Are you an Educator? A school principal? A VET provider? An educational policy maker? Or are you just curious, eh?

This workshop is for YOU!

Here is why:

STE(A)M education grew out of STEM education, where the “A” is a term that represents fields such as liberal arts, language arts, social studies, physical arts, fine arts etc. and its aim is to apply creative thinking to STEM projects, igniting students’ imagination and creativity through the arts. Although it is commonly accepted that basic STEM competences are critical for succeeding in most of the technical, engineering and even managerial jobs, several studies have shown that the without the “Αrts” it is impossible for students to reach their full potential!

The workshop “STE(A)M Education practices and competences” will be organised by the STEAMonEdu project consortium on 8 October at 10:00-11:30 CET as part of the ALL DIGITAL Summit.You need to register for the Summit to be able to join the workshop.

On the occasion of the ALL DIGITAL Summit 2020, on 8 October the STEAMonEdu project team organised a workshop within the thematic stream CERTIFICATION. The workshop STE(A)M Education Practices and Competences was mainly targeting teachers, trainers, educators, researchers in educational methods and techniques, educational authorities, policy-makers and institutions, to enhance knowledge and understanding of the project’s ambition and expected outreach.

The workshop was moderated by Prof. Achilles Kameas, in his twofold role of the Chair of the ALL DIGITAL Board and Scientific Coordinator of the STEAMonEdu project, with support from Katrin Schuberth of Helliwood and Tiziana Parretti of ALL DIGITAL. Representatives of all project partners contributed to the delivery of the workshop and spoke about different aspects of the project:

• Overview of the STEAMonEdu project – Achilles Kameas, HOU (Presentation)
• Basics of STE(A)M education – Spyros Papadakis, RDEWG (Presentation)
• Characteristics of a STE(A)M education good practice – Paolo Russo, SGI (Presentation)
• Towards a common understanding of a STE(A)M education practice evaluation framework (interactive session) – Gabriela Ford, EOS Romania (Presentation)
• STE(A)M education best practices – Paolo Russo, SGI & Esther Subias, COLECTIC (Presentation)
• STE(A)M education competence framework – Natalia Spyropoulou, HOU (Presentation)
• Towards a common understanding of a STE(A)M education  competence framework (interactive session) – Natalia Spyropoulou, HOU
• The STEAMonEdu community of STE(A)M educators – Esther Subias, COLECTIC (Presentation I and Presentation II)

The workshop alternated a series of front presentations delivered by scientific experts with successful video stories and best practices. The entire consortium was involved, delivering key information  ranging from the basic aspects of STE(A)M education to exploring competence-based tools, the STE(A)M education competence framework, principles and criteria to evaluate practices, policy instruments and key features to enhance transferability.

Particularly relevant was the opportunity to see the applicability of STE(A)M education. Project partners presented six best practices gathered from different Member States, showing the adoption of STE(A)M initiatives, to enable workshop participants to observe practical outcomes and shiny examples. The digital dimension of the workshop allowed the delivery of an extensive module, which was deemed crucial to maintain the attention high and on the spot, on STE(A)M Education and its potential in transnational integrated training programmes. As STE(A)M Education is practical, omni-comprehensive and based on a problem-oriented approach, it endeavours a social change, transferability of results and sustainable development, encouraging collaboration and a holistic approach to learning. The key message is to foster the coexistence and integration of different disciplines and contribute to the education of highly skilled professionals, able to tackle the growing challenges of continuously evolving business needs.

Among the successful stories, the Turtle Coding Box created by Aktion Mensch and implemented by our project partner Helliwood in Germany, was also presented. The product is a shiny example of the possible initiatives combining STE(A)M disciplines in educational projects addressing young target groups. The Turtle Coding Box received the ALL DIGITAL Award 2020 in the Best Digital Resource Category.

Would you like to be involved in the project activities? Join our STEAMonEdu Community!

The recordings of the Summit plenary sessions and other workshops are available on ALL DIGITAL YouTube Channel.

By ALL DIGITAL

Did you miss our workshop on 8 October at the ALL DIGITAL Summit? We repeated it on 2 December!

No transition to STEM or STE(A)M education will ever be possible without the active and full involvement of educators. As teaching strategies are changing, educators need to update their competence profiles in order to face STE(A)M education challenges. That is why the STEAMonEdu project partners have nominated educators as pillars of STE(A)M education and are committed to supporting their professional development. How are they doing it? Watch the workshop to learn!

PROGRAMME

00:00:00 Welcome and presentation of the agenda. Scope and overview of the STEAMonEdu project. Achilles Kameas, HOU
00:11:48 Basics of STE(A)M education. Spyros Papadakis, RDEWG
00:25:37 Characteristics of a STE(A)M education good practice. Paolo Russo, SGI
00:32:20 Towards a common understanding of a STE(A)M education practice evaluation framework. Cornelia Popescu, EOS Romania
00:40:35 STE(A)M education best practices. Paolo Russo, SGI

• Practice 1. Makers in the classroom at Raval district. Pep Oliveras, Spain
• Practice 2. Visions of the future / Science fiction (STEΑM oriented). Evaggelia Kounavi, Greece
• Practice 3. GoodNews not FakeNews. Silvia Mazzeo, Italy
• Practice 4. Scratch și….. Gool. Gabriela Crisan, Romania
• Practice 5. Turtle Coding Box. Benjamin Beuster, Germany

01:07:35 STE(A)M IT Project. Eleni Myrtsioti, European SchoolNet
01:17:05 STE(A)M education competence framework. Natalia Spyropoulou, HOU
01:26:17 Join the STEAMonEdu community of STE(A)M educators. Esther Subias, Colectic
01:30:30 Closing. Achilles Kameas, HOU

Watch the workshop:

The event, in hybrid format, is within the 2021 social internet day #Jdis21, where Esther Subias from Colectic, Claudia Matera from ALL DIGITAL, Achilles Kameas from Hellenic Open University, Cornelia Popescu from Fundatia EOS Romania, Katrin Schuberth from Helliwood media & education and Paolo Russo from Stati Generali dell’Innovazione will present the European framework and approaches to STE(A)M education in the session “STEAMonEdu for digital inclusion: project results”.

The Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia (Spain), through the Xarxa Punt TIC and the Secretariat of Digital Policies, are pleased to invite you to be an active part of the conference.

During the conference, will be presented the most relevant results of the project and how STEAMonEdu works to strengthen a network of people interested in the field and offers the opportunity to share their experiences.

Time for interactive workshops will take place from 12:15 pm to 13:45 pm.

Additionally, the workshop “Free software tools and resources: the Punt TIC experience” will be focused on free software and tools helpful to work and share results, with open standards to facilitate cooperation. These opportunities can allow wider control over the computer, data and privacy.

From the Punt TIC experience, we’ll explore how it can be implemented in telecenters.

A second workshop on “SteamOnEdu and the telecenters: exploring the intersections” will be focused on how the professional profile of digital trainers and facilitators influences and matters. And to which extent sharing ideas, experiences, activities, resources, networks and dialogue is an element that makes a difference.

The STEAMonEdu project has explored all these avenues as ICT Point Network. Now is time to share, analyze the results, see how we can improve our impact on the citizens we interact with and answer some questions such as: Is the STEAM profile essential in a telecentre?

Registration for the final event session at #JdIS21.

For any questions, feel free to contact steamonedu@colectic.coop.

By Colectic