19 organisations all around Europe are on a mission to map STEAM education outside the classroom in 24 countries as part of the project SySTEM 2020. Little is known about science learning initiatives outside the classrooms while it is very important in educating and forming Europe’s next generation citizens. ZSI is part of this international…
The Energy Social Lab Workshop of the NewHoRRIzon project was having its second workshop (4th and 5th of April 2019) in Payerbach, Reichenau an der Rax (AT). The aim of this second workshop was to evaluate and develop the pilot activities of how to include RRI in the everyday work in the H2020 programme line…
The BLOOM project started with preparing it’s documentary serial on bioeconomy. Episode 1 addresses bioeconomy on wood basis and will be ready soon. The film team visited Lenzing AG and got insights how wood gets converted into fibers or textiles. In each hub the team will pick one example of bioeconomy in Europe and shoot…
The European project DOIT invites all young social innovators and makers from 14 to 16 years! Within our online action, we we will work on challenges on the topic “Living Together”. We start at 25th of March four weeks, with weekly inputs and time to chat (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16:00 CET). No need to register!…
The first rollout activity of DOIT has startet: the after-school kids from the Volksschule Gröbming were summarizing what they would like to try out and test from the DOIT project pilots. Thus till the 12th of March we and the Elternverein Gröbming will select the most fitting methods and tools from the pilots and test…
ZSI is organizing the 2nd Social Lab RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) workshops on Energy (4-5 April) and Infrastructure (10-11 April) at the premises of Hotel Flackl which is located in Reichenau in the Rax-Mountain Region. The NewHoRRIzon social labs have created in the first workshops some co-create tailor-made pilot actions that stimulate an increased…
A collection of different videoclips and insights into the work of students with the eCraf2Learn environment can be viewed in several video clips. View the collection on YouTube.
The BLOOM project brings the “Boosting Bioeconomy Knowldge in Schools” online course to you! he BLOOM project offers a 4 modules course starting on 4th of March 2019 and which is free to join. The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is built around five lesson plans dedicated to different STEM subjects created by 20 teachers…
In the framework of the DOIT project and in cooperation with SERA (Social Services of the region of Liezen, Austria) and the ku:L (Cultural Association in Öblarn), children were adapting the DOIT monster pilot to their region and have created some ‘Krampusse’ – traditional devils, that guide St. Nikolaus on the evening of the 5th…
ZSI extends the eCraft2Learn toolbox with knowledge discovery tool for maker resources on instructables.com The maker movement is gaining traction in recent years, and maker platforms like instructables.com are valuable repositories for maker education resources. However, in face of the vast amounts of non-curated contents, facilitators struggle to find suitable materials for their students. For…
eCraft2Learn invites you to join its hands-on workshop, held as a preconference activity of the 18th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. A similar workshop has been held earlier this year at the Interaction Design for Children Conference, IDC18. Workshop time and date: 09:30 – 17:30, 22 Nov 2018 Workshop place: Light a…
In the framework of the MiniMaker Fair 2019 in Salzburg, ZSI and Salzburg Research cooperated in setting up a common stand for digital education and entrepreneurship. During the one day fair (10. November) approx. 800 visitors joined the fair, interested in making, technology and science. The main focus of the fair was to let children…
… if so, then join us (eCraft2Learn project) the 2nd MiniMaker Fair in Salzburg on the 10th of November at the TriBühne Lehen (Tulpenstraße 1, 5020 Salzburg) from 10:00 bis 18:00 Uhr – entrance is free.
Among 1000s of EU projects, ZSI has been selected among the top 10 institutes within the ‘Best Early Stage innovation’ category of the Innovation Radar Prize 2018 for its eCraft2Learn project funded under Horizon 2020. This project developed innovative padagogical models for better learning outcomes by making use of technology and the maker movement principles….
EU policymakers are negotiating Europe’s next long-term budget. Sign the #SIDeclaration today to tell them that Europe needs innovation to benefit everyone. While industries like pharmaceuticals and automotive are good at getting decision-makers’ attention, the social innovation community – a broad movement of people and organisations innovating for public benefit – often has less influence….
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