The document describes the Scatol8 system, a simulation model for promoting education about sustainability in Italy. It discusses the history of environmental education in Italy and the need for new tools like e-learning, mobile learning, and IoT. The Scatol8 system uses a sensor network and open-source hardware/software to monitor environmental variables. An agent-based simulation models how the system could diffuse through schools using different strategies like word-of-mouth, internet promotion, or external sponsors. The simulation explores achieving broader adoption across geographic and education levels.

1. Scatol8®
system for
Education on Sustainability.
Design and implementation of a
Simulation model to empower its diffusion.
Riccardo Beltramo, Licia Gallo, Paolo Cantore
University of Torino - Department of Management
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2. Environmental Education
in Italy
First steps
• 1986 Ministry of Environment
• 1997 Fiuggi’s Paper
• 2000 Conferenza nazionale di Educazione Ambientale
International Engagement
• 2003 WEEC
• 2005-2014 DESS (Decennio dell’Educazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile) / UN
Decade of Education for SustainableDevelopment (2005-2014)
National effort
• 2013 Network WEEC Italia
School
• 2009 Linee guida per l’educazione ambientale e allo sviluppo sostenibile
• 2015 Education to Sustainable Development
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3. EE New Tools
E-learning Mobile - learning IoT
“A new generation of learners is entering our educational institutions, one
which has grown up with Information and Communication Technology as
an integral part of their everyday lives”
• Simulated situations to
improve knowledge and
attitudes
• Virtual representation of
natural environments not
directly accessible
To bridge the gap
between direct use and
virtual use of the natural
environment
It is estimated that in
2020 the IoT will reach
26 billion connected
devices, an increase
of 30 times with
respect to the
installed base in
2009.
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5. Criteria
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Hardware and
software are fully
based on open
technologies
ACCESSIBILITY MODULARITY
ENVIRONEMENTAL
COMPATIBLITY
The system is
constituted from
time to time,
according to the
requirements and
specifications of
each application
When possible, all
electronic devices
are placed in
recycled containers
or made of wood
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6. Sensors network
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7. Sensors networkTailor-made sensors & network
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8. Tailor-made sensors & networkTailor-made sensors & network
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10. Example of a end node
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11. Example of a coordinator
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12. Crusc8 (dashboard)
and graph
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14. 14
Didactic units,
experiments, reports
Didactical support
available
in Italian and Spanish,
see: http://scatol8.net
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15.
Scatol8® --> Crusc8
Example of Crusc8 (dashboard) in a school
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16. Our experience:
A Scuola con lo Scatol8®
Educational workshop within a regional initiative
8 classes involved in 4 provinces: Biella, Novara,
Torino , Vercelli
Environmental variables monitored: air
temperature and humidity, amount of waste
paper products, energy consumption
Verification activities with teachers in November
2014 —> Input for the Simulation model
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17. Netlgo: an Agent Based Simulation
Interface Screen: environment and agents
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18. Agent Based Simulation
An Agent’s ID and sliders
School features 8th WEEC, Gothenburg, July 2, 2015

19. #1 Baseline experiment
• Spread among
school from
the same
educational
institute
• Adopting
interest
threshold 50%
• After 5 turn
16 schools
apply
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20. #2 Sponsor
• External
sponsor impact
• Adopting
interest
threshold 50%
for schools and
75% for
sponsor
• After 5 turn 27
schools apply
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21. #3 Grapevine
• Baseline and
"grapevine"
• 8 new schools
each turn
• interest
threshold 50%
for schools and
75% for
grapevine
• After 5 turn 61
schools apply
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22. #4 = 1 + Internet
• Baseline and
internet
• 8 new schools
each turn
• interest
threshold 50%
for schools and
75% for
internet
• After 5 turn 45
schools apply
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23. #5 All together
• All the previous solutions together
• 8 new schools for each channel
each turn
• interest threshold 50% for schools
and 75% for others
• 177 schools apply, mostly in the
Turin area
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24. #5 all together
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25. Implications, limitations, future developments
Internet
• Spread as much as possible the lead through the internet,
to reach a high number of system potential users
Grapevine
• Improve the initiative each year to support the
dissemination of positive testimonials
Sponsor
• Engage the energies both in enlarging the network of new
contacts, both in presenting initiatives with previous
positive experience support
School
• Positive result, combined with the findings from the
previously presented questionnaires, about teachers’
availability to witness their experience, can help to focus
efforts toward quality experiences in schools
Geographical
and economic
dimension
Monitoring
along the
various
education
levels
Agents with
mind
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26. http://scatol8.net
info@scatol8.net