Dear All
1.The next OMT meeting is on Friday 16 February 13.30-15.00 CET.
- Please let me have any suggestions for agenda items by COB this Monday 12 Feb.
2. Also don’t forget to add any agenda items for the two-day meeting at OU (17-18 April), on this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FezUMIe_u7FMymLyZ2CFf0s_JElnm2Ro2ykEacW…
Best regards,
Shamim
Dear All
Some information on reporting. Please read carefully with attention to dates.
General
* Our Period 1 (P1) reporting period is 1 September 2022 - 28 February 2024 (18 months).
* We have 60 days to submit the S&T reporting and financial reporting (i.e., 29 April 2024) to the EC.
* The official templates specific to our project for the Technical and Financial reporting will not be available to fill in on the EC portal until after 29 February.
Technical Reporting
* We should aim to have draft, near final versions ready in the week beginning 25 March, i.e., before Easter. This so they can be shared with the expert reviewers a couple of weeks before the review on 19 April.
* I have checked with Angel, our PO, and it is Ok to already start preparing our reporting before 1 March based on this pdf<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HxF4AvymbAQkSX7p5ExLfPdLT79O8n4-/view?usp=…>.
* LNU is preparing templates and detailed guidelines based on this.
* We now expect to share these with you early next week. We are waiting to hear back from Angel on some specific Qs. For example, the threshold for explaining deviations including Person Months (PM) and at what level OU and UCL need to report as they do not receive EC funding.
Financial Reporting (For all partners receiving EC funding: NB unlikely for OU and UCL, except PM numbers)
* The financial reporting cannot be done until the end of Feb.
* Please prepare your finance department to start work on this asap after this date and ensure that you have an assigned FSIGN.
* Please ensure everyone working on the project has filled in timesheets. This is important not only for reporting and claiming personnel costs but also for reporting PM in each WP in the S&T reporting above.
* Costs will have to be filled in on the certificate of financial statement in the portal, and signed by your FSIGN but no audit certificates are required for this P1 reporting.
* More detailed guidelines will follow.
Best regards
Shamim
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Shamim Patel (ACA)
Project Manager | Exten.(D.T.)2 Project
Linnæus University
Office of External Relations
SE-351 95 Växjö | Sweden
M: +46 (0)705 898396 | lnu.se<https://lnu.se/en/>
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Dear all,
I hope everyone is well!
Since school interventions are going to
start in March for most of us, I would like to ask you to update the School
Interventions Plan excel (spreadsheet Y2) with any recent details
about Year 2 interventions. This will help us have a first idea of our
progress towards meeting our target numbers (see spreadsheet
Targets- Plan).
To avoid an email overload, I would
like to propose that each partner designates a person of contact for this
year's school interventions, of course if possible.
Thank you all in advance,
Christina Gkreka (PhD)
Educational Technology Lab (ETL)
Department of Educational
Studies
National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Dear all,
During our last OMT meeting we talked about formal reporting of the
readiness level (TRL) of the project technologies.
As WP4 we agreed to follow the guidelines of TRL assessment in the concept
of software development for a Research and Innovation Action
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TRL 3 - Initial script & functions to solve the desired problem.
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TRL 4 - Alpha version of the software tested internally (both
functionalities and process) by the development team.
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TRL 5 - Alpha version of the software functionalities tested by
outsiders of the development team.
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TRL 6 - Beta version of the software functionalities tested by selected
end-user under a control model.
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TRL 7 - Beta version of the software functionalities widely open to
end-users.
As you can see, the defining factor of TRLs 4,5,6 is testing. Educational
tools are mostly in between TRL4 and TRL5, so (as Marianthi mentioned in a
previous mail) please keep asking questions as you use them.
The ExtenDT2 Platform <https://extendt2.com/> is at TRL5, with the
contribution of people from OU and UGhent who sent valuable feedback, and
needs to enter TRL6 as soon as school interventions start.
To complete TRL5 we need a thorough usability testing by you as end-users.
The attached file (named Platfrom_testing) will introduce you to the
actions the end-user is anticipated to complete within the Platform.
*Actions*
a) For TRL5 we need one member per partner to be responsible for the
process and fill in the evaluation sheet. This person will act as
administrator who will create a new institution account and go through the
process described by the required actions of each table.
b) For TRL6 we need the usability testing to be repeated and the respective
tables of the evaluation sheet to be filled in during or after a school
intervention (maximum two interventions per partner).
Please, consider the above and send your feedback for both TRLs timely, be
critical and explain your thoughts in the "comments" column.
Regards,
Filothei
Filothei Chalvatza
BSc, CertEd, MA, MSc
Learning Technologist
Service & Digital Product Designer
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MD
Simple
www.simple-lab.gr
filothei(a)simple-lab.gr
+30 6976782459
Dear All,
I hope you are keeping well.
