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Virtual study visits internship report completed within the EduPARK project
Cátia Simões, under the guidance of CIDTFF researchers Teresa Neto and Margarida M. Marques, defended on December 6th her Master's Internship Report "Virtual Field Trip to the City Park: a pedagogical experience with 5th year students under the EduPARK Project". This is the first Internship Report involving a virtual visit to the Infante D. Pedro Park.
EduPARK: new educational guide for a “greener” generation
The paper “EduPARK: new educational guide for a greener generation” summarizes the research involved in the development of the educational guide “O verdinho” that was developed within the scope of the first author's doctoral thesis. It aims to promote positive attitudes towards nature conservation in students, using an interactive game with augmented reality for exploration in the city park.
2nd edition of the Training Workshop “Innovation of Science Education practices through mobile, game-based and outdoor learning”
The success of the 1st edition led to the implementation of this 2nd edition of the 50-hour accredited Training Workshop (OF) “Innovation of Science Education practices through mobile, game- based and outdoor learning”, with trainers Lúcia Pombo and Margarida M. Marques, which proposes the conception, construction and operation of Science Education resources, capable of being integrated into apps such as EduPARK. Some sessions take place in the city park. 14 Science teachers from various levels of education are enrolled.
Students from Paços de Ferreira learn with EduPARK
On June 25, 24 students from the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education, 91 secondary students and 12 teachers from the Vértice Professional School in Paços de Ferreira traveled to Aveiro Parque to learn with the EduPARK app.
Chapter | Teachers’ experiences and perceptions regarding mobile augmented reality games: A case study of a teacher training
Margarida M. Marques (CIDTFF), & Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF) | Proceedings of INTED2021 Conference 8th-9th March 2021, pp. 8938-8947
CIDTFF researcher presents communication at 17th International Conference on Mobile Learning and Educational Technologies - IADIS 2021
Lúcia Pombo participated in the 17th International Conference on Mobile Learning and Educational Technologies (ML 2021) which took place online, from March 3 to 5, having presented the communication “Alternative learning approaches in a pandemic context: from the collaborative outdoor EduPARK game to a virtual visit ”in co-authorship with Margarida M. Marques.
She was also chair, by invitation, of two sessions: i) Innovative mLearning approaches - Tools, technologies and platforms for mLearning; and ii) Learning analytics and mobile learning.
Paper | EduPARK- Interactive outdoor game with augmented reality
This article reports a Master's study in Applied Biology developed within the scope of the EduPARK project. It is intended to analyze the satisfaction of an 8thgrade class of students regarding the teaching strategy implemented (interactive educational game supported by mobile and augmented reality technologies in anoutdoor learningcontext). An Educational Guide included in the EduPARK app was developed and implemented, based on the Natural Sciences curriculum for the 8thgrade. A case study was conducted, with data collection based on observation and questionnaireinquiry. The results show that the use of the EduPARK mobile app,and the fact that it allows to undertake activities in formal learning context in outdoor environments, combined with digital technologies, promotes students’ attention and interest in learning NaturalSciences. Students revealed a positive perception regarding the educational value of the app.
CIDTFF researchers participate in the celebrations of Science and Technology Week
As part of the celebrations of the Science and Technology Week organized by Ciência Viva, taking place from 23 to 29 November, CIDTFF researchers submitted proposals for digital activities, which we announce.
The EduPARK virtual game
Starting November 23, 2020
Organization: University of Aveiro, Department of Education and Psychology, CIDTFF, through researchers Rita Rodrigues, Lúcia Pombo, Margarida M. Marques & Teresa Neto
Description:
With the Science and Technology week, you will have the opportunity to try out the EduPARK app online, which is an innovative educational resource that combines mobile devices, augmented reality and games to promote authentic and contextualized learning at Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro.
CIDTFF researchers present at the European Researchers Night 2020
On the 27th of November, another edition of the European Night of Researchers (NEI 2020) will take place, whose online program counts on contributions from several CIDTFF researchers, which we make known:
Let's play with EduPARK (online activity) | EduPARK Team
The EduPARK app is an innovative educational resource that combines mobile devices, augmented reality and games to promote authentic and contextualized learning at Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro. The activity consists of a small demo game with augmented reality available on the EduPARK app. This quiz game consists of 4 multiple-choice questions and a treasure to find that gives you extra points. At the end of the game, players fill out a form and are able to be one of the three winners to win the EduPARK Monkey. All without leaving home.
