BEACONING Requirements – Questionnaires for pilots end-users
Posted by Francois Mohier
As regards the gathering of information concerning Schools, Teachers, Students and Parents, questionnaires were designed with pre-defined answers and some open questions by the WP3 team coordinated by BIBA depending on the different profiles. Those questionnaires have been translated into local languages (French, Greek, ...) to be sent to the local representatives of…
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BEACONING @ Eurographics 2016
Posted by Antonio Fernando Coelho
BEACONING was represented at the Eurographics 2016, from the 9th to the 13th of May in Lisbon, Portugal. This conference continues a series of conferences organized by the Eurographics Association covering the wide field of computer graphics, from applied geometry techniques of meshing and surface reconstruction to photorealistic techniques (e.g., path tracing), as well…
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BEACONING requirements
Posted by Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge
BEACONING is aiming at developing a platform that provides access to lessons plans, games, moocs, mobile application etc. in an easy way. The main target groups are students in the age of 16-24 with and without disabilities and teachers. BEACONING will support individual learning by providing personalized user interface and lessons plans. It…
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FE Pilots are underway…
Posted by Aparajithan Sivanathan
We thought to take the BEACONING concepts to next level of complexity, therefore we can poke and testify its fundamental principles, adaptability, scalability and sustainability. We wanted to apply the BEACONING concepts to a physical skills development scenario, one of the extreme cases of BEACONING pilots. (more…)
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DNA of new Education
Posted by Theo Lim
As educators, aren't we all are guilty of 'old school' approaches? We force upon students regulated, constrained classroom learning, driven by theories and models of learning styles that limit development of higher intellect. Here are some observations... Witness the conventional transmittal of "knowledge", where a hundred pairs of eyes stare at projected material,…
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