Professor A. Kameas, founder and director of DAISSy, was invited to participate in the 8th episode of Scientix TV. He stressed the need to develop the competences of STE(A)M educators and presented the outcomes of project STEAMonEdu that was coordinated by DAISSy (σύνδεσμος στην ιστοσελίδα του έργου).
You can watch the entire 8th episode of Scientix TV here (σύνδεσμος ΥΤ).
On the 14th of October 2021, within the 14th ALL DIGITAL Summit, a unique platform for the European digital inclusion sector, took place the STEAMonEdu project final conference, gathering more than 400 registered participants. EU policy makers, ALL DIGITAL members, EU stakeholders and private companies, academics, educators, and young people had the opportunity to get to know the results of the STEAMonEdu project by attending the STEAMonEdu – Increasing the adoption and impact of STE(A)M education by the professional development of STE(A)M educators conference. The event focused on three main aspects, all related with STE(A)M education: the results from STEAMonEdu project; the current innovations within STE(A)M education; and the future challenges in the field.
STE(A)M education nurtures critical thinking skills which are crucial in critical phases of societies to overcome problems and innovate thanks to a creative mindset. This interdisciplinary approach integrates the analytical and the creative thinking, stimulates the development of convergent and divergent skills at the same time, stimulating both the right and left side of the human brain. STE(A)M education prepares learners for current and future careers independently from the sector or field of interest and life when dealing with complex situations.
Participants to the event gained knowledge on the latest achievements, EU positions and action plans to support and facilitate an increase adoption of integrated STE(A)M within the educational system. Prof. Achilles Kameas, the scientific coordinator of STEAMonEdu project, gave an overview of the activities of the project, highlighting its important achievements.
Then, during the first session of the event, project partners presented in detail the project outcomes: the STE(A)M educators’ competence framework and STE(A)M readiness Self-Assessment Tool, the STE(A)M education framework and body of knowledge, the MOOC and the online platform that hosts the Community of Practice of STE(A)M educators.
Two excellent keynote speakers educated the audience in the basics of STE(A)M education and the latest policy developments. EU policy officer Dr. Anusca Ferrari, DG EAC, through her keynote speech shed light on the EU objectives and initiatives: “We set STEM as a priority for cooperation projects in Higher Education in the Erasmus+ 2021 Work Programme.” Professor Anastasios Mikropoulos, University of Ioannina, highlighted the need for and importance of combining STEM and STE(A)M education to stimulate citizens in being able to solve real problems, introducing the circular process needed to facilitate the integration.
The brief presentation of projects on STE(A)M-related topics led to a very interesting panel with the participation of experts each representing a different stakeholder’s perspective. The panel was moderated by Prof. Achilles Kameas, who engaged the panelists in discussions about reaching a common understanding of STE(A)M education, designing the policies to achieve its widespread adoption and identifying the means and resources to reach it. The panelists were:
Integrated STE(A)M sounds the next urgent goal within the field, where disciplines can be merged with a balance between them. STEM and STE(A)M is one of the priorities of the 2030 Digital Compass supported by a variety of initiatives announced as part of the European Skills Agenda, European Education Area and the Digital Education Action Plan with the aim of upskilling educators, facilitate women in accessing STEM careers and train professionals to solve real world problems.
Educators feel the need to tune into a STE(A)M mindset where integrate approaches, blend skills and knowledge into a more dynamic and flexible way of teaching and supporting learners in developing skills. During the panel discussion it has been stressed the strategic understanding of the field to avoid educating only some generations. At the opposite, STE(A)M education should refer to all generations.
The event concluded with the presentation of STE(A)M education best practices by the educators themselves. STEAMonEdu project is significant project not only thanks to the tools and outputs it developed that contribute to adopting STE(A)M approaches and methodologies within education, but also because it placed educators (teachers and trainers) at the heart of its activities and focused on their professional development.
The full recording of the session is available here:
https://summit.all-digital.org/programme-2021-2/
Information about STEAMonEdu project
The STEAMonEdu project aims to increase the adoption and impact of STE(A)M education by investing in the community of practice and the professional development of educators and the pillars of implementation of STE(A)M education policies. Supporting educators’ professional development through the developed blended training programme and the exchange of experience, collaboration and creative work of the community supported by an online peer learning and crowdsourcing platform. The consortium has developed the STE(A)M education framework, Educators’ profile, and Self-Assessment STEAM, including competencies, policies and methodologies. Find out more at:
Information about ALL DIGITAL
The Summit was organised by ALL DIGITAL – a Brussels-based network of organisations working to enhance digital skills of Europeans. Established in 2007 as an informal thematic network, in 2010 became a formal international non-profit association. Thirteen years later, ALL DIGITAL is a major European Association in the field of digital inclusion and empowerment, but also a family united by one purpose: empower Europe through digital skills.
