GLOBAL excursion

Full name: GLOBAL excursion
Homepage: http://www.globalexcursion-project.eu/
Department: Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems
Start date: 2011. 09. 01.
End date: 2014. 02. 28.

Project manager

Barbara Kieslinger

Members

Kitti Varga: Address: 1132 Budapest, Victor Hugo u. 18-22.
Room number: VH 029
Phone: +36 1 279 6075
E-mail: varga.kittiEZT_TOROLJE_KI@EZT_TOROLJE_KIsztaki.mta.hu
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Participants

- Zentrum für Soziale Innovation - ZSI, Austria

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
European Schoolnet EUN, Belgium
Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
University of Cambridge, UK
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Agora Systems, Spain

Description

GLOBAL excursion is a new way to science education. In this project we will introduce e-Infrastructures to educators and their pupils between 14-18 years of age (upper stage school). The driving themes currently are Nano- and bio-technologies, as well as volunteer computing and life sciences with an interdisciplinary focus especially including ethical, legal and social aspects (ELSA).

The aims of GLOBAL excursion are basically twofold: on the one hand we envision to enrich science teaching in European schools and on the other hand we offer researchers and their institutions a promotion channel towards a school audience. Via a central web portal, called the Virtual Science Hub - “ViSH” we will provide scientists, teachers and their pupils as well as policy makers a package of activities, materials, and tools for enabling the integration of e-Infrastructures into school curricula.