CIDTFF researcher as a guest speaker at the “For Sustainable Citizenship” Conference
The CIDTFF Researcher, Lúcia Pombo, participates as a guest speaker, with the Communication “EduPARK - Learning with Augmented Reality in the City Park”, on October 31, at the “For a Sustainable Citizenship” Conference, promoted by the Grouping of Schools of Carregal do Sal, under the Autonomy and Curricular Flexibility Project, UNESCO Project and Clube Ciência Viva.
The interested ones can follow the Conference online, from October 24th to 31st.
Ninth Master's Dissertation concluded within the scope of the EduPARK project
Ana Rita Neto Ribeiro, under the supervision of Lúcia Pombo and Teresa Neto (CIDTFF researchers), defended on July 21, her master's project “EduPARK Project: The beauty of garden benches for students of the 1st Basic Education Cycle”. The public defense took place online and had the Presidency of Rui Vieira and the Questioning of Fátima Paixão. The cooperating teacher, Lurdes Pereira, a teacher at the Gafanha da Nazaré School Group also attended the test..
She got the classification of 18 values. Congratulations, Rita.
It is already the ninth Master's work defended within the scope of the EduPARK project.
Paper | Teacher readiness to adopt game-based mobile learning with augmented reality
Margarida M. Marques & Lúcia Pombo, | in IxD&A/Interaction Design and Architecture(s), special issue “Smart Learning Ecosystems – Design as cornerstone of smart educational processes and places”, pp. 68-85
Eighth dissertation completed at EduPARK - Master in Applied Biology
It was with 18 values that the Biologist Luísa Gomes finished her Master's degree in Applied Biology entitled “Learning the Natural Sciences through the EduPARK Mobile Application in an Interactive Outdoor Game”, under the guidance of Lúcia Pombo and Margarida M. Marques, on December, 16th.
The public defense session included the committee members Alexandra Sá Pinto, CIDTFF Investigator, and Adelaide Almeida, chair of the committee.
EduPARK Monkeys for sale at Aveiro City Museum
Another initiative of knowledge transfer from the EduPARK to society is made through the sale of the project's mascots in the Store Espaço Turismo e Museus, implementing the protocol established between the University of Aveiro and the Aveiro City Council, since the December 17th.
EduPARK at the “Meeting with the scientist” at CMIA
At the invitation of the Fábrica Centro de Ciência Viva de Aveiro, children of the 4th year of Esgueira Basic School contacted with two CIDTFF researchers, Lúcia Pombo and Margarida M. Marques, in the context of the “Meeting with the scientist” of Escola Ciência Viva - Aveiro, which took place on December 6th, at the Municipal Center for Environmental Interpretation [Centro Municipal de Interpretação Ambiental (CMIA).
EduPARK project marks end of funding with one more success - “Lessons Learned - EduPARK”
On November 20th, at the Master Hélder Castanheira Auditorium, the EduPARK marked the end of its funding with the launch of the book “Lessons Learned - EduPARK”. The project welcomed researchers and teachers to a seminar that also counted with the presence and congratulation to EduPARK from the Vice-Rector Professor Artur Silva and the Mayor of Aveiro, Engineer Ribau Esteves (see video).
EduPARK presents Lessons Learned
The “Lessons Learned - EduPARK” event marks the end of the funded period for the EduPARK project. It happens on November 20th, at 2:30 pm, in the Master Hélder Castanheira Auditorium. The session is organized into two parts: the analysis of the project results that includes the release of the Lessons Learned Book and an accredited workshop for teachers. It is an event aimed at researchers and teachers, in order to bring closer together research and teaching practices at different levels of education.
EduPARK is considered, by Visão Magazine, one of the best apps for the brain
“By playing we also learn” was the rubric published in Vision (# 1390, 10/24/30/10), where the EduPARK app is referred to as one of the best 16 apps to learn while playing.
CIDTFF researchers with communications at CIDInE Colloquium on innovation in education
The CIDInE Colloquium, under the theme “Innovation in Education: Reviews and Future Perspectives”, took place from October 24th to 25th, in Porto, with contributions from several CIDTFF researchers. (...)
