Following the completion of the highly successful summer school for curators (July 2012), a Summer School summer school for educators was hosted by Ellinogemaniki Agogi in Heraklion, Crete. The aim of the last year’s Summer School was to promote the use of inquiry and problem-based approaches to teaching by immersing participating teachers in the process of science-enquiry via their interaction with a unique collection of open digital educational resources (linked with the science curricula the training course methodology aims in the integration of theory and practice.  To achieve this, the summer school schedule included both lectures and hands-on sessions (workshops), to familiarize the trainees with the use of digital tools for learning design. Moreover, attendants were educated on the use of novel learning tools in field trips, through one working session held in the Natural History Museum of Crete.  During the summer school, the participants were trained to design their own educational pathways on the basis of inquiry-based educational approach, and align them with resources.  More specifically, the training course focused on processes of creating innovative learning experiences; use of learning repositories; creation of metadata and research based on metadata; use of learning objects; and significance of social tagging for describing learning pathways and learning objects.  Overall, the summer school managed to prompt the participants to exchange opinions, and to present and share their ideas in a constructive way.

Moments from the Summer School