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Science and technology educational activities (Last Updated 16/03/2008)

ComLab-2

Data acquisition with the use of CMC-S3 interface and E-Prolab software at Physical laboratory 2 of physics teachers study programme at the Faculty of Natural Sciences during the whole winter semester 2005/2006
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Time period: September – December 2005
Number of participants: 15

Workshop for secondary school students talented in physics with the use of ComLab-1 experiments, hardware and software
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Date: December 2005

Presentation of experiments created in the frame of the ComLab at a seminar for secondary school students talented in physics.
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Date: 24th January 2006

Data acquisition with the use of CMC-S3 interface and E-Prolab software during a course Introduction to experimental physics within the physics teachers study programme at the Faculty of Natural Sciences during the summer semester 2005/2006.
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Time period: February – May 2006
Number of participants: 11

Workshop for secondary school students
Programme:
1. Quantitative models (M. Murin)
2. Computer simulations of mechanical phenomena (Miriam Spodniaková Pfefferová)
3. Computer-aided experiments with E-Prolab system (Martin Hruška)
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Date: 22nd May 2006
Number of participants: 20

Seminar for pupils talented in physics. Tajov.
Two presentations:
1. Miriam Spodniaková Pfefferová: Computer simulations of mechanical phenomena.
2. Martin Hruška: Computer-aided experiments with E-Prolab system.
Place: Chata Lesák, Tajov (near Banska Bystrica), SLOVAKIA
Date: 20th June 2006
Number of participants: 21

The use of ComLab approaches in science teacher training programme – the course Physics labs I
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Time period: November - December 2006
Number of participants: 12

Workshops for talented secondary school students
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Date: 7nd December 2006, 24th January 2007, 21st February 2007
Number of participants: 23

The use of ComLab approaches in science teacher training programme – the course Computer-aided experiments in physics teaching
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Time period: March – May 2007
Number of participants: 10.

Introduction of ComLab approaches to future physics teachers during a course Introduction to experimental physics.
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Time period: March – May 2007
Number of participants: 10.

The use of ComLab approaches in science teacher training programme – courses Physics laboratory excercises I and ICT in physics teaching
Place: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIA
Time period: September – December 2007
Number of participants: 10.

Workshops for teachers of electrotechnics and electonics (4 realizations)
Title: Computer based laboratory work in electrotechnics and electronics – vocational education
Purpose: Education of in-service electotechnics and electronics teachers about use of computer based laboratory. As a result teachers prepared their own projects and presented them.
Duration: 24 lessons
Number of all participants: 57
Evaluation of workshop: Participants have filled in a questionnaire and have given marks for the contents, the lecturer and assistant, the hands-on material, the room in which the workshop was going on and organization of workshop on six-points Likert scale. They also have had an opportunity to give some suggestions or show approvals (see Appendix for the questionnaire)
1. realization
Place: School centre Ptuj, Slovenia
Number of participants: 18
Date: 13.- 14. April 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
2. realization
Place: School centre Celje, Slovenia
Number of participants: 12
Date: 10.- 11.May 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
3. realization
Place: School centre Novo mesto, Slovenia
Number of participants: 15
Date: 28., 30. August 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
4. realization
Place: Kranj school centre for technical sciences, Slovenia
Number of participants: 12
Date: 3.- 4. September 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education

Workshops for teachers of technical science (3 realizations)
Title: Robotics in technical science
Purpose: Education of in-service teachers of technical science about integration of electronics, mechanics and informatics based on practical tasks from robotics.
Duration: 24 lessons
Number of all participants: 40
Evaluation of workshop: Participants have filled in a questionnaire and have given marks for the contents, the lecturer and assistant, the hands-on material, the room in which the workshop was going on and organization of workshop on six-points Likert scale. They also have had an opportunity to give some suggestions or show approvals (see Appendix for the questionnaire)
1. realization
Place: School centre Ptuj, Slovenia
Number of participants: 12
Date: 4. - 5. May 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
2. realization
Place: Šentjernej elementary school
Number of participants: 12
Date: 22. - 23. August 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
3. realization
Place: Miran Jarc elementary school, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Number of participants: 14
Date: 24. - 25. August 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education

Workshops for teachers of professional subjects in vocational education
Title: Electronics with robotics
Purpose: Basis of project work in electrotechnics
Duration: 24 lessons
Number of participants: 12
Evaluation of workshop: Participants have filled in a questionnaire and have given marks for the contents, the lecturer and assistant, the hands-on material, the room in which the workshop was going on and organization of workshop on six-points Likert scale. They also have had an opportunity to give some suggestions or show approvals (see Appendix for the questionnaire)
Place: School centre Ptuj, Slovenia
Number of participants: 12
Date: 7. - 8. May 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education