The communication sessions included the following contributions, which can be read in more detail in the Colloquium summary book:
“Walking in the park with augmented reality towards education enhancement”, presented by Samantha Oliveira (CIDTFF), co-authored with Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF) and Margarida M. Marques (CIDTFF).
Introduces the EduPARK app as an example of an innovative educational resource that integrates augmented reality. Particular attention is given to the virtual objects used to create the augmented reality experience, namely the 3D models used to support the learning of concepts and phenomena that are difficult to understand when only using the traditional textbook.
CIDTFF researcher are present in one more European Researchers Night
At the Science and Technology Fair - Science@UA, a part of the European Researchers Night 2019, wich had over 1000 visitors, there were 21 projects developed at the University of Aveiro, among which we highlight the 9 projects presented by CIDTFF researchers: (...)
“Live the Augmented Reality with the EduPARK“ | Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF), Margarida Marques (CIDTFF), Vânia Carlos (CIDTFF) & Rita Rodrigues (CIDTFF)
Demonstration and hands-on experimentation of the EduPARK app (edupark.web.ua.pt), an innovative educational resource that combines mobile devices, augmented reality, gaming and outdoor environments to promote authentic and contextual learning. The public experiences, in the explore freely mode or in the game mode, the app and resources in augmented reality that were developed to be explored at Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro.
Paper | Mobile augmented reality game-based learning: teacher training using the EduPARK app
Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF), Margarida Morais Marques (CIDTFF) & Vânia Carlos (CIDTFF) | in Da Investigação às Práticas: Estudos de Natureza Educacional, v. 9, n. 2, pp. 3-30
CIDTFF in the European Researchers Night 2019
CIDTFF researchers will be present at the European Researchers Night in Aveiro, a European initiative organized locally by the University of Aveiro and the Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva to bring science and researchers closer to the public.
CIDTFF will be present at the Science and Technology Fair - Science@UA, to be held from 9 pm to midnight in the Cafeteria area, with the following activities:
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Experience the Augmented Reality with the EduPARK | Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF), Margarida Marques (CIDTFF), Vânia Carlos (CIDTFF) & Rita Rodrigues (CIDTFF)
EduPARK in an interview at Computing Conference 2019 in London
Lúcia Pombo, CIDTFF researcher, was interviewed at Computing Conference 2019, which took place July 16-17 in London. The researcher explained how people can learn with Augmented Reality, under the EduPARK Project.
Paper | Evaluation of a Mobile Augmented Reality Game Application as an Outdoor Learning Tool
Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF), Margarida M. Marques (CIDTFF), Luís Afonso (former EduPARK fellow), Paulo Dias & Joaquim Madeira | in International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), 11(4), pp. 59-79
EduPARK project at Computing Conference/London
CIDTFF researcher Lúcia Pombo presented the communication "Learning with the Augmented Reality EduPARK Game-Like App: Its Usability and Educational Value for Primary Education", co-authored with Margarida M. Marques, at the Computing Conference 2019, which took place on 16-17 July, in London. During the Conference, Lúcia Pombo was selected for an interview where she spoke about the EduPARK Project, which will be available soon on the conference website.
Summer Academy 2019 | CIDTFF researchers organize activities at DEP
As in previous years, the Department of Education and Psychology (DEP) of the University of Aveiro participated in the 14th edition of the summer academy with the program "Expedition to the Moon! 3,2,1 ... take off! ", between 8 and 12 of July.
July 11 | I like EduPARK as from here to the moon! | Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF)
Using the EduPARK app, which integrates Augmented Reality content, the children learned while playing, in a group, and had fun on a pleasant path through the park. Groups that answered correctly the higher number of questions, found all the hidden treasures and collected more bananas received EduPARK prizes, but all were entitled to a small participation prize.
CIDTFF researchers went to CRIA 2019
Rita Rodrigues, a doctoral student of the EduPARK project, presented the communication "Strategies for gamification with Augmented Reality in the Infante D. Pedro Park for a learning at the level of nature conservation attitudes", in co-authorship with Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF) and Teresa Neto (CIDTFF), which is based on the case study that intends to carry out in the scope of the Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education, centered on the learning resulting from EduPARK activities, in a non-formal context. More specifically, his work will involve the creation of an Exploratory Guide to an original game, using augmented reality, in order to be able to analyze the learning at the level of the environmental attitudes of children visiting the city park.
