4.2 - User manual of teachers of e-Infrastructure integration in schools
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1. Followers tab lists the ViSH users that have opted for following your activities and actions within ViSH These users usually share the same or similar interests with you and are interested in keeping up to date with your activities followers iE Y pi p 4 Figure 17 Followers A mouse over people s thumbnail reveals their name Clicking on it takes the user to a short profile Figure 18 providing him her with some basic information on the person in question A more detailed profile can be accessed by clicking on the See details button which can be found at the bottom right of the same window GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 22 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Barbara Kieslinger Centre for Social Innovation 25 Published 2 excursions amp 4 resources a am the coordinator of this project have been working in followers 20 ss i 1 E i A E K HORI FT eLeaming for about 15 years and still like if following 19 PIES Sarees PERSAR Following MESA ES E Figure 18 User profile 2 3 4 3 3 Find function By pressing the Find button users in the platform can be searched by name The Find tool will be explained in section 2 3 8 Search functionality in more details 2 3 4 4 Timeline 2 3 4 4 1 Network In this tab you can obtain an overview of the latest activities that2. YouTube or Flickr 2 2 Technical requirements Since ViSH has been developed according to the latest web standards it will be compatible and supported by any modern browser The currently supported browsers are e Mozilla Firefox e Google Chrome e Internet Explorer version 8 or later e Safari ViSH follows the responsive design paradigm in order to support a huge variety of devices In addition a specific interface for mobile users is available This interface provides a better user experience for mobile users including not only a set of views optimized for the GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 9 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools device but also content e g recommendations which can specifically be consumed on mobile devices As a result ViSH supports mobile phones i e Android and iPhone tablets i e Android and iPad and desktop computers On the other hand the ViSH Editor and the Viewer have been developed according to the HTML5 standard and for that reason they will be supported by any browser that fully supports HTML5 The creation of excursions ViSH Editor is only available through desktop computers and tablets because of the limited screen size of mobile devices VISH Viewer is also responsive so it supports a huge variety of devices It is currently supported on iPhone and Android mobile phones Android tablets and iPads Last but not least it is
3. and Conditions aos Virtual Science Hub O 2012 conditions help language Figure 2 ViSH User registration GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 11 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Once you complete your registration you are presented with a confirmation message on the screen while you also receive an email with your details which you can keep for future reference You are now ready to explore ViSH 2 3 4 Main landing page VOS Bw eas network al How to create an ro Post VSH excursion P Post A Sandra Aguirre is now following ViSH Here you will see the excursions created by users you are following Find some users to follow here N stor Toribio Ruiz is now following view all A ViSH about 1 month ago network network my tome ee 2 Beatriz is now following ViSH e 2 months ago Comment upload E A nee JC Designer ViSH is now following How Nanotechnolo rai a user_demo by user_demo id A a ey fVieWS U gt VIEWS U view all p Jose Vi as is now following ViSH following sth is now following ViSH ae find view all user_demo and ViSH are following z each other V itual Science Hub 2012 conditions help language Figure 3 ViSH Main landing page top part The main landing page of ViSH represents the heart and centre of all activity From this page users can obtain a quick overview of the latest activities of their network a
4. important to mention that the ViSH Editor allows the integration of third party learning objects that are not based on HTML5 standards e g flash objects java applets etc Therefore some additional software might be needed in the cases where these non HTML5 based objects are used to create virtual excursions However the flash plugin or the java runtime environment is usually installed in every desktop computer In the mobile case this kind of special objects will be skipped to avoid problems in the Viewer 2 3 VISH 2 3 1 Description ViSH includes a variety of functionalities that aim to provide users with the right tools and enough flexibility allowing them to make use of resources and put together quality excursions that they can use in their classrooms and enhance their teaching A few of these functionalities that we are going to look into more detail are listed below e Social network e Resources e Excursions e Videoconference The ViSH is available for registered and non registered users Non registered users can view both excursions and resources Registered user can create excursions upload resources and access collaborative features such as MashMeTv and social network 2 3 2 Non registered user ViSH can be used in two different ways depending on users rights and identification within the system A non registered user is not excluded from the system but he can still use it while searching viewing and using the ava
