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Science Created by You, putting Science in the hands of the learner

Wouter van JoolingenUniversity of Twente

The SCY project

Scientix conference, May 6-8, Brussels

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Main principles in SCY

• SCY is about science learning

• SCY is learning by (collaboratively) creating Emerging Learning Objects

• In SCY Advanced Pedagogical Scenarios allow learners to learn from realistic problems

• SCY has an Adaptive Instructional Approach based on pedagogical agents

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SCY-Lab

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Creating, searching sharing objects

Search for objects Social Tagging

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Emerging Learning Objects

Repository

Data Sets

Experiments

Hypothesis

Field dataModeling tool

Hypothesis

Argument

Argument builder

Chem lab

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Advanced Pedagogical Scenarios

• Model for a complete mission

The Design Challenge, Inquiry Learning, Problem Resolution, Close a Case, Decision

Console, Grasp a Model, Designing an Experimental Procedure, The Big Project, Collaborative Controversies, Co-Learn,

Teaching thinking, Junior-Pro

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OrientationOrientation

ConceptualisationConceptualisation DesignDesign

EvaluationEvaluation

ExperimentExperiment

BuildBuild

ReportingReportingReflectionReflection

Example: Design Challenge

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Pedagogical agents

TuplespaceMonitoring

ELOsActivities

ProcessingObservations

InterventionsScaffolding

Group formation

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SCY current

• SCY-Lab in place (www.scy-net.eu)• Three missions ready

– Climate friendly house– ECOSystems– Healthy Pizza

• Studies in schools ongoing• To come

– Training mission, DNA mission– Reusable SCY tools

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www.scy-net.eu