The Panhellenic and International Conference on “STE(A)M Educators & Education” will take place only online (via WebEx) from Friday, 7 May 2021 until Sunday, 9 May 2021 (Conference hours: 08:00-18:30 CET). Selected sessions will be broadcasted via YouTube, too.
You can find more information about the conference together with program updates and the links to join in the conference website: https://steamonedu.eu/el/steam2021conference/.
The Conference is held under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Education and is co-organised by the Regional Centre for Educational Planning of Western Greece (PE.K.ES. D.E.), Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus”, (C.T.I.) and Hellenic Open University (H.O.U.).
The Conference is co-chaired by Dr. Achilleas Kameas, Professor of H.O.U. and Dr. Spyridon Papadakis, Organizational Coordinator of PEKES Western Greece. It is supported by the project “STEAMonEdu: Competence development of STE(A)M educators through online tools and communities” (https://steamonedu.eu/).
The Conference is also supported by the Regional Directorate of Education (PDE) of Western Greece, the international teacher community Scientix (http://www.scientix.eu/) and the projects “STEAM-IT” (http://steamit.eun.org/), “CHOICE” (https://www.euchoice.eu/) & “GEMIN” (https://gem-in.eu/en/), which are funded by the European Programme Erasmus+/KA3/Forward Looking Cooperation Projects in the fields of Education and Training, the Hellenic Education Society for S.T.E.M. (E3STEM) (http://e3stem.edu.gr/), the eTwinning Hellenic National Support Service (http://www.etwinning.gr), the Greek School Network (https://www.sch.gr/), as well as 14 Greek Regional Centers for Educational Planning (PEKES).
The Conference is addressed to scientists, teachers and educators of all levels that occupy themselves or are interested in getting occupied with STE(A)M education, researchers and post-graduate students, education executives, professional education and vocational training providers, as well as any person interested in becoming aware of the most up-to-date scientific developments, experience and results regarding the application of the STE(A)M educational approach.
The conference will take place in seven (7) parallel rooms extending over fifteen (15) zones. The programme contains 11 invited talks, 52 presentations of scientific papers, 50 STEAM education practices and 28 special sessions (workshops, panels, round tables etc.). Every day, one room will be fully dedicated to English speaking participants.
Participation to the Conference is free, but registration is required here: https://bit.ly/3rC95je. Join the more than 4.000 people from all 5 continents of the world who have already registered!
To communicate with the Conference organizers, please send an email to steam2021conference@gmail.com
Read the programme of the conference here.
Project STEAMonEdu is being funded under the Erasmus+/KA3 programme and aims to contribute to innovative and cross-disciplinary approaches in implementing STE(A)M education by revising and strengthening the professional profile of the teaching profession. 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.
In this context, STEAMonEdu project has developed the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “STE(A)M education for educators: Design, orchestration and implementation of STE(A)M education”. The Course is based on the five perspectives of the STEAMonedu Competence Framework for STE(A)M educators, which represent the different roles that a STE(A)M educator can have during the educational procedure:
The MOOC is addressed to all individuals who are interested in applying or finding out about STE(A)M education, such as:
MOOC participants will gain knowledge and develop competences in the following areas:
The MOOC will be launched on May 10, 2021.
The effort is estimated to 4 -6 hours per week
English
Participation is open and unlimited. The MOOC offers free (no fee) enrollment to anyone anywhere with network access.
In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, the MOOC will provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to support community interactions among learners, tutors, teaching assistants and mentors, as well as immediate feedback to quick quizzes and assignments.
After the successful completion of the MOOC, you will get a certificate on “STE(A)M education for educators” issued by the Erasmus+ STEAMonEdu Consortium.
Are you interested in joining the MOOC?
For more information about the MOOC and for registration, you may visit https://steamonedu.eu/mooc/
The DAISSy Research Group of Hellenic Open University (HOU) invites you to the webinar titled ‘Competence Needs and Professional Development of STE(A)M Educators’, on 26 March 2021 at 14:30-16:00 CET.
During the event, the key activities, findings and outputs of the Erasmus+ KA3 project “STEAMonEdu: Competence development of STE(A)M educators through online tools and communities’, which is coordinated by DAISSy Research Group, will be presented.
