The Go-Lab project aimed to create an online portal providing access to science labs for K-12 education. It ran from 2012-2016 with a budget of 10 million euros. The project was coordinated by the University of Twente and EPFL to develop an online inquiry learning space integrating remote labs, models, and tools through a single social media portal. This portal allows ubiquitous access and supports customizing apps and labs to fit lesson plans while tracking student usage through a learning analytics tool.

1. THE GO-LAB PROJECT
Sten Govaerts

7. STRUCTURE
• explain main idea
• science edu -> to labs -> lab fire -> need something safer
• objectives golab
• partner list
• react’s job
• portal
• architecture

8. GO-LAB
• Global Online Science LABs for Inquiry Learning at School
• from Nov. 2012 to Oct. 2016 (10.000.000€).
• Pedagogical coordinator: University of Twente (NL)
• Technical coordinator: EPFL (us!)
STEM Education at School (10-18)
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Technology
Online Labs
Pedagogy
Inquiry Learning
Community
School Networks
Single Social Media Portal
Federation • Recommendation • Aggregation • Interaction

10. Orientation
Discussion
Investigation
Conceptua-
Conclusion lisation

11. THE GO-LAB
PORTAL

12. ubiquitously accessible
for everyone

15. INQUIRY LEARNING SPACE
Orientation Conceptualisation Investigation Discussion Conclusion
Vault

16. DEMO.

17. LAB INTEROPERABILITY
• make online labs interoperable
with the learning env.
• Go-Lab ➜ smart device + smart gateway

18. inquiry space
graasp online lab
pressure
temperature
humidity
models
logs & alarm
widgets
authentication
smart device
visualisation widget
run experiment
booking service

19. inquiry space
graasp
smart gateway
models
logs & alarm
acts as a smart device
visualisation widget
run experiment
booking service
non-changeable
lab
pressure
temperature
humidity
widgets
authentication

20. Smart Gateway Demo!
Public labs

21. LEARNING ANALYTICS

23. AngeLA
• a mechanism to easily grant and revoke student
tracking rights
• the teacher is
in control!

24. anyone inside the room can listen
room == space

26. THE APP COMPOSER

27. apps & labs might need customisation to
fit into the teacher’s lesson plan…
internationalisation customisation

28. App Composer
demo!

29. BARTERING PLATFORM

30. WHO & WHAT?
teachers
lab owners
support the creation of ILS
demo remote labs to other teachers
time-share of labs
support lab users

31. Golabz Tutoring