I would like to inform you that the Exten(DT)2 flyer is on our website under resources page: https://extendt2.eu/flyer/, which any visitor can download. Thanks to Filothei, who helped to upload it on the site.
Best,
Sagun
Dear Katrien and Sagun and all,
One solution regarding ChoiCo use in Cycle 2 can be the following:
- If teachers/students insist on using the original version (with no
AR/geolocation but static pictures), ask them to use the Learning
Analytics/AI for gathering student data from ChoiCo. (This is an easy
setting that has to be done by you or the teacher in the platform before
the intervention). In that case, we can claim that we tested the Learning
Analytics extension of ChoiCo. So in a way, we use the extended version of
the tool
- However, we need some (not all) implementations with the AR/geolocation
features as well.
Also @all don't forget the virtual robotics tool that we have to use in
some interventions this year and it is also available through the extend2
platform
If you need some guidance with the use of Learning Analytics in ChoiCo (and
other tools) please let me or Philothei know!
Best,
Marianthi
Marianthi Grizioti (PhD)
Post-doc researcher & software developer
*Educational Technology Lab (ETL) <http://etl.eds.uoa.gr/> *
*Department of Educational Studies*
*National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece*
Research Gate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marianthi_Grizioti>
| Academia
<https://en-uoa-gr.academia.edu/MarianthiGrizioti>| LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianthi-grizioti-b0394038/>
On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 3:11 PM Katrien Strubbe <Katrien.Strubbe(a)ugent.be>
wrote:
> Dear Marianthi,
>
>
>
> I agree with Sagun that the Google extension of ChoiCo is not always an
> added value, but we will use the extended versions. I wanted to read the
> extended sorbet manual today, and looked it up by the website, but when I
> click, I see manuals for Malt. Can this be changed?
>
>
>
> Thanks, best regards
>
>
>
> Katrien
>
>
>
> *Van:* Marianthi Grizioti <margrizioti(a)gmail.com>
> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 23 januari 2024 17:09
> *Aan:* Sagun.Shrestha <sagun.shrestha(a)open.ac.uk>
> *CC:* Exten.D.T.2_OMT_Mailing List <extendt2_omt(a)lists.sunet.se>
> *Onderwerp:* [Extendt2_omt] Re: Technologies in Y2 interventions
>
>
>
> Hi Sagun,
>
> Find my answers below
>
>
>
>
>
> 1. When you say that students must use extended versions of the tools,
> and their extended functionalities this year, I was wondering how pupils
> will use geolocation/traffic data in ChoiCo if they are exploring an issue,
> such as energy consumption in their school. I understand that for our
> research purpose this year, we want them to use extended version, but shall
> we also remain a bit open for their selection on whether to use a static
> picture or geolocation/traffic data in ChoiCo? Of course, we will ask them
> to use the extended functionalities.
>
>
>
> I am afraid of the risk of not having any students using the new version
> of ChoiCo in their projects. One solution could be to focus on issues that
> can be related to the geolocation or traffic data in ChoiCo e.g. air
> pollution, means of transportation (for the traffic) or hidden places in
> the city or nature that arent visual on the maps and students go out and
> discover them (e.g. in a park or in their neighborhood). For example, they
> could use the google maps to depict different types of energy production in
> their city/country ( wind generators, factory, solar panels etc). It is
> important to evaluate these functionalities and show their added value for
> learning
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Marianthi
>
>
>
>
> 1.
> 2. I still don’t find where the game is being saved in the
> Extendt2.com platform. I uploaded the ChoiCo game that I created and saved
> it. Next, the message popped up on my screen stating that it was
> successful; however, I could not find the game on the platform. Is the task
> around developing saving functionality still being carried out?
>
>
>
> If you are working with a teacher account you should be able to find the
> game in your activities. The process is that you click "create an
> activity", select "ChoiCo" in the tools dropdown, then edit the activity
> (e.g. upload the game), save it online. Then by going to activities, you
> will be able to find it there. So what do you see if you go to your
> activities?
>
>
>
>
> 1. User Journey: In its current form, in the ExtenDT2 platform, it
> seems to me that the teacher will create an activity and a group, and
> he/she will assign an activity to a particular group. While doing so,
> he/she will be able to link only one tool to an activity. I was wondering
> whether there will be no choice for students to use either tool to explore
> the issue as only one tool is associated per activity? Moreover, provided
> that nQuire for students is integrated, how can a teacher link nQuire for
> students and one more other tool to the activity. In this case, will a
> teacher develop another activity having almost a similar name?
>
>
>
> Apologies for sending a lot of queries. But what I think is that we need
> to gain clarity on these issues as early as possible.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Sagun
>
>
>
> *From: *Marianthi Grizioti <margrizioti(a)gmail.com>
> *Date: *Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at 11:04
> *To: *Exten.D.T.2_OMT_Mailing List <extendt2_omt(a)lists.sunet.se>
> *Subject: *[Extendt2_omt] Technologies in Y2 interventions
>
> External email: if the sender or content looks suspicious, please click
> the Report Message icon, or forward it to report-phishing
>
> Dear all,
>
> Regarding* Y2 interventions* I would like to remind you that:
>
> 1) Students have to use *the extended version**s* of the tools and their
> extended functionalities (i.e. 3D printing in MaLT2, geolocation/traffic
> data in ChoiCo, body interaction in SorBET). This must also be visible in
> Y2 *Activity Plans*
>
> 2) The interventions need to be done *through the extendt2.com
> <http://extendt2.com/> platform*, which means teachers have to create an
> account, create student groups, set up an activity with one of the tools,
> assign it to student groups etc.
>
> 3) Capturing *user data* and representing them in the *LA dashboard* *doesn't
> happen automatically.* Teachers (or we) need to do some settings for the
> activity we want to capture the data before students start using it.
>
>
>
> If you have any questions regarding the tools and the platform, please let
> me or Philothei know
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Marianthi
>
>
>
> Marianthi Grizioti (PhD)
>
> Post-doc researcher & software developer
>
> *Educational Technology Lab (ETL) <http://etl.eds.uoa.gr/> *
>
> *Department of Educational Studies*
>
> *National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece*
>
> Research Gate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marianthi_Grizioti> | Academia
> <https://en-uoa-gr.academia.edu/MarianthiGrizioti>| LinkedIn
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianthi-grizioti-b0394038/>
>
>
Dear all,
Regarding* Y2 interventions* I would like to remind you that:
1) Students have to use *the extended versions* of the tools and their
extended functionalities (i.e. 3D printing in MaLT2, geolocation/traffic
data in ChoiCo, body interaction in SorBET). This must also be visible in
Y2 *Activity Plans*
2) The interventions need to be done *through the extendt2.com
<http://extendt2.com> platform*, which means teachers have to create an
account, create student groups, set up an activity with one of the tools,
assign it to student groups etc.
3) Capturing *user data* and representing them in the *LA dashboard* *doesn't
happen automatically.* Teachers (or we) need to do some settings for the
activity we want to capture the data before students start using it.
If you have any questions regarding the tools and the platform, please let
me or Philothei know
Best,
Marianthi
Marianthi Grizioti (PhD)
Post-doc researcher & software developer
*Educational Technology Lab (ETL) <http://etl.eds.uoa.gr/> *
*Department of Educational Studies*
*National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece*
Research Gate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marianthi_Grizioti>
| Academia
<https://en-uoa-gr.academia.edu/MarianthiGrizioti>| LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianthi-grizioti-b0394038/>
Dear All
Please see attached. Some of you may also have received this information via the Funding & Tenders Portal notification.
In particular note:
We will be assisted by the following outside expert(s):
– Davinia Hernández Leo UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA
– MARKUS VINCZE Technische Universität Wien
Please let us know — within 5 days of receiving this letter — if you object to any of these experts on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, and explain the reasons why
Action: If there are any reasons for objection of the proposed experts, please let Marcelo and me know by Friday 26 January: 12.00 CET so we can inform our PO in the given timeline
Reporting instructions and individual templates, as noted in the draft OMT minutes recently distributed, will be sent around the end of January.
Best regards, Shamim
Dear All,
Currently, we are working on Deliverable 8.2<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ZXn12Eg65kVf7ibY8pxZkFnpLonZb87/edit> 'Dissemination and impact report 1'. In the draft, under the heading ‘Publications and presentations’, we have listed some presentations and 1 publication related to the Exten(DT)2 project. Could you please let us know if any of the following works are published or if there are any other publications that we can list in this section. Also please send us a summary related to the publication that you want us to list there.
1. ‘Enhancing students’ 21st century skills through playing and modifying embodied digital classification games’ presented at the 16th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT 16) by Marianthi Grizioti and Maria Stella Nikolaou
2. ‘Extending Design Thinking with Digital Technologies" presented at the 20th Biennial EARLI Conference by Manolis Mavrikis
3. ‘An Embodied Instrumentation Approach for Spatial Thinking development using Geospatial technology’ presented at the 13th International Conference "ICT in Education" by Marianthi Grizioti and Christina Gkreka.
4. A keynote speech to the Brazilian Association of Mathematics Education on "Computational Thinking (CT) and Learning Analytics in Mathematics Education: Enhancing the programming experiences for Teachers and Students" by Marcelo Milrad
Also, could you give us some information relating to teacher training workshops that you have organised or will organise up until the end of Jan. You can insert your details on the table you find in this doc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zgjfUR9rrV3RuYNE9h4T3m_uQBbp8W3MXGyxubK…>.
It would be great if you could carry out these actions by Friday Jan 26.
Regards,
Sagun
