The sciPADS project from 2012-2015 investigated the impact of tablet-cloud systems on student-led science explorations and inquiries in elementary education. The project provided four Luxembourg schools with tablets and an internal cloud facility to comfortably share and disseminate data between students, teachers, and a public audience. The project set up private clouds for each school and equipped classrooms with tablets, accessories, and networking equipment to facilitate inquiry-based learning through collaboration and resource sharing via the tablet-cloud systems.

1. Organisational
innovation
Re-creating teaching &
learning practice
The
sciPADS
project
(2012-­‐2015)
inves6gates
the
impact
of
tablet-­‐cloud
systems
on
student-­‐led
explora6ons
and
inquiries
of
science
phenomena
in
elementary
educa6on.
The
project
has
supplied
four
Luxembourg
schools
with
tablets
and
an
internal
cloud
facility,
which
allows
to
comfortably
share
all
kind
of
data
between
students
and
teachers
and
to
disseminate
student
produc6ons
to
a
private
or
public
audience.
sciPADS
Implementing Tablet-Cloud Systems
in Science Education
Se*ng
up
the
sciPADS
cloud
University
–
SNT
Companies:
• Educdesign
• Post
• Root
Home
and
mobile
access
Sharing
Exchanging
Collabora:ng
Genera:ng
content
European
School
2
School
Harlange
Private
cloud
Private
cloud
Private
cloud
Private
cloud
Private
cloud
School
Dudelange
School
Pontpierre
Class
equipment
&
tablet-­‐cloud
learning
1
sta0on
Mul0Dock
10
Bay
1
Apple
TV
2
Airport
Extreme
Base
Sta0on
*
10
iPads
Wifi
16GB
(iPad
3)
10
Elago
Stylus
Pen
SaaS
IaaS
PaaS
CULTURE
&
TECHNOLOGY
Individual
viewpoint
Empowerment
through
interac:on
Maximising
connec6ons,
interac6ons,
and
sharing
Personal
learning
resources
based
on
smart
interfaces
Apps
and
cloud-­‐based
mechanisms
(UGC
upload)
enable
personalisa6on.
Organisa-­‐
:onal
viewpoint
Context-­‐based
communica:on
prac:ces
Responsive
&
context-­‐aware
modes
of
communica6on
and
collabora6on
in
the
classroom
Distributed
technology
plaMorms
Use
of
external
capabili6es
and
socio-­‐digital
resources
(informa6on,
people)
Adapted
from
Arina
(2011)
CL
D
learning
Tablet-­‐cloud
learning
1
Adapted from: REDECKER,CH., ALA-MUTKA, K., BACIGALUPO, M.,
FERRARI, A., & PUNIE, Y. (2009). Learning 2.0: The Impact of Web
2.0 Innovations on Education and Training in Europe (Final Report))
Technological
innovation
New ways, tools
& methods for learning
Technical
&
organisa:onal
innova:on
L
Learning
A
Achieving
N
Networking
Set
up
user-­‐friendly
tablet-­‐cloud
systems
to
promote
intense
use
(easy
up/downloads,
data
transfer,
intui6ve
apps…)
Facilitate
inquiry-­‐based
learning
by
configuring
tablets
as
collabora6on
and
inquiry
tools
(apps)
Ensure
availability,
safety
and
security
of
cloud
data
across
6me
(history
func6on,
archive
system)
Provide
secure
Internet
access
(c.f.
limit
access
to
adapted
sites,
filtering
and
controlling
internet
traffic,
etc.)
Provide
cloud
services
in
respect
of
the
Luxembourg
legal
framework
for
digital
data
protec6on
Adapt
video
up/download
to
Wi-­‐Fi
performance
(video
as
a
new
tool
for
personal
learning)
Install
a
high-­‐performance
Internet
connec6on
in
elementary
schools
(c.f.
DIA-­‐line
in
Dudelange)
Create
reliable
Wi-­‐Fi
networks
in
elementary
classrooms
Integrate
tablet-­‐cloud
systems
into
the
school
IT
architecture
(exchange
of
data,
access
to
printers…)
Tablet
features
and
apps
directly
align
with
school
objec6ves
and
goals
for
science
learning
Tablet-­‐cloud
systems
support
different
forms
of
inquiry
(from
open
to
closed)
Using
tablets
has
a
dialec6cal
impact
on
the
ac6vity
context
(mo6va6on,
persistence)
Tablet-­‐cloud
systems
enhance
student-­‐
ini6ated
and
-­‐directed
learning
ini6a6ves
Sets
of
tablets
s6mulate
student
teamwork
and
collabora6on
in
the
classroom
Tablet-­‐cloud
systems
trigger
teacher
collabora6on
within
and
across
schools
sciPADS
Team:
Prof.
Dr.
Charles
Max,
Nathalie
Hack,
Ju
Youn
Song
sciPADS
blog:
h`p://dica-­‐lab.org/scipads/
Direct
Internet
Access
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earpods
Apple
TV
Beam
it
on
the
wall
to
share,
present
&
communicate
Private
access
School
cloud
New
and
innova:ve
ways
of
learning
Individual
performance
enhanced
Network
and
community
building