Clube do Moinho visits the Infante D. Pedro Park with EduPARK
On July 4th, 26 children and young people from Clube do Moinho, from Viseu, went to the Infante D. Pedro Park in Aveiro to learn with the app of the EduPARK project.
Paper | Learning with the Augmented Reality EduPARK Game-Like App: Its Usability and Educational Value for Primary Education
The article will be presented by Lúcia Pombo at the Computing Conference, which will take place between July 16 and 17 in London.
Public defense of the thesis project, under the Doctoral Program in Multimedia, by Rita Rodrigues
Ana Rita Monteiro Rodrigues (CIDTFF), under the guidance of CIDTFF researchers Lúcia Pombo and Teresa Neto, defended on June 25, her thesis project under the Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education, entitled 'Games with Augmented Reality in Mobile Devices under the EduPARK to promote Nature conservation'.
The freshness of a new teaching and learning strategy for the UA
A new teaching and learning strategy was presented and debated in the academic community of the University of Aveiro on June 18 at the Teaching & Learning Forum@UA. ... The importance of freshness in the pedagogical practices was also highlighted in another presentation of the morning panel by researcher Lúcia Pombo, coordinator of the EduPark project. This project presented the winner application of the ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, awarded by the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU). More information about the EduPark project: https://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=en&c=56061
CIDTFF in the 1st edition of the Teaching and Learning Forum@UA
CIDTFF was represented in the 1st edition of the Teaching and Learning Forum@UA, an event dedicated to the identification and sharing of best teaching practices, where students, teachers, researchers and other members of the community participated in the elaboration of the future strategy of the UA on teaching and learning.
At the invitation of the Rectory, the coordinator of the EduPARK project and CIDTFF researcher, Lúcia Pombo, integrated the forum program with an out-of-the-box communication entitled "Blending different fragrances to get a fresher perfume - the essence of EduPARK".
Master's Degree in Applied Biology originates new EduPARK guide
Under the scope of her master's work, the student Luísa Gomes created a new educational guide, with the support of the EduPARK team, which is integrated in the project's app. This guide was explored in the park by 25 students of the 8th year of the João Afonso de Aveiro Basic School, on June 13.
Party of the Monkeys: EduPARK celebrates its 3rd anniversary in the Park
The EduPARK team invites CIDTFF members to participate in the EduPARK's birthday party. It will take place in the Infante D. Pedro Park, on June 5 at 4pm. There will be cake and surprises.
Seventh Master's Dissertation concluded within the EduPARK project
On May 24, Rita Bola defended her master's project "Development of Learning in Outdoor Context Integrated in the EduPARK Project", under the guidance of CIDTFF researchers Teresa Neto and Lúcia Pombo. This was the seventh master's degree project defended within the scope of the project.
CIDTFF researchers attend SciComPT 2019
The 7th Science Communication Congress of the SciComPT Network (SciComPT 2019), held on 30 and 31 May, at the University of Aveiro, is marked by several contributions from the (co) authorship of CIDTFF researchers
Participation of EduPARK in the 4th Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development (SLERD)
Margarida M. Marques, CIDTFF researcher, presented the oral communication of the full paper "Game-based mobile learning with augmented reality: Are teachers ready to adopt it", in co-authorship with Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF), at the SLERD 2019 Conference, which took place from 22 to 24 May in Rome.
Paper | An App that Changes Mentalities about Mobile Learning – the EduPARK Augmented Reality Activity
Lúcia Pombo & Margarida M. Marques | in Computers, Special Issue Augmented and Mixed Reality in Work Context
EduPARK continues to contribute to the training of Higher Education students
On May 13, 21 students from the Master's Degree in Pre-School Education and Teaching in the 1st Cycle of Basic Education explored the EduPARK app in the City Park.
Second edition of the "I LOVE EduPARK" Training Action is exciting for Teachers of all levels of Education
On May 8th, it was the accredited training, totally in the outdoors in the Infante D. Pedro Park, and was a training moment that 'feels like doing again', according to feedback from participating teachers.
