1. Connecting
Schools to
Remote
Science Labs
Anne-Christin Tannhäuser
Scienter
NetsEU conference, Oct 2011

2. It’s Lab Time!
UniSchooLabS aims at
improving quality in science education in
Europe, by promoting collaboration
between universities and schools in the
provision of remote access to science
laboratories for primary and secondary
schools through internet-based services.

3. It’s Lab Time!
Why?
Schools
 fragmented access to science in rural
areas
 lack of proper equipment and limited
range of possible experiments
Teaching
 “Chalk and talk” approach
 Difficulties to engage learners in science
BUT
young people’s interest in science is
essential to our future prosperity

4. It’s Lab Time!
Goals quality of science
education
Teachers Students
Use of Interest in
technologies in science also
the classroom
Increase
among girls
Problem- Motivation,
solving and analytical
inquiry-based thinking,
approaches creativity

5. It’s Lab Time!
How do we get there?
Good Practice Report
o Pedagogical scenarios of
inquiry-based learning,
problem solving, learning
practices
o Organizational settings
o Collaboration between
schools and science labs
o Human and technical
infrastructure required
schools versus universities
o Usability issues

6. It’s Lab Time!
How do we get there?
Lab catalogue
9 remote labs
Lab activity editor
Teacher create and share online
activities for students
Lab notebook
Students „publish“ results of
experiments and discussions

7. It’s Lab Time!
How do we get there?
Pilot studies
o 10 teachers, 200 students use
the toolkit in the classroom
o Interviews with lab owners
Improve

8. It’s Lab Time!
How do we get there?
Building a
coordination structure Workshops
For teachers
&
Connecting schools and Policy makers,
university labs - sustainably Lab owners, and
researchers

9. It’s Lab Time!
Partnership
Coordination

10. It’s Lab Time!
Your are a teacher and interested in remote labs
Sign up for our toolkit
http://unischoolabs.eun.org
Do not hesitate to ask further questions!
Contact us
actannhauser@scienter.org