Workshops for chemistry, physics and biology teachers of secondary school and for teacher of natural sciences in vocational education (3 realizations)
Title: Science in secondary school and in vocational education
Purpose: Education of in-service teachers of chemistry, physics and biology teachers of secondary school and teachers of natural sciences in vocational education about possibilities of connection the traditional and computer based laboratory in science laboratory.
Duration: 24 lessons
Number of all participants: 36
Evaluation of workshop: Participants have filled in a questionnaire and have given marks for the contents, the lecturer and assistant, the hands-on material, the room in which the workshop was going on and organization of workshop on six-points Likert scale. They also have had an opportunity to give some suggestions or show approvals (see Appendix for the questionnaire)
1. realization
Place: Živilska šola Maribor, Slovenia
Number of participants: 12
Date: 16. - 17. February 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
2. realization
Place: Srednja gostinska in turistična šola Radovljica, Slovenia
Number of participants: 12
Date: 20. - 21. June 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
3. realization
Place: Srednja gostinska in turistična šola Radovljica, Slovenia
Number of participants: 12
Date: 26. - 27.June 2007
Coordinated by: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education

The use of ComLab approaches in science teacher training programme – the course Computer-aided experiments in physics teaching
Place: Faculty of  Science, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Time period: February – May 2006, February  – May 2007, February  – May 2008
Number of participants: 10 per semester.

Computer aided experiments in Physics – course for doctoral students
Place: Faculty of  Science, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Time period: 20. 2. – 24. 2. 2006,
Number of participants: 11.

Computer aided experiments in Physics – course for doctoral students
Place: Faculty of  Science, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Time period: 5. 2. -9. 2. 2007,
Number of participants: 13.

Computer aided experiments in Physics – course for doctoral students
Place: Faculty of  Science, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Time period:  4. 2. – 8. 2. 2008
Number of participants: 10.

Workshops for secondary school pupils 
Place: Faculty of  Science, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Time period:
26. 2. 2007 Grammar school Komenského Havířov, Number of participants: 12.
7. 5. 2007 1^st International School of Ostrava (in English), Number of participants: 13.

Experiment demonstrations for students of not Vilnius University:

Students biologists of Klaipėda University (15 persons) - 23th of December 2007

Students biologists of Vilnius Pedagogical University (40x3 students in total) -  3 days in every December of 2005, 2006 and 2007 year . Tutor - dr. Palmira Kenstavičienė.

ComLab-1

Workshop on Robotics for in-service technology teachers
Venue: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
Dates: 20th and 22th December 2004 and 28th January 2004
Participants: 23 teachers from different primary schools
Purpose: teaching training workshop for optional subject Robotics in the last triade of primary school (age of pupils 13-15)
Contents: programming H-bridge and CMC-S3 data acquisition system in Visual basic, building models of robots and other devices, the use of AVR microcontrollers in robotics, ntroducing commercially available equipment (Lego, Fischer technik, AVR based systems and bascom), presentations of teachers' projects.

Leonardo da Vinci mobility programme phase II
Training for five students and a teacher is planned to begin in April 2005
Receiving partner: Todor Kableskhov Higher School of transport, Bulgaria (ComLab partner)
Promoting organisation: I E.S. PUERTO DE LA CRUZ, Spain
Programme of the course taking place in Bulgaria:
- Data acquisition and control system
- Experimental mechanics and machine elements
- Metrology – sensors and measurements.
The course was developed under the ComLab project.


Course Robotics at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education

The one-semester course is given in fourth year for trainee teachers of Technology. Since 2002, the course is utilising CMC-S3 DAQ system and H-bridge digital control unit both developed within the ComLab as well as theDAQ software.

Course Computerised measurements at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
The one-semester course is given in second year for trainee teachers of Physics. Since 2002, the course is utilising CMC-S3 DAQ system developed within the ComLab as well as DAQ software e-ProLab and simulation software e-ProSim.

Workshop for in-service teachers of chemistry and biology
Title: Computer interfacing in chemistry and biology experiments (Računalniški vmesnik pri pouku kemije in biologije)
Place: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia
Number of participants: 42 in the two groups
Date: 23. March 2001 for the first group, 30. March for the second group of teachers
Coordinated by: Institute of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Programme: Practical computer-based experimentation utilising the DAQ system earlier developed in Slovenia. Presentation of aims and objectives of the ComLab project. Invitation to schools to participate.

Workshop for in-service teachers of chemistry and biology (continued from 2001)
Title: Computer interfacing in chemistry and biology experiments (Računalniški vmesnik pri pouku kemije in biologije)
Place: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia
Number of participants: 23
Date: 15. March 2002.
Coordinated by: Institute of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia


Workshop for in-service teachers of chemistry and biology (continued from 2001)
Title: Computer interfacing in chemistry and biology experiments (Računalniški vmesnik pri pouku kemije in biologije)
Place: Prva gimnazija Maribor, Slovenia
Number of participants: 12
Date: 15. March 2002.
Coordinated by: Institute of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Workshop for in-service teachers of chemistry and biology (continued from 2001)
Title: Computer interfacing in chemistry and biology experiments (Računalniški vmesnik pri pouku kemije in biologije)
Place: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia
Number of participants: 19
Date: 18. June 2002.
Coordinated by: Institute of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Workshop for in-service teachers of physics, chemistry and biology
Title: The use of computer interface at laboratory work in physics, chemnistry and biology, (Uporaba računalniškega vmesnika pri eksperimentalnih vajah iz fizike, kemije in biologije) Place: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia
Number of participants: 22
Date: 06. February 2004.

