Environmental Education through Enquiry & Technology:

The case of the GreeNET project

Nikolaos MarianosGreek Research & Technology Network (GRNET)

Greece

Introduction

GreeNET objectives• Successfully and permanently link environmental education to

career contexts.• Address future skills’ needs; properly training the next generation

to correspond to major issues such as sustainable development & climate change, and make sound decisions for their future careers.

• Create an inventory of the most outstanding educational scenarios connecting the curricula of the participating countries to professions related to sustainable development & environmental protection.

• Establish a constantly-expanding network of teachers and school communities informed on the necessity of ‘green living and teaching’ and trained in effective use of digital resources in science teaching.

What will GreeNET contribute to the green learning community?

• An inventory of Best Practices related to sustainable development & environmental protection.

• On top of that, GreeNET allows users to:– Explore the GreeNET Best Practices.– Exchange their activities with colleagues and share their

own Best Practices using the GreeNET Inventory. – Have access to unique training materials, guidelines and

relative info in the GreeNET Moodle.– Build their own green learning portal using the

School Portal Generator.

Addressing the issues

The GreeNET InventoryAllows users to:a. Search for online resources on green topics.b. Get inspiring ideas through the organization of creative

activities in their schools.c. Get guidance through the authoring process of best practices

for the classroom.d. Create your own school portal on green ideas and projects

sharing locally or in public the outcomes of their work.

Issue #1: Accessing quality green OER

Current status

GreeNET’s response

Ιssue #2: Seek new & creative ways to trigger students’ creativity

From traditional approach…

… to the GreeNET approach!

Issue #3: Design activities w/ potential to become Best practices

Help a clueless teacher…

…author his own Best Practices!

• Using the GreeNET Best Practice Authoring Tool teachers will be able to follow a specific path for the design their activities and share them with the rest of the educational world!

GreeNET Best Practice Criteria Relation to a green topic and curriculum

Interdisciplinarity

Relevance to the daily life of students

Based on accurate and factual professional expertise

Connection to professions in the green labour marketUse of the features for enquiry-based science educationChoosing a variation of enquiry learning

Enhancement of students’ ICT skills

Support of the development of social skills

Adaptability of the programme

Issue #4: Create a custom green OER portal

Teachers should not have to be computer experts…

…when they can have their own portal in just 3 steps!

• School Portal Generator gives you the opportunity to join in and take advantage of its services which offer a wide range of green collections.

• In three simple steps you can create your own green OER portal, customised to offer the educational collections of your choice.

The EA (testing) School PortalCustom logo

User-defined filters

Custom footer with- Links to social media

- Contact details- Terms of use

- Other related info

Issue #5: Find a space to upload, manage & deliver their online courses

Why set up yet another Moodle instance or use another tool…

…when you can use the green custom instance of GreeNET Moodle?

GreeNET Moodle: course list

For more info:n.marianos@agroknow.gr

The GREENET has received funding from the European Union Framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme under grant agreement no.527891. This presentation reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission

cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.