GOLABZ: TOWARDS A FEDERATION OF ONLINE LABS FOR INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION AT SCHOOL

Diana Dikke (1) , Eleftheria Tsourlidaki (2) , Panagiotis Zervas (3) , Yiwei Cao (4) , Nils Faltin (1) , Sofoklis Sotiriou (2) , Demetrios G. Sampson (5)

1 imc AG
2 Ellinogermaniki Agogi
3 CERTH - Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
4 IMC - information multimedia communication IMC AG
5 ITI-Piraeus - Informatics and Telematics Institute

This paper represents a repository for online laboratories, learning applications and Inquiry Learning Spaces (ILS) towards introducing Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) in schools. In the first part, a classification scheme for online labs and a methodology for creating a federation of online labs are described. In the second part, technical implementation of the defined classification in the Go-Lab Repository is represented. In the third part, a usage scenario is described targeting science teachers of primary and secondary schools, who want to use online labs in their classroom activities. In sum, this paper aims at communicating the pedagogical background and advantages of the represented approach, as well as opportunities opened up by the Go-Lab Repository for teachers practicing inquiry-based learning activities in their classes.

Keywords: Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL); Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE); school education; online laboratories; federation of online labs; metadata; classification; online lab repository; Inquiry Learning Space (ILS); usage scenario; Big Ideas of Science

Domains: Education

Diana Dikke, Eleftheria Tsourlidaki, Panagiotis Zervas, Yiwei Cao, Nils Faltin, et al.. GOLABZ: TOWARDS A FEDERATION OF ONLINE LABS FOR INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION AT SCHOOL. 6th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN 2014), Jul 2014, Barcelona, Spain. ⟨hal-01205289⟩