Coordinated by: Institute of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Programme: The use of CMC-S3 system and the e-ProLab software. Integrating eProSim simulations to practical hands-on experimentation. The use of ultrasonic distance sensor, O2 gas sensor and light gates through practical examples. Outline of the ComLab courses with some practical examples.
Ministry of Education of Slovenia equipped the schools with the Vernier sensors compatible with the CMC‑S3. The participants of the course got one free CMC-S3 system per school from the ComLab project as well as adapters needed for some of the sensors.

MEd (Science) - a two year postgraduate programme for second level teachers at University College Cork (16 candidates per year), Cork, Ireland.

Course "Biophysics", Laboratory works for students (Bachelor studies) 2001-2003 in Biochemistry and Biophysics Department of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Laboratory Course "Special Practical Works" for biophysics students (Master studies) in Biochemistry and Biophysics Department of Vilnius University. Selected laboratory works from "Measurements in Biology" were used in this course. Spring of 2003, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Short course training: Introduction in Data Acquisition Interface and Software, Todor Kableshkov, Higher School of Transport, Sofia, Bulgaria. Separate lecturers, training the subjects Physics, Electrical machines, Electrical Engineering, Machine Elements were invited, as well as teacher from high schools from Sofia.

In service training of teachers Workshop Computerised laboratory in physics and science teaching
Date: 13th - 14th June 2002
Organisers: Physics Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica and Methodical Centre Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic
Starring: Dr. Slavko Kocijancic, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana,
Dr. Colm O´Sullivan, Department of Physics, National University of Ireland Cork
Participants: Thirty teachers of physics, chemistry and biology from Slovak upper primary and secondary schools.

Seminary Experimental activities in physics teaching at secondary grammar school
Date: 28th November 2002
Organisers: Physics Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University B. Bystrica
Programme: Presentation of real computer aided experiments developed within the project Leonardo da Vinci SI 143008 for students of secondary grammar school at Banska Bystrica (30 participants).
Experiments covered the topic of acoustic.

Seminary for talented students of secondary grammar schools from the region of Banska Bystrica
Date: 17th December 2002
Organisers: Physics Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University B. Bystrica
Programme: presentation of real computer aided experiments developed within the project Experiments covered the topic of radioactive radiation (radioactive decay) – 17 participants

Short course training: Introduction to Data Acquisition using the sensor computer interface Date: 19 November 2003
Place: INETE- Technical School for Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Portugal.
Separate lectures concerning data acquisition using computers, introduction to the MF‑DAQ system and presentation of optoelectronics experiments using the MF-DAQ system and e-Prolab software. Several teachers were present from the Physics, and Electrical Engineering Departments. The course was attended by 30 students.

Short course training: Introduction to Data Acquisition using the sensor computer interface Date: 26 November 2003
Place: Escola Secundária Filipa de Lencastre.
Separate lectiures concerning data acquisition using computers, introduction to the MF-DAQ system and presentation of optoelectronics experiments using the MF-DAQ system and e-Prolab software. Several Physics and Chemistry teachers were present.

Short course training: Introduction to Data Acquisition using the sensor computer interface
Date: 12 November 2003
Place: Escola Secundária Luís de Camões.
Separate lectiures concerning data acquisition using computers, introduction to the MF-DAQ system and presentation of optoelectronics experiments using the MF-DAQ system and e-Prolab software. Several Physics and Chemistry teachers were present

Presentation of computer aided experiments
Place: Escola Secundária Filipa de Lencastre.
Presentation of computer aided experiments developed within the ComLab project, Leonardo da Vinci Program for secondary grammar school students in the scientific/technical curriculum (20 students/ were present from 3 classes).

Presentation of computer aided experiments
Place: Escola Secundária Luís de Camões.
Presentation of computer aided experiments developed within the ComLab project, Leonardo da Vinci Program for secondary grammar school students in the scientific/technical curriculum (20 students/ were present from 3 classes).

Workshop on two ComLab courses, Overview of computer based experiments and Introduction to DAQ and control
Dates: 13th-14th January and 3rd February 2004
Place: CPR Monzón (Centro de profesores y Recursos)
Pza Santa María nş2
Monzón 22400, Spain

Seminar Computer aided education and experiment
Place: University of Ostrava, CZ
Dates: 2/12/2003, 16/12/2003, 30/1/2004
Participants, 6 secondary school teachers each day (only 6 CMC-S3 systems available). Programme: electricity.

Seminar on Information and communication technology in education.
Place: Secondary Technical Lyceum in Chrudim, CZ.
Dates: 8 November to 10 November 2001
Programme: Mezinárodní projekt Computerised Laboratory for Science and Technology Teaching, ComLab-SciTech
Libor Koníček, Katedra fyziky, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Ostravská univerzita