E-Science in the classroom - Towards viability

E-Science has the potential to transform school science by enabling learners, teachers and research scientists to engage together in authentic scientific enquiry, collaboration and learning. However, if we are to reap the benefits of this potential as part of everyday teaching and learning, we need to explicitly think about and support the work required to set up and run e-Science experiences within any particular educational context. In this paper, we present a framework for identifying and describing the resources, tools and services necessary to move e-Science into the classroom together with examples of these. This framework is derived from previous experiences conducting educational e-Science projects and systematic analysis of the categories of `hidden work' needed to run these projects. The articulation of resources, tools and services based on these categories provides a starting point for more methodical design and deployment of future educational e-Science projects, ref...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: CE
• Authors: Joshua Underwood, Hilary Smith, Rosemary Luckin, Geraldine Fitzpatrick
• Keywords: Authentic Scientific Enquiry, CE 2008, E-Science, Educational E-Science Projects