5. va ue sec eouwe ra can asada tana aciendo 36 6 2 INTERNAL PAGE ads 37 GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 5 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Executive Summary The ViSH user manual for teachers aims to provide them with a comprehensive guide on the main functionalities of the platform and its services enabling them to easily embark on their own activities and make the most out of the content provided by the e infrastructures This user manual is also an important part of the training material developed in the course of this project It shall guide users mainly teachers to familiarise with the ViSH and to exploit its potential for advanced science teaching The document starts with an explanation of ViSH s scope and the pedagogical concepts that lead to the idea of its development The advantages of the tool compared to other repositories are clearly identified while a full list of all technical requirements that users need to take into account in order to utilise the platform s functionalities to the maximum are also explained The document is then focusing on describing the use of ViSH starting with the distinction between registered and non registered users and the actions each group can implement We are then moving to a detailed tour of the whole portal starting with the main page and breaking it into various areas Extensive mention is given to the creation and use of
6. virtual excursions to be explained later on which form one of the Key functionalities of ViSH GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 6 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Introduction 1 1 Scope The purpose of this document is to provide readers mainly teachers with information and instructions on how to operate and make the most out of the use of ViSH Virtual Science hub Readers will not only be provided with the pedagogical background and principles that govern ViSH but they will also get a step by step guide on all functionalities that the tool has to offer The document aims to serve as an introduction to newcomers and as a reference guide to more experienced users who wish to have a collective document to which they can turn to for inspiration and advice 1 2 Pedagogical approach From a pedagogical point of view the implementation of ViSH is particularly challenging since it aims to design and propose an effective way for the integration of e Infrastructure resources and activities in the normal school curriculum Apart from its integration into regular school practice the ViSH sets also an ideal framework for connecting formal and informal education which becomes increasingly important in education considering the modern pedagogical approach of individual learning The aim of ViSH is to provide materials in form of online excursions and laboratories that are also ava
7. where he she will have to select among his her contacts the ones to invite to the videoconference After that user will have to click on Launch starting the videoconference GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 17 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools m EarthquakeDiscovery enrique 79139 Welcome Enrique Za x JO A j tpv vishub orolexcursions 76 full Cobrowse Enrique joined the room There are three types of faults rs are holding 1 Norma 2 Reverse and 3 Strike Slio e earth The motion you made with your hands before is similar to a made up of normal fault he plates unc Si I f you clasp your fingers as you did before but then pull oceanic plate gt nes instead of apart your fingers will slip by eac plates El n and Normal other moton is like a strike slip fault The plates are deeper part c indemeath the mpma mto e ach other or usually move a your fingernails ccur where tw ther or na p App a ne PEL FE RED AT Strike slip E oo 4 LIY lt 4 7 gt A 3 p 222 7 Therme by Om R AY 4 t a 28 kz Contact MasiMeTeam Privacy Terns of Service Figure 10 Excursion in a videoconference 2 3 4 2 Resources 2 3 4 2 1 Type of resources ViSH supports a set of resources that can be uploaded to the platform and be made available for all the users More specifically we have e Images e Objects flash objects e Video
8. yourself and the people you are following have recently performed within ViSH All users names are clickable which allows you to easily navigate through other users profiles and discover other interesting people excursions and resources GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 23 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools share your thoughts links videos and more here Evita Tasiopoulou x 5 mars low ridge_1070_60 3 E Mars See details less than a minute ago Comment 1 views 0 Evita Tasiopoulou and crispin are following each other 2 days ago Comment Evita Tasiopoulou and Roland zenz are following each other 2 days ago Comment Barbara Kieslinger is now following Roland zenz 3 days ago Comment crispin is now following Cin Peramas 17 days ago Comment crispin is now following Cin Peramas 17 days ago Comment Figure 19 Network timeline GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 24 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 2 3 4 4 2 My timeline to share your thoughts links videos and more her Evita Tasiopoulou x l mars low ridge 1070 60 Mars See details less than a minute ago Comment 1 views 7 Evita Tasiopoulou and crispin are following each other 2 days ago Comment Evita Tasiopoulou and Roland enz are following each other 2 days ago
9. BREVATIONS Abbreviation Virtual Science Hub Game Based Learning Inquiry Based Learning User requirement workshop Scientific Infrastructures Usability Assessment and Recommendation Work package Hypertext Mark up Language version 5 GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 4 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools INDEX EXECUTIVE SSUMMAR Y insano 6 INTRODUCT O Nic a aaa 7 LE SCOPE PC E no E O OE OEP ade eoeseeenoe secs 7 1 2 BEDAGOGICAS APPROACH rad 7 1 3 DEFINITION Shade 7 1 4 DIDACTIES AND ACTIVITIES ON THE VIS Has 8 2 ABOUT VIS Mii A RD A AAA OA 9 2 1 USING VISS ADVANTAGES ii A Lo 9 2 2 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS untada aa a a A 9 B eo 10 2 3 1 DESCI IP UON rraioa E E AA idea 10 ho Nonsregistered Usd A eed A 10 Zoe USC ENCISO O a a ad 10 Zoo Maa O padecido 12 Zas ECU ESIO NS dado a iaa 12 LI RES A feedings cane a oad aaa A inate acne Ahad 18 e A xii ete edo ti inet naiin aida annals neat ihe kleine ates 22 LA TIMENE orea e o RG eee eae 23 2k SE AS e o E E erties eters 26 Fe O a 27 AS A e e Pe a o OOO a A 28 Zi RIBES Pa T mala iinticenetedaulunts 29 A NS e O O A 29 ZO MSM TV A adas 29 Deo Ffas ICA Gh satis dla ri ibaa 30 Deh AI SOT A iii ii ii iii aioe conse 31 230 SEACA JUNCHONGIIEY ais 33 as EUTURE RELEASES tanda 34 4 OTHER SUPPORT MATER A siii AA 35 5 CONCLUSIONS uri dad 35 6 ANNEX usina ia 36 6 1 FRONT PAG rara anote ec ilec
10. Comment crispin is now following Evita Tasiopoulou 16 days ago Comment Kitti Varga is now following Evita Tasiopoulou about 1 month ago Comment Agnes Bocsok is now following Evita Tasiopoulou 2 months ago Comment Figure 20 My timeline My tab collects and displays all the activities and actions that users have performed since they started working on ViSH In this way users are provided with a summary of their activities to which they can easily revert to and use as a reference GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 25 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 2 3 4 4 3 Attach Like all social networks ViSH also provides users with the possibility to post some text status on their timeline On top of this users are also able to attach a file picture or document to go with their status update To do so users need to click on the appropriate icon LO browse and find the file they wish to attach to their network and finally fill in the description field network Title Recommendations in ViSH gdoc Seleccionar archivo Recommendations in VisH_gdoc AB Post Figure 21 Attachment 2 3 4 4 4 Post As soon as the user has completed the composition of his status and attaching the file of his choice if needed he is then ready to post his activity on his network To do so users just Post need to click on the Post button 2 3 5 Private
11. GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools G OBAIS lt sion 5 Extended Curriculum for Science Infrastructure Online European Commission Seventh Framework Project Research Infrastructures Activity Grant Agreement No 283686 4 2 User manual of teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 25 09 2012 Final version V 1 0 e intrastructure GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 1 0f 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Deliverable number Title Work package Status Level of Dissemination Date Author s E mail Version 10 9 2012 DOCUMENT CONTROL 4 2 User manual of teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 4 Final version V 1 0 Public 25 September 2012 Evita Tasiopoulou Gina Mihai evita tasiopoulou eun org gina mihai eun org AMENDMENT HISTORY Author Editor Description Comments Evita Tasiopoulou G Mihai Structure and general description of the tool 12 09 2012 Daniel Gallego Enrique Barra Sandra Detailed description Aguirre Raquel Garcia Rafael Garcia 13 09 2012 Evita Tasiopoulou Scope Overall editing rephrasing layout 19 09 2012 Evita Tasiopoulou Executive summary pedagogical approach what is an excursion non registered users flashcard 20 09 2012 Barbara Kieslinger Peer review 20 09 2012 Evita Tasiop
12. Szeberenyi y Barbara Kieslinger Mathematics with music most viewed iews 0 84 views 0 yy Evita Tasiopoulou most favorited O 107 views 0 most slides slides Any slides Madrid Aldi The National Park Lake oe Sandra Aguirre 64 views 0 Teresa 52 views 1 49 views 10 20 slides O 20 slides ta about Nano Do ana Views XML3D Example Barbara Kieslinger Rafael Garcia i Aldo 74 vi 2 91 views iP 35 views 1 _ Interactive 3D chess game Aldo 40 views 1 ene 31 views Figure 31 Search content and people The search engine is really powerful It can either look through all types of items or just search into a specific type i e excursions users resources and activities In addition there is a panel called advanced options to allow users filter all the results by creation date and the results related to excursion resources and activities also by their relevance or novelty and by their type 3 Future releases The ViSH team is currently working on plans for future releases which will include the following features e Cloning an excursion to reuse the generated content This feature will allow users to use and existing excursion as a basis on which thay can create a brand new excursion e Adding survey features to the excursions Users will be able to set up and run their Own surveys e Group management Possibility to control and manage groups of users e Using metadata standards for describin
13. all conditions help It is important to stress though that there are some differences between viewing your own profile and viewing other users profile Figure 29 illustrates a user s profile while Figure 30 depicts the screen a user sees when he she is viewing another user s profile As we can see options to send a message to that user and to start stop following him her appear GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 32 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools ID ViSH LD Na gt P ro fi le Excursions Walkthroug Areas of interest 8 Nanotechnology Art e l g Donana G t f lt Barbara bacon de sign A fe Iberian Lynx Kieslinger ty ey ete Follow Personal information view all O Profile Centr Social Innovati ZS Na Send mesage conditions help 21 followers ienna and Dubai Austria and UAE am the coordinator of this project have been working in eLearning for about 15 years and still like it Contact information a Os 2 20 following http fwww zsi at 22 es Experience Large experience in coordination of EC funded research projects mainly in the area of Technology Enhanced Learning TEL but also in related fields Expert for the EC International Cooperation and grant application management Figure 30 Viewing other user s profile With regard to the detailed personal information it is also important to say that trying to fill in the areas of inte
14. card A flashcard is an alternative way to present a virtual excursion Instead of presenting the content of the virtual excursion in a sequence of content elements a flashcard offers a single interface to combine text with images in a way that can be easily used in the classroom 1 4 Didactics and Activities on the ViSH Following an open approach the ViSH is supporting a range of pedagogical models that can be implemented according to the teachers preferences and needs defined by the school curriculum It should be stressed that it is the teachers who have the control over the learning activity and they can design them according to their preferences The main pedagogical models supported by the ViSH are presented below and exemplified by a possible activity on the ViSH Problem based learning PBL In PBL students learn through facilitated problem solving Problem based learning concentrates on a complex problem that does not have a single correct answer Students work in collaborative groups to identify what they need to learn in order to solve a problem They engage in self directed learning In ViSH teachers can create challenging virtual excursions for their students including quizzes that students have to solve on their own On their way to solve the complex problem different resources can be offered during the virtual excursion Project based learning PBL Project based learning is an instructional method that provides students with c
15. ccess the latest resources and created excursions update their timeline search for resources or excursion and launch their own activities All parts of the landing page are organised in a similar way using tabs in order to provide different views and organise information More specifically we have 2 3 4 1 Excursions Four 4 different tabs allow users to access and view the excursions in a variety of ways depending on their individual needs In all the tabs two options are always available Add and View all buttons GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 12 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Add launches the creative process of putting a new excursion together This process will be explained in every detail in Section 2 3 5 The View all button presents the user with a full list of the excursions related to every tab 2 3 4 1 1 Network tab network add excursion Do ana Views y Enrique w Rafael Garcia Gallego Aviews 91 views A 3 Enrique Something about Nan we by Enrique y Barbara Kieslinger 2 views f2views in 1 view all Figure 4 Network excursions Network tab presents users with the latest four 4 excursions that have been selected by users within their network Excursions are presented in the form of thumbnails accompanied by short information on e Title of the excursion e Name
16. ded excursions GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 14 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 2 3 4 1 4 tab filter db add A Something about Nan Ferrets LA E by Barbara Kieslinger y Rafael Garcia Gallego T4 views 119 views 2a ok Human Body 3D Iberian Lynx by Nestor Toribio Ruiz ny N stor Toribio Ruiz 35 Views 97 views A te Se view all Figure 7 Starred excursions In this tab users have a quick overview of all the excursions they have identified as interesting and favourite while navigating through ViSH As one can see at the bottom of their information all these excursions have been awarded with a star GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 15 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 2 3 4 1 5 Viewing excursions By clicking on an excursion title or avatar user can access and navigate through it There are three types of faults 1 Normal 2 Reverse and 3 Strike Slip The motion you made with your hands before is similar to a normal fault you clasp your fingers as you did before but then pull sideways instead of apart your fingers will slip by each other This motion is like a strike slip fault Normal Reverse Dinig Harti Pula Then Pull idea Mp Sy Cite Fiiair Cheer Strike slip G FG TG E gt lt 4 7 gt O lt gt share 21 views 2 favorites mM F
17. emonstrate their thinking and make their learning visible Research shows that the amount of student learning that occurs in a classroom is directly proportional to the quality and quantity of student involvement in the educational program Cooper amp Prescott 1989 At the ViSH teachers may provide their students with a series of virtual excursions where they trigger students curiosity by giving them access to real word research data and ask them to explore it Students can combine these excursion with the live interaction with scientist where they can pose their question and freely exchange GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 8 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Experiments and simulations in science teaching these are typical elements of class activities however they sometimes require expensive equipment In the ViSH experiments can be made online with access to specific infrastructures such as the microscopes Group work and individual method in the ViSH it is up to the teacher to define the learning context Activities performed via virtual excursions can be either offered for groups of students and can be performed in class or they can be offered as individual exercise for students to perform on their own at home or in school 2 About ViSH 2 1 Using ViSH advantages The driving force behind ViSH is the wish to offer teachers a social and collaborative platform all
18. g resources and excursions Development of a metadata system that will allow users to categorise and find resources and excursions in a more systematic way GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 34 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 4 Other support material Apart from the ViSH user manual the ViSH team has also put together a screencast explaining the main functionalities of the platform The screencast is accompanied by audio which completes the tour in a lively and engaging for user way The screencast can be accessed through ViSH http vishub org links 42 GlobalPlaza http stream globalplaza org vish screencast YouTube http www youtube com watch v 02q9u1WF51U48 feature youtu be Dropbox http dldropbox com u 102506750 ViSH screencastHD flv 5 Conclusions ViSH is a platform that connects users teachers with a variety of e infrastructures that have been imported into it in the form of resources and excursions Teachers have the possibility to not only take advantage of this material but to also use in any way they find fit for their classes and curriculum At the same time ViSH offers various social functionalities allowing teachers to connect with other teachers with similar interests and also get in touch with scientists and experts that they can virtually bring into their classrooms In parallel with the evolution of the ViSH this users guide will be updated in
19. igure 8 Viewing an excursion The user can use the arrows at the bottom and go back and forth to the different pages Same result can also be achieved by using the arrow buttons of the keyboard Below the excursion we can find three buttons The first one is for exporting the excursion as an iframe which then allows us to embed it in an external site The Share button is for sharing this excursion in Facebook Twitter or Google Plus and allowing more people to see it while the star button is for marking this excursion as favourite and having it appear in your homepage GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 16 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools In the right bottom corner we can find information about the number of views and the number of times that this excursion has been made favourite and a button to start a videoconference via web which allows users to share and talk about the excursion with some of their following contacts View in Washtle TY Room name enrigue 79139 Invite your contacts gt Barbara Kie AAA Kitti Yarga m us Ey Jose vi as e Evita Tasiop Raquel Gare it tono Szeh Juanjo Molin 3 crispin g Nestor Torib Ai A sandra AQUI Feresa Sue Murkett my Launch Figure 9 Start videoconference When the user clicks on the videoconference button a light box like the one depicted in Figure 9 will appear
20. ilable excursions and resources Students are generally non registered users who can view the specific virtual excursions and even fill in quizzes without being registered 2 3 3 User registration login If you are interested in using ViSH not only as a resource repository but also as a tool for creating your own resources and excursions you first need to register and identify yourself within the system For this reason and as soon as you reach the appointed URL GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 10 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools bttp vishub org home you are asked to login using the username and password you have chosen during your registration Forgot you pas sword Register resources excursi ns e e N Xx XML3D Mathematics The Ferrets Madrid Walkthrough National Example users Virtual Science Hub O 2012 conditions help language Figure 1 ViSH Sign in New users are invited to register by clicking on the link to be found just under the Sign in section of the page Y EH evita tasiopoulou eun org ccooooo O Forgot you password Register Register Create your account with VISH VISH is a social science platform T Name o e s 5 Email evita tasiopoulou Weun org fa A Password eseeeeee Confirm password Areas of interest Nanotechnology Biotechnology Gra Computing By clicking Accept you agree to our Terms
21. ilable to students and teachers outside of the school environment to foster individual approaches and needs By giving students the chance to access resources to real life research issues and problems also outside school the capability to cope with related future problems is fostered and we are moving away from merely reproducing what was learned from books ViSH aims to provide a variety of high quality content that is necessary to keep attention and excitement of learners to a high level 1 3 Definitions A list of definitions of the basic terms that have been used throughout both ViSH and this user manual can be viewed below Virtual excursion Virtual Excursion is the online analogue to an on site visit during which the students discover science in Europe s top scientific centres Several media such as flashcards video conference virtual experiments and all sorts of resources can be combined into one excursion allowing teachers and their students to experience science with real world examples Resource In the case of ViSH a resource represents a small learning unit usually in digital form that can be used for learning and teaching A resource can be a lesson plan image sound video PowerPoint presentation word file etc that is made available under open licenses and can be used freely GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 7 0f 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Flash
22. ing on the type of object that the selected zone contains GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 28 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 2 3 6 2 Pages area The pages area takes up most of the available space This area will show the excursion pages as the user completes them The pages are composed of areas that allow them to add different kind of objects or resources i e text images flash objects web pages HTML5 and flash videos and live content such as a microscope or a live webcam The user will be the one in charge of choosing the adequate resources to compose the excursion These resources can be searched in the ViSH repository in external services such as Flickr or YouTube or directly uploaded to the ViSH when creating an excursion At the time being nine ready made templates are available to create excursions Once an excursion has been created the user can convert it to a flashcard information graphic In this way an excursion can be converted to a type of picture that blends data with design VIS CS O Virtual Science Hub Templates Home Virtual Science Hub O 2012 conditions help language Figure 25 ViSH templates 2 3 6 3 Thumbnails bar At the bottom of the excursions creator tool we can find a thumbnails bar that will grow as we add new pages with the button In this bar we can also find a settings button that will d
23. isplay the excursion settings to modify them and a save button to store the excursion in ViSH Finally we can find an eye button to show a preview of the excursion that the user will be able to see when finished 2 3 6 4 MashMe TV ViSH allows users to view an excursion through MashMe TV which offers a service of videoconference and collaboration tools like a chat GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 29 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools m Europe NO dudes en ponerte pa contacto con NOTCH m para ciy una corri sobre eo Ei GH MO EX Mabe TY Q as Re ln A 2gs Contact MashMeTeam Privacy Terms of Service Figure 26 Mashme tv 2 3 6 1 Flashcard Excursions can easily be shown as Flashcards At the top of the excursion page in the menu section they need to click on the little arrow and from the available options choose Convert to and the Flashcard as show in Figure 27 O W J Virtual Science Hub Save E pe _ Mo e Convert to INE lei k out this article Preview Settings wraltechwire com business tech_wire biote Help Figure 27 Convert to Flashcard GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 30 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools User will have to choose a background for the flashcard and drag and drop the arrows with the numbers to the p
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25. messages As in many social networks ViSH allow private communication among users by sending E private messages To do so the user has to press the envelope icon in the upper right corner that is placed between the home amp and the network icon Following a common interface for this kind of tools four 4 options are available e New message to create and send new private messages e Inbox to manage the new messages received A number between brackets indicated the number of unread messages e Sent box shows the private messages previously sent e Trash shows the erased messages GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 26 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools VOS p O Virtual Science Hub New message New message Recipients BS inbox 1 juan quemada Sentbox Trash Subject _ Firstrelease Body B Z U ae x x He E S ss Hi Juan Send message Figure 22 Private messages creation 2 3 6 Excursions In the excursions section users can find a add button that allows them to access the ViSH Editor tool so as to create a new excursion Vest O Virtual Science Hub welcome Title Excursion title beginners tutorial WERI TAME A Description pe ed a Describe the excursion in a few words GA eee Loto Add tags Thumbnail Home Virtual Science Hub 2012 conditions help language Figure 23 Welcome sc
26. n in schools 1 Click on documents links or embed tab 2 If you want to upload a document click on browse to choose a file from your computer If your resource is a link or embed code you can paste it into the text box 3 Type a title and description document Browse_ Title Description Topics fl annuiane indeneandant L Language 4 20 Age Figure 15 Upload resources 4 Add related tags to your resource in order to specify the topics related to it Your areas of interest have been assigned by default However you can delete them or add new topics This information is crucial for recommendation purposes 5 Choose a required language if necessary 6 Select an age range This information will be used for recommendation purposes 7 Ifyou want to embed a live streaming video click on Live option in the embed tab 8 Finally click on save button to upload your resource GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 21 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 2 3 4 3 Contacts Contacts is mainly related to the people that a user is somehow connected with There are two 2 different levels of involvement 2 3 4 3 1 Following Following tab lists the ViSH users that you have decided to closely follow their activities and actions within ViSH following fers amy find VIEW all Figure 16 Following contacts 2 3 4 3 2 Followers
27. of the composer user who has created this excursion e Number of times this excursion has been viewed by other users e Number of times this excursion has been marked by a user as a favourite star GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 13 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 2 3 4 1 2 My tab my top filter age add Mathematics with music Evita Tasiopoulou 117 views 1 view all Figure 5 My excursions My tab lists the excursions created by a specific user In this tab users have a quick overview of the excursions they have put together so far while they can also check very quickly how many time their excursions have been viewed and liked by other ViSH users 2 3 4 1 3 forMe tab The forMe tab presents a set of recommended excursions that are selected taking into account the profile interests and past activity of the user and other ViSH users activities with similar interests By clicking on the title of the excursion users can launch it directly Adding a new excursion and viewing more excursions recommended is also possible by clicking on the appropriate buttons i forMe Viewed by users sharing your interests d add music experiments y Crispin Solar eclipse y crispin 13 views 1 Ants curiosities Pedriza y JC Designer ViSH W Juan Ramirez 5 Views 16 views o view all Figure 6 For Me recommen
