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© Go-Lab Project - Global Online Science Labs for Inquiry Learning at School
Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)
Global Online Science Labs
for Inquiry Learning in Schools
Victor J. Perez Rubio
Project Administrator & Pedagogical adviser
European Schoolnet
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Project:
Funding: FP7
Duration: 4 years
Nov‘12–Oct‘16
Partners: 19
Countries: 11
www.go-lab-project.eu
What is Go-Lab:
The Go-Lab project makes remote and online laboratories available for
large-scale use in education.
Main aims:
Offer students the opportunity to perform personalized scientific
experiments with online labs.
Offers teachers the possibility to enrich their classroom activities with
demonstrations and access to lab and activities. Access to the online
Go-Lab community is also provided.
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What is Go-Lab & Main aims
Students learning with online labs gain …
more knowledge than students following expository instruction
more advanced knowledge than students who learn in a real lab
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But students need support in the form of
an inquiry learning cycle and inquiry scaffolds (apps)!
de Jong, T. (2006). Computer simulations - Technological advances in inquiry learning. Science, 312, 532-533.
de Jong, T., Linn, M.C., & Zacharia, Z.C. (2013). Physical and virtual laboratories in science and engineering education. Science, 340, 305-308
Online labs are effective!
Inquiry Learning Cycle
Inquiry Learning Space (student view)
Inquiry Learning Scaffolds
Go-Lab Repository
Online labs
Apps
Inquiry Learning Spaces
Authoring Platform (Graasp)
Creating & customizing Inquiry Learning
Spaces
Tutoring Platform
Getting support from
experts in video
sessions
Go-Lab Portal
Go-Lab in the praxis
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15 pilot countries + several international countries
More than 1,200 schools
More than 1,500 teachers
Two pilot phases completed
Third pilot phase happening now
27/02/2016
Go-Lab in the praxis
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Workshops with teachers
SPW 22-24 April
Go-Lab Summer Schools golab.ea.gr
Competition
Online support on golabz.tutoring.eu
Go-Lab Forum
27/02/2016
Teachers:
Expressed their enthusiasm
about the features of Go-Lab
Expressed their willingness
to create ILSs
Need more training in order
to use Go-Lab systematically
Students:
Were very excited with Go-Lab
Were able to use the online
labs and tools in the ILS
Enjoyed their lesson
Expressed their willingness to
use the Go-Lab again in their
future lessons
Go-Lab in the praxis
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Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)
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Thank you for
your attention!
www.go-lab-project.eu
www.golabz.eu
Victor J. Perez-Rubio Project Administrator & Pedagogical Adviser
