum Schools, Vocational & Technological Schools

14. Typical examples of CoPs Activities

15. The UMI-Sci-Ed CoPs Platform

16. UMI-Sci-Ed Platform architecture
Social Networks
Educational tools
Support of educational functionalities:
Peer learning
Mentoring
Leadership training
Self-evaluation tests regarding the prospects of a UMI career
Collaboration Tools
Social Login
Sharing module
Web portal
CMS Installation
UMI-Sci-Ed Middleware
Hardware UDOO EDU kits
Educational Tools
Content Repository

17. The UMI-Sci-Ed Platform tools
Blog
Wiki
Forum
Groups
Scenarios
Partners’ file sharing- File Depot

18. UMI-Sci-Ed Platform url : https://umi-sci-ed. cti
UMI-Sci-Ed Platform url : UN: teacher PSWD: teacher2017

19. Thank you! Dr Olga Fragou, fragou@cti.gr
Senior Researcher, Research Associate of Research Unit 3, Computer Technology Institute & Press "Diophantus".
Scientific Associate in Communities of Practice
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