28. omplex tasks based on challenging questions or problems that involve the students problem solving decision making investigative skills and reflection that includes teacher facilitation but not direction PBL is focused on questions that drive students to encounter the central concepts and principles of a subject hands on Students form their own investigation of a guiding question allowing students to develop valuable research skills as students engage in design problem solving decision making and investigative activities Through Project based learning students learn from these experiences and take them into account and apply them to the world outside their classroom With the use of ViSH teachers have the possibility to provide students with enough stimulus and guidance on the topic of their choice encouraging them to continue their research within the tool and the eventual completion of their projects Inquiry based learning nquiry based instruction is a student centered and teacher guided instructional approach that engages students in investigating real world questions that they choose within a broad thematic framework Inquiry Based instruction complements traditional instruction by providing a vehicle for extending and applying the learning of students in a way that connects with their interests within a broader thematic framework Students acquire and analyze information develop and support propositions and provide solutions that d
29. orMe tab takes into account user s interests as they have been expressed during registration and throughout the ViSH activity and recommends a number of resources that might be of interest for the specific user GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 19 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools forMe Recommended according to your areas of interest upload ValkthroughExcursi Vish screencast by Daniel Gallego by WISH 14 views 0 18 views 0 Drug development a sensor map png by Jose Vinas by Kitti Varga 16 views 0 3views 0 Earthquake animations Earthquake teaching by Kitti Varga oy Kitti Varga 3views 0 3views 0 view all Figure 13 ForMe resources 2 3 4 2 5 tab The shows those resources that the user has previously marked as favourites filter Do ana Sound Gallery oy Juanjo Molinero Sviews 1ar Introduction Virtual oy Barbara Kieslinger 18 views 2a view all upload GridCate The place oy Barbara Kieslinger 17 views 2 The strange new wo oy Sue Murkett 20 views 1 Figure 14 Starred resources 2 3 4 2 6 Upload function If a user or e infrastructure provider wants to add a resource to ViSH the following steps need to be followed after having pressed the Upload button GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 20 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integratio
30. order to reflect all latest developments and functionalities that the platform will bring to the teachers Moreover a section including real examples of how teachers and their students have used ViSH within their classrooms will also be added The aim of this section will be to inspire and provide teachers with practical ideas that they can transfer and adapt for their needs As soon as platform reaches its final form the users guide will be updated printed and made available to teachers in order to support their first steps into ViSH A first suggestion for the design can be found in Annex I GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 35 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools 6 Annex 6 1 Front page virtual science hub MANUAL User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure ntegration n schools Figure 32 Users manual Front page GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 36 of 37 GLOBAL excursion 6 2 Internal page GLOBAL excursion 283686 FIGURE 1 EH Sign in D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools VISH Description VEH inghudes a vanaty ol iuncionalitics that aim in provide usars with the nghi cos and enough ici allowing tham to make ws of mourns end put Ingethar quality qanursone fiat hay can uso n thar ckssoms and anhanoo ther teaching kw of thoso dunctionaltion that wo aro going o book info more detal ora bested be
31. ositions where the pupil will have to click to open the slides 8 7 y ME F 1 2 3 Od slo Figure 28 Flashcard creation 2 3 7 User Profile By pressing in a user s avatar and clicking the see details button the user profile screen is shown This screen provides information about the activity of the user like the excursions and resources he she has created his her timeline the followers following contacts and the possibility of viewing his her detailed profile GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 31 of 37 GLOBAL excursion VOS VSH ViSH O Profile 10 followers Y F 3 4 1 following D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools my add Walkthrough excursion CO 145 views 8 0 view all my oa upload GLOBAL excursion Vish screencast by ViSH by ViSH 18 views 0 Lynx Screencast by ViSH by ViSH 19 views 0 31 views 0 view all my N stor Toribio Ruiz is now following ViSH about 1 month ago Comment Beatriz is now following ViSH 2 months ago Comme A Sandra Aguirre is now following ViSH 7 days ago Comment e a Figure 29 User profile TO viSH amp Suggestions Barbara Kieslinger x followers 21 following 20 Follow Agnes Szeberenyi x NN followers 19 eva rail gt A following 16 Follow view all Excursions Walkthroug In this example we wil see the abou Lynx most cat spe the view
32. oulou Overall editing flashcard session future releases Annex I conclusions 25 09 2012 Enrique Barra Screen capture for Mashme content for flashcards CONTRIBUTERS Name of institutions Centre for Social Innovation European Schoolnet UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID GLOBAL excursion 283686 AGORA SYSTEMS SA Page 2 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools Legal Notices The information in this document is subject to change without notice The Members of the GLOBAL excursion Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose The Members of the GLOBAL excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material GLOBAL excursion is a supporting action funded by the European Commission under the Research and Innovation Infrastructures programme of FP7 This report reflects the views only of the authors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 3 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools LIST OF AB