The agenda highlights the three aspects of the project, namely:
The event is organized within the All Digital Week campaign and it will take place in English.
Registration form and programme of the event can be found here: https://steamonedu.eu/news/steamonedu-webinar-26march/
For more information regarding STEAMonEdu project and other DAISSy activities:
Παρασκευή 4 Δεκεμβρίου – Ώρα: 17:00 – 19:00Η Ερευνητική Ομάδα DAISSy του ΕΑΠ, σε συνεργασία με το ΙΤΥΕ «Διόφαντος» και το ΠΕΚΕΣ Δυτ. Ελλάδας, διοργανώνει διαδικτυακή ημερίδα με θέμα “Το πλαίσιο ανάπτυξης Ικανοτήτων των Εκπαιδευτικών για Εκπαίδευση STE(A)M”. Το συντονισμό της Ημερίδας έχουν οι Δρ. Σπυρίδων Παπαδάκης, Οργανωτικός Συντονιστής ΠΕΚΕΣ Δυτικής Ελλάδας και Δρ. Αχιλλέας Καμέας, Καθηγητής ΕΑΠ.
Η Ημερίδα διεξάγεται στο πλαίσιο του έργου “STEAMonEdu: Competence development of STE(A)M educators through online tools and communities” (https://steamonedu.eu/) και απευθύνεται σε εκπαιδευτικούς και εκπαιδευτές όλων των βαθμίδων που ασχολούνται ή ενδιαφέρονται να ασχοληθούν με την εκπαίδευση STE(A)M, ερευνητές και μεταπτυχιακούς φοιτητές, διευθυντές σχολικών μονάδων, παρόχους επαγγελματικής εκπαίδευσης και κατάρτισης αλλά και σε οποιοδήποτε άτομο ενδιαφέρεται να ενημερωθεί σχετικά με τη τέχνη της εκπαίδευσης STE(A)M.
Η Ημερίδα θα λάβει χώρα διαδικτυακά μέσω της πλατφόρμας Webex Meetings (για τα πρώτα 1000 άτομα που θα εγγραφούν). Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για την Ημερίδα θα βρείτε εδώ. Το Πρόγραμμα της Ημερίδας βρίσκεται εδώ.
Η συμμετοχή είναι δωρεάν. Όσα άτομα συμμετάσχουν θα λάβουν βεβαίωση παρακολούθησης. Οι κωδικοί και η βεβαίωση συμμετοχής θα σταλούν μόνο σε όσα άτομα εγγραφούν στην Ημερίδα.
Εγγραφείτε στην Ημερίδα εδώ.
Our project STEAMonEdu – “Competence development of STE(A)M educators through online tools and communities” aims to increase the adoption and impact of STE(A)M education by investing in the professional development of educators and in establishing a community of stakeholders.
To this end, the project drafted a Competence Framework for STE(A)M Educators, which
The online survey aims to validate and possibly enhance the Competence Framework for STE(A)M educators. We are looking for responses from:
English | Català | Deutsch | Eλληνικά | Español | Italiano | Româna
It should take about 20-30 min to complete the survey, depending on how familiar someone is with the topic. But it is possible to work on it in different sessions because the tool allows you to “save now and continue later”.
The STEAMonEdu project is co-funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union (Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects Agreement n°: 612911 Project n°: 612911-EPP-1-2019-1-EL-EPPKA3-PI-FORWARD).
More information about the project is available at https://steamonedu.eu/.
On Friday October 2nd, 2020, the STE(A)M IT project organized its 2nd co-creation workshop. The 60 participants attending included representatives from 6 companies, 14 Ministries of Education, as well as 8 experts in STEM Education, 5 researchers and 15 teachers. All participants had the opportunity to discuss and exchange on the status and development of the STE(A)M Integrated framework and the enrichments of its various components.
Achilles Kameas presented the achievements of STEAMonEdu project, which is coordinated by DAISSy research group.
You can find more about the workshop here.
Achilles’ presentation can be found here.
You can find more about the STEAMonEdu project and join its community here.
Έχετε ακούσει ποτέ για την τέχνη της εκπαίδευσης STE(A)M;
Είστε εκπαιδευτικός; Διευθυντής σχολείου; Πάροχος Επαγγελματικής Εκπαίδευσης και Κατάρτισης; Διαμορφωτής εκπαιδευτικής πολιτικής; Ή είστε απλώς περίεργος;
Αυτό το εργαστήριο είναι για ΣΑΣ!