EduPARK Monkeys arrive at L.U.A. [Portuguese acronym for 'moon'
It is now possible to buy EduPARK's mascots, in environmental friendly cuddly stuffed animals: some hug you, others hang on you and others just sit down. Visit the Bookstore of the University of Aveiro (L.U.A.) where the Monkeys wait for you.
Award "Challenging Conventional Thinking in Teaching and Learning"
The UA is accepting proposals for the "ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning". ... In the previous edition, in 2018, the EduPARK Project was the winner of this prestigious prize, an application driven by Lúcia Pombo, EduPARK coordinator, and Margarida M. Marques, research fellow of the project, both researchers at the Research Center in Didactics and Technology in the Training of Trainers (CIDTFF).
Scientifically Probable Program | New Date for the Short-Term Training Action I LOVE EduPARK
Due to poor weather conditions, the accredited Short-Term (4 hours) Training Action "I LOVE EduPARK - Ubiquitous Education with the EduPARK Outdoor Mobile Application", 2nd edition, had to be rescheduled for May 8th.
The promotion of cross-subjects learning in EduPARK
On April 24, a group of the school-year 10 of the Avelar Brotero Secondary School, in Coimbra, made the EduPARK activity, articulating the subjects of Biology-Geology, Physical-Chemistry and English.
EduPARK participates in XPERIMENTA UA
On April 29th and 30th, students, professors and other visitors to the University of Aveiro had the opportunity to explore the EduPARK application during XPERIMENTA, among other activities of the Department of Education and Psychology.
EduPARK organised nearly sixty activities with over 1200 students
EduPARK is not just a mobile application that is freely available “for everyone to learn in an authentic and fun way”.
The project involving 15 researchers in education, psychology, biology and electronics from the University of Aveiro (UA) was featured in one of the latest editions of the COMPETE 2020 newsletter.
Children learn with EduPARK during the Easter holiday
Under the Family Support Component of Esgueira and Barrocas, 35 children explored the City Park with the EduPARK app, on April 16, during the Easter holiday.
CIDTFF Researcher presents communication at 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning - IADIS 2019
Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF) participated in the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning (ML 2019) at the University of Applied Sciences of Utrecht, the Netherlands, from April 11 to 13, and presented the communication "Educational Mobile Augmented Reality EduPARK game: Does it Improve Students learning?", which was co-authored with Margarida M. Marques (CIDTFF).
Cientificamente Provável Program [Scientifically Probable Program] | Short-Term Action EU AMO EduPARK [I LOVE EduPARK]
April 24, 2019 | Infante D. Pedro Park, Aveiro
Under the Cientificamente Provável Program [Scientifically Probable Program], in an articulation between CIDTFF and the school network, we invite you to participate in the Short-Term Training Action (4 hours) "EU AMO EduPARK [I LOVE EduPARK] - Ubiquitous Education with the EduPARK Outdoor Mobile Application", 2nd edition.
EduPARK project integrates two new scholarship holders
EduPARK integrates two new graduates in Computer Engineering and Telematics and in New Technologies of Communication, Inês Cruz and Samantha Oliveira, respectively.
Three students collaborate with EduPARK within PIC-LEB
Cátia Almeida, Daniela Resende and Milene Oliveira, undergraduate students in Basic Education (DEP-CIDTFF), were selected to collaborate with the EduPARK Project in activities of scientific initiation within the Program of Scientific Initiation of young students - Graduation in Basic Education (PIC-LEB).
Academi@ STEM Mangualde promoted study visits
Last week, the Academi@ STEM Mangualde promoted a series of study visits to EduPARK and to the Fábrica Centro de Ciência Viva em Aveiro. In these visits, which took place from February 25 to 28, participated the pilot classes of the 2nd year and the 5th year of the Grouping of Schools of Mangualde participated, with a total of about 170 students.
Students from Mangualde learn with EduPARK
Between February 25 and 28, about 160 students from the 2nd and 5th years of the Mangualde School Group went to the Aveiro Park to learn from the EduPARK app, under the project Mangualde Academi@STEM.
Back to the park to learn from the EduPARK app
Between February 4 and 14, about 140 students and their teachers from E. B. 2/3 of S. Bernardo went to the Parque Infante D. Pedro to learn with the EduPARK app.
Álvaro Martinez Sevilla visits University of Aveiro
The researcher Álvaro Sevilla, a professor in the Department of Algebra at the University of Granada, Spain, visited the University of Aveiro from 3 to 10 February at the invitation of the researchers Teresa Neto (CIDTFF, Department of Education and Psychology) and Ana Breda (Department of Mathematics), under the EduPARK Project.
On this Saturday, CIDTFF researchers Lúcia Pombo and Margarida M. Marques ran, at invitation, the Workshop "Support outdoor learning with Augmented Reality - the EduPARK app", in the the meeting encont[RA]r - International Meeting of Augmented Reality Technology in Education, at Santo Tirso, and with the joint organization of the Laboratório de Educação a Distância e E-learning (LE@D) [Laboratory of Distance Education and E-learning] - Open University and of the Museu Internacional de Escultura Contemporânea de Santo Tirso (MIEC). [International Museum of Contemporary Sculpture of Santo Tirso].
Sixth Master Dissertation concluded within the EduPARK project
Sónia Castanheira Gabriel defended on December 20th, under the supervision of CIDTFF researchers Teresa Neto and Lúcia Pombo, her master's project "Education for Citizenship: Activities in the EduPARK Project with 1st Cycle of Basic Education students". The public defense session was presided by Ana Rodrigues and argued by Patrícia Sá, both CIDTFF investigators.
It is already the sixth Master's work defended within the scope of the project.
EduPARK PhD student presents pitch at Research Summit 2018
Ana Rita Rodrigues, student of the Multimedia in Education Doctoral Program, supervised by the CIDTFF researchers Lúcia Pombo and Teresa Neto, presented at the Research Summit 2018 the Doctoral project "Strategies of gamification with Augmented Reality for informal learning regarding attitudes of nature conservation in Infante D. Pedro Park ", developed under the EduPARK project.
Master's work defended within the EduPARK project
Dércio Bucuane, supervised by the researchers of the project EduPARK, Joaquim Madeira and Paulo Dias (DETI), defended on December 5th his master's work where he developed a system that triggers content in augmented reality based on the user's movement. This system can be integrated in the EduPARK App.
Dércio Bucuane's work has becomed the fifth Master's work defended within the scope of the project.
EduPARK at EPEC '# 1 (Castelo Branco) with guest communication at the Património pelos Multimédia [Heritage by the Multimedia panel
Lúcia Pombo presented the guest communication “Património Histórico e Botânico com Realidade Aumentada no Parque Infante D. Pedro - Aveiro: aprendizagens potenciadas pela app EduPARK” [Historical and Botanic Heritage with Augmented Reality in the Infante D. Pedro - Aveiro Park: learning enhanced by the EduPARK app], and moderated the session "Património pelos Multimédia" [Heritage by the Multimedia] at the EPEC '# 1 - First Encontro sobre Património, Educação e Cultura [Meeting on Heritage, Education and Culture], organized by the Center for Research in Heritage, Education and Culture (CIPEC) of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (IPCB), held on 22nd, 23rd and 24th November.
Book of Abstracts available here: http://epec.ipcb.pt/docs/resumos_final.pdf
Integrated Science of Nature II integrates EduPARK as a mobile learning strategy in the urban park
EduPARK, in the context of the Integrated Sciences of Nature II (ISN II), promotes the mobile learning activity in outdoor context "Biodiversity and preservation", with 20% weight in the evaluation. The students / future professionals in Education experience contextualized learning in the urban park, using Augmented Reality, integrating disciplines such as Physics, Chemistry, Geology and Biology, in line with the curricular plan of the ISN I and ISN II of the Basic Education High Degree.
EduPARK receives ECIU Team Award in Hamburg
The award ceremony the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning took place on November 14th and the news "EduPARK shines in the City and in Europe" is published in Diário de Aveiro, Continuous Labor section, p. 24, which explains the project and the relevance of this premium (http://uaonline.ua.pt/upload/med/joua_m_5312.pdf).
EduPARK shines in the City and in Europe
The EduPARK project was granted the prestigious "Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning" awarded by the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) at the University of Technology, in Hamburg.