33. owing them to create manage and use pedagogical content using current web technologies based primarily on HTML5 The use of this latest technology contributed to the achievement of certain standards and advantages The first advantage is the possibility of collaborating among users in several ways As a social network ViSH offers common features related to them like sending private messages commenting in other user s timeline or sharing learning objects with the community e g images videos presentations etc In addition ViSH integrates MashMeTV to allow real time collaboration via videoconference In this way ViSH users can collaborate in a synchronous way while they are watching for example a virtual excursion The second major advantage is the easy accessibility derived from its technological foundation Bearing in mind that the whole platform is based on web technologies it is possible to access through desktop computers and mobile devices i e smartphones and tablets without the need of any special software installation In the third place ViSH integrates two powerful tools named ViSH Editor which allows both editing and viewing presentations and ViSH Viewer that allows viewing presentations Having both tools available in ViSH is a clear advantage in terms of user experience In addition the resources used to create virtual excursions can be chosen not only from ViSH repositories but also from third party web platforms like
34. reen to ViSH Editor GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 27 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools The first screen that appears when creating an excursion is the Welcome screen where users have to choose a title description tags and a thumbnail for their excursion There is also a beginner s tutorial button that they can revert to every time they need help This same button will be available in many places in the excursions creator to offer help Once users have filled in the welcome screen they have to click on continue The welcome screen will disappear and the main screen will come into view In the main screen users can find three zones a toolbar a pages area and a thumbnails bar All sections will be explained in more detail in the following subsections VIS Lal Virtual Science Hub O 2012 conditions help language Figure 24 ViSH Editor s main screen 2 3 6 1 Toolbar The toolbar has three zones The first one is a drop down menu with options to save the excursion preview it convert it to flashcard and get help The second zone will only have one button and it will act on the whole the excursion It is a button to change the theme or change the background And the last zone is to act on the selected area This is a variable zone and it can contain buttons to edit the text to zoom in out the image or video or to create a web snapshot depend
35. rest will be very important to help the recommender engine working correctly as the more ViSH knows about you the more personalized will be the recommendations provided 2 3 8 Search functionality Bearing in mind the great variety of educational content i e virtual excursions and resources and users existing in ViSH a search tool is needed to help users find easily whatever whoever they are looking for Search function can be reached from various places and in various ways e Using the filter inputs related to the excursions resources and contacts boxes asa find e Using the find button in the contacts box e Using the generic search bar that is in the upper right corner of ViSH below the user name and home messages network buttons r VSH bb a gt Therefore a user can search a specific item user in the methods described above or he she just have to press enter while he she is the input bars in order to go to the general search tool illustrated by Figure 31 GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 33 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools VISA S vs amp ws se advanced options search creation date any time A excursions yesterday last week a r by Antonio Tapiador Ferrets Walkthrough excursion last month ade FS s 95 views 1 oy Rafael Garc a SH last year 119 views 2 129 views 1 order by a relevance newest 8 nes
36. s e Live objects webcams or microscopes provided by the e Infrastructures These resources can be accessed following the same tab approach used for the virtual excursions but now this zone is called the Resources box 2 3 4 2 2 Network tab Network tab shows a selection of resources that members of a user s network have contributed to the ViSH so far Resources are presented in the form of thumbnails accompanied by short information on e Title of the resource e Name of the composer user that has contributed or uploaded this resource e Number of times this resource has been used by other users e Number of times this resource has been marked by a user as a favourite star GLOBAL excursion 283686 Page 18 of 37 GLOBAL excursion D4 2 User manual for teachers of e Infrastructure integration in schools network Y se filter upload o00px Solar eclipse solar eclipse png by crispin oY Crispin 3views 0 4 views 0 oneonO 2 swf Do ana Sound Gallery by crispin oy Juanjo Molinero G views 0 ld Do ana Video Gallery Do ana Image Gallery oy Juanjo Molinero oy Juanjo Molinero 0 g view all Figure 11 Network resources 2 3 4 2 3 My tab My tab offers a quick entry point to the resources that the user has contributed to the ViSH my filter upload mars low ridge 107 oy Evita Tasiopoulou 1 views 0 view all Figure 12 My resources 2 3 4 2 4 ForMe tab F
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