Εδώ είναι γιατί:
Η εκπαίδευση STE(A)M εξελίχθηκε από την εκπαίδευση STEM, όπου το “A” είναι ένας όρος που αντιπροσωπεύει τομείς όπως οι φιλελεύθερες τέχνες, οι γλωσσικές τέχνες, οι κοινωνικές μελέτες, οι φυσικές τέχνες, οι καλές τέχνες κ.λπ. και ο στόχος της είναι να ενσωματώσει τη δημιουργική σκέψη σε έργα STEM και να οδηγήσει στην ανάφλεξη της φαντασίας και της δημιουργικότητας των μαθητών μέσω των τεχνών. Αν και είναι κοινώς αποδεκτό ότι οι βασικές ικανότητες STEM είναι κρίσιμες για την επιτυχία στις περισσότερες από τις τεχνικές, μηχανικές, ακόμη και διευθυντικές εργασίες, αρκετές μελέτες έχουν δείξει ότι, χωρίς τις «Τέχνες», είναι αδύνατο για τους μαθητές να αξιοποιήσουν πλήρως τις δυνατότητές τους!
Αλλά μάντεψε! Καμία μετάβαση στην εκπαίδευση STEM ή STE(A)M δεν θα είναι ποτέ δυνατή χωρίς την ενεργό και πλήρη συμμετοχή των εκπαιδευτικών. Καθώς οι στρατηγικές διδασκαλίας αλλάζουν, οι εκπαιδευτικοί πρέπει να ενημερώσουν τα προφίλ ικανοτήτων τους προκειμένου να αντιμετωπίσουν τις εκπαιδευτικές προκλήσεις που απορρέουν από την εκπαίδευση STE(A)M.
Αυτός είναι ο λόγος για τον οποίο οι εταίροι του έργου STEAMonEdu έχουν ορίσει τους εκπαιδευτικούς ως πυλώνες της εκπαίδευσης STE(A)M και έχουν δεσμευτεί να υποστηρίξουν την επαγγελματική τους ανάπτυξη. Κοιτάξτε το πρόγραμμα αυτού του εργαστηρίου για να μάθετε πώς:
Μην το σκέφτεστε δύο φορές! Εγγραφείτε τώρα, διαφορετικά θα χάσετε την παγκόσμια πρεμιέρα του πλαισίου εκπαιδευτικών ικανοτήτων STE(A)M! Κάντε κλικ εδώ: https://summit.all-digital.org/registration/ – θα σας περιμένουμε έως τη Δευτέρα 5 Οκτωβρίου.
Γίνετε μέλος της διαδικτυακής κοινότητας εκπαιδευτικών STE(A)M! Κάντε κλικ εδώ: https://steamonedu.eu/
Μπορείτε να ανταλλάξετε εμπειρίες και βέλτιστες πρακτικές. Μπορείτε να μοιραστείτε τα έργα σας STE(A)M (φωτογραφίες επίσης). Μπορείτε να πείτε τις ιδέες και τις απόψεις σας – θα ληφθούν υπόψη!
Και αν θέλετε περισσότερο STE(A)M, δείτε τι κάνουμε και ακολουθήστε μας:
Facebook: STEAMonEdu
Twitter: @STEAMonEdu, #STEAMonEdu
Συντονιστές:
Achilles Kameas & Katrin Schuberth
On July 17, at the IISA2020 Conference, Natalia Spyropoulou and Achilles Kameas, members of the STEAMonEdu project team of Daissy Research Team / Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus” (CTI), presented the scientific paper “Investigating the role of STE(A)M Educators: a case study in Greece”.
The IISA (Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications) Conference was the eleventh in a series of international conferences, which offers a forum for the constructive interaction and prolific exchange of ideas among scientists and practitioners from different research fields – such as computers, mathematics, physics, biology, education, chemistry, experimental psychology, social sciences, linguistics, and engineering.
The presented paper summarized a study that compares the outcomes of previous research with the results of a survey of 59 Greek educators, who have implemented STE(A)M-related courses. Based on the responses through the specially designed close-ended questionnaire, the educators’ perceptions were identified and analyzed. Based on these, the authors assessed the importance of different traits and competences that a STE(A)M educator should have. Furthermore, the research showed evidence that there are some differences in educators’ perceptions depending on their academic background, mostly on teaching and professional development aspects.
The presentation led to a fruitful exchange of ideas during the discussion that followed, also causing strong interest of the participants for the activities and future actions of STEAMonEdu project related to the development of the competence framework for STE(A)M educators and the training curriculum to support their professional development.
You can find out more about STEAMonEdu and DAISSy Research Group activities here: