A new design project focused on building STEM learning tools has been introduced to the Media Communications department in CIT. This project was developed by the department in conjunction with the UMI-Sci-Ed project to support piloting activities. Final-year students completing a degree in Creative Digital Media have been tasked with designing and prototyping a tool […]
Towards the end of the summer, researchers from the Nimbus Centre conducted a prototyping workshop with a group of forty-seven transition year students. Working in collaboration with CIT Enterprise Camp, a series of session took place over the course of a week at the CIT main campus. These workshops are part of the greater piloting […]
Two special sessions have been included in the programme of ALL DIGITAL Summit 2017 aiming at increasing the impact of the UMI-Sci-Ed project by transferring its results in the non-formal science education sector. The Workshop “How to use UMI (Ubiquitous, Mobile, IoT) technology to promote STEM education” aims to introduce the participants to UMI (Ubiquitous, […]
This summer, the preliminary work done by the UMI-Sci-Ed partnership will begin to be implemented through the first UMI pilots. Our educational materials and kits will be launched at a summer camp in Ireland and in classrooms in Finland this August. The training techniques are built around the Arduino platform and Communities of Practice methodologies. […]
The momentum of computing education especially in lower secondary schools is growing, offering UMI-Sci-Ed project the possibility to increase its impact. Regarding formal computing education in Norway, the Norwegian Ministry for Education and Research has initiated a national pilot project with computer programming as an elective subject in lower secondary schools. The pilot will last […]
The 8th Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2017), “Challenging the Transition from the Classic to the Emerging in the Engineering Education” was organized in Athens, Greece during April 26-28 with preconference Workshops running on April 25. In the context of IEEE EDUCON 2017, UMI-Sci-Ed project partners, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and […]
The NTNU UMI-Sci-Ed team had a busy start of the year presenting the project at a number of public university events. We started the year with IDIovation, the event held to celebrate the new Department of Computer Science at NTNU, after the merging with three university colleges. The event was attended by approximately 200 participants, […]
Workshop on engaging children into joyful design and making of interactive connected objects Make2Learn with IoT is organised in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC). The workshop will take place on June 27th, 2017 in Stanford, CA. The Make2Learn with IoT workshop aims to explore the introduction in the […]
Over the past two decades, Tangible Interaction has grown as a field of study to be the subject of prolific and visionary research across the globe. The focus of this research has been widely varied, from assisted living to art installations. Tangibles for learning, however, have been a consistent theme over the years, as the […]
Have you ever heard of the term Community of Practice (CoP)? Do you know what it is? In truth, most of you reading this will probably never have heard of it! It may seem like a completely new phenomenon but in truth, the term has been around for many years now. It was first introduced […]