{"id":19,"date":"2022-05-24T08:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T08:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/front-matter\/sissejuhatus\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:10:33","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>STEM Digitalis project<\/h2>\r\nSTEM \u2013 DIGITALIS is an Erasmus+ project that aims at designing and developing blended learning environments for teaching prospective science teachers advanced STEM topics. In particular five STEM digital scenarios have been developed as illustrated in the following table:\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\"><strong>Digital scenario<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\"><strong>Topic<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\"><strong>Leader partner<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Energy at Home<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">TLU<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Interferometry<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">LUH<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Climate Change<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">UoC<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS4<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Water<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DCU<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS5<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Ocean batteries &amp; energy farms<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">RUG<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nIn order integrate the digital STEM scenarios developed into blended learning environments, we made use of two digital tools:\r\n\r\na) the <strong><em>Pressbook<\/em><\/strong> which provides an organized way to present each of the digital scenario per units and allows the integration of diverse digital tools such as the H5P exercises, interactive images and maps, digital worksheets etc.\r\n\r\nb) the <strong><em>LePlanner<\/em><\/strong> which provides an overview of each unit and supports and guides the users during the blended implementation of each scenario. Specifically, LePlanner provides information regarding the mode of each activity \u2013 if it is an in class or an off class activity \u2013 the duration of each activity, the equipment needed, the links for each digital resource etc.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_334\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-334 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Fig-1.-The-STEM-DIGITALIS-open-educational-platform.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"322\" \/> <em>Fig 1. The STEM DIGITALIS open educational platform<\/em>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIn addition to the aforementioned tools, each scenario is accompanied by an educator guide in a pdf form that aims at supporting the educators in the blended implementation of each scenario by providing hints and alternatives.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-374\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/UoC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"30\" \/>\u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-375\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/luh_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"30\" \/>\u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-376\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/rug-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"30\" \/>\u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-377\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/tlu-logo_en-300x62-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"30\" \/>\u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-378\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/DCU_TealHorizLarge-768x398-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"30\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h2>STEM Digitalis project<\/h2>\n<p>STEM \u2013 DIGITALIS is an Erasmus+ project that aims at designing and developing blended learning environments for teaching prospective science teachers advanced STEM topics. In particular five STEM digital scenarios have been developed as illustrated in the following table:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\"><strong>Digital scenario<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\"><strong>Topic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\"><strong>Leader partner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Energy at Home<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">TLU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Interferometry<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">LUH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Climate Change<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">UoC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Water<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DCU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">DS5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Ocean batteries &amp; energy farms<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">RUG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In order integrate the digital STEM scenarios developed into blended learning environments, we made use of two digital tools:<\/p>\n<p>a) the <strong><em>Pressbook<\/em><\/strong> which provides an organized way to present each of the digital scenario per units and allows the integration of diverse digital tools such as the H5P exercises, interactive images and maps, digital worksheets etc.<\/p>\n<p>b) the <strong><em>LePlanner<\/em><\/strong> which provides an overview of each unit and supports and guides the users during the blended implementation of each scenario. Specifically, LePlanner provides information regarding the mode of each activity \u2013 if it is an in class or an off class activity \u2013 the duration of each activity, the equipment needed, the links for each digital resource etc.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"wp-image-334 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Fig-1.-The-STEM-DIGITALIS-open-educational-platform.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Fig-1.-The-STEM-DIGITALIS-open-educational-platform.png 560w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Fig-1.-The-STEM-DIGITALIS-open-educational-platform-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Fig-1.-The-STEM-DIGITALIS-open-educational-platform-65x37.png 65w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Fig-1.-The-STEM-DIGITALIS-open-educational-platform-225x129.png 225w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/Fig-1.-The-STEM-DIGITALIS-open-educational-platform-350x201.png 350w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Fig 1. The STEM DIGITALIS open educational platform<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to the aforementioned tools, each scenario is accompanied by an educator guide in a pdf form that aims at supporting the educators in the blended implementation of each scenario by providing hints and alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption alignnone wp-image-374\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-374\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/UoC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/UoC.png 259w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/UoC-65x22.png 65w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/UoC-225x76.png 225w\" \/>\u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-375\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/luh_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"30\" \/>\u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-376\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/rug-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/rug-logo.png 428w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/rug-logo-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/rug-logo-65x18.png 65w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/rug-logo-225x62.png 225w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/rug-logo-350x96.png 350w\" \/>\u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-377\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/tlu-logo_en-300x62-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/tlu-logo_en-300x62-1.png 300w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/tlu-logo_en-300x62-1-65x13.png 65w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/tlu-logo_en-300x62-1-225x47.png 225w\" \/>\u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-378\" src=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/DCU_TealHorizLarge-768x398-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/DCU_TealHorizLarge-768x398-1.png 768w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/DCU_TealHorizLarge-768x398-1-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/DCU_TealHorizLarge-768x398-1-65x34.png 65w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/DCU_TealHorizLarge-768x398-1-225x117.png 225w, https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/DCU_TealHorizLarge-768x398-1-350x181.png 350w\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[14],"contributor":[],"license":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/19\/revisions\/450"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/19\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.htk.tlu.ee\/stem\/stem2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}