Author: Michael Gregory

Discovery Space is an EU-funded project to develop an Exploratory Learning Environment to facilitate students’ inquiry and problem-solving through learning scenarios featuring virtual and remote labs. Students will be guided through differentiated learning pathways, customized by their input as they progress through learning scenarios covering a variety of topics. For more information on Discovery Space, please see: https://discoveryspace.eu/.

EPS is one of eight project partners, and is in charge of the teacher training academy for Discovery Space, and will be developing a number of in-person and online workshops and courses throughout the project.

In October and November, EPS will be running an online mini-course on AI in the classroom: AIMLOW - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Online Workshops. The course will be led by Michael Gregory (EPS EU Project Officer) in collaboration with Kalina Dimitrova (Sofia University, PADME, ALICE). Sessions will include:

• Language models / text generation
• Image recognition
• Image generation
• Misconceptions on AI
• Classroom applications
• Discovery Space

Sessions will be semi-independent, and can be attended individually according to interest. Certificates of completion will be provided for teachers who attend the whole course. The course will finish with an introduction to Discovery Space as a tool to transform your classroom into an AI-assisted deep-learning environment.

Thursday Sept 26th, Michael will present a Scientix webinar to introduce Discovery Space and AIMLOW. As a Scientix Ambassador, this will be Michael’s 6th Scientix webinar, and is expected to generate excitement about Discovery Space throughout the Scientix community. There are also plans to present Discovery Space at an upcoming PhET webinar.

In-person workshops are being planned across Europe to train teachers on the Discovery Space Enhanced Learning Environment, with learning scenarios created from project partners:

• University of Bayreuth (Germany)
• University of Deusto (Spain)
• Ellinogermaniki Agogi (Greece)
• Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (Greece)
• LabsLand (Spain)
• Athens Technology Center (Greece)
• NUCLIO – Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia e Inovação em Educação (Portugal)
• European Physical Society

EPS-led workshops will kick-off in Sofia, Bulgaria on September 28th to coincide with European Researchers’ Night celebrations, and more will follow in France and Spain. Please get in touch if you are interested in organising a workshop for teachers in your part of the world.

image credit: Michael Gregory

Discovery Space is funded by the European Union under grant agreement No 101086701. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.