EduPARK coordinator participates in the Research Seminar I of the Doctoral Program in Education
The CIDTFF Researcher Lúcia Pombo participated, on November 2, in a session of Research Seminar I of the Doctoral Program in Education where she demonstrated, through the communication: "Didactics between the academy and society: the example of the EduPARK Project", that teaching is not only done in the classroom. Doctoral students experimented the EduPARK app and deepened the methodology of design-based research.
Diário de Aveiro | EduPARK project wins European prize
News in the Diário de Aveiro about the prize Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning attributed to EduPARK, on page 4 of the November 5 issue.
EduPARK project wins European award
The EduPARK project is the winner of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) award, the ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Lúcia Pombo, coordinator of EduPARK, and Margarida Marques, research fellow of the project, both researchers from the Research Center for Didactics and Technology in Training for Trainers, will receive the award on the 14th, at the Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, during a meeting of the ECIU Management Board.
Read the full story in the paper edition.
EduPARK distinguished with educational innovation award
The EduPARK project won the ‘ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning’, the University of Aveiro (UA) said today.
The distinction is awarded by the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), a network of European universities designed to promote innovation in teaching and education.
EduPARK is the winner of the European Award ECIU - Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
The EduPARK Project is the winner of the prestigious award of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) - Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. On November 14, Lúcia Pombo, coordinator of EduPARK, and Margarida M. Marques, research fellow of the Project, will go to Hamburg, Germany, to receive the prize during a meeting of the ECIU Board of Directors.
Photoreport | European Researchers' Night in Aveiro
Great party of the European Researchers' Night in Aveiro, that took place last 28th of September, in the Fábrica Centro de Ciência Viva de Aveiro, and that counted with the participation of about 800 visitors.
The Fábrica gives a special thanks to all the professors, researchers and students of the University of Aveiro who collaborated in this event with the presentation of their projects at the Science and Technology Fair - Science @ ua.
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"Experience augmented reality with the EduPARK" (Department of Education and Psychology | CIDTFF)
Researchers' Night in Aveiro was news on SIC
SIC reported the 2018 edition of the European Researchers' Night in Aveiro. This even counted with the participation of several researchers and projects of CIDTFF in the framework of the Science and Technology Fair, including the EduPARK project.
The news can be found in https://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/pais/2018-09-29-Centro-Ciencia-Viva-de-Aveiro-recebeu-cientistas-e-visitantes-na-noite-dos-investigadores.
CIDTFF on the 2018 European Researchers' Night
28 September, 9 pm - 00 pm | Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva, Aveiro
Promoted by the Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva and University of Aveiro, the 2018 European Researchers' Night - Aveiro will have several initiatives promoted by CIDTFF researchers.
CIDTFF will be present at the Science and Technology Fair - Science@UA, to be held from 9:00 p.m., with the following activities:
Live Augmented Reality with EduPARK | Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF), Margarida M. Marques (CIDTFF), Vânia Carlos (CIDTFF) & Margarida Lucas (CIDTFF)
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EduPARK participates in the book “Ciencia cordial – un desafío educativo” [Cordial science - an educational challenge"
"EduPARK, uma lufada de ar fresco na Formação Inicial e Contínua de Professores” [EduPARK, a fresh air breath in the Initial and Continuing Teacher Training] is the chapter authored by Lúcia Pombo (CIDTFF) and Teresa B. Neto (CIDTFF) in the book "Ciencia cordial – un desafío educativo" [Cordial science - an educational challenge] coordinated by Mariano Martín Gordillo and Isabel P. Martins (CIDTFF), of the edition Los libros de la Catarata, Group CTS [Science, Tecnology and Society, Madrid.
New PhD student in the EduPARK Project won a FCT Scholarship
The EduPARK Project congratulates Ana Rita Monteiro Rodrigues, currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education at the University of Aveiro, to whom the FCT awarded one of the three PhD scholarships integrated in CIDTFF in the panel of "Sciences of Education", with guidance from the Researchers Lúcia Pombo and Teresa Neto.
A new group of Guardians of Planet Earth discovers the Park with the EduPARK Monkey
This Thursday, 10 children learned while playing with the EduPARK app in the Infante D. Pedro Park, under the "Summer Vacation with Science" program of the Fábrica Centro de Ciência Viva of Aveiro.
EduPARK: a point of interest of Aveiro recognized by the CMA
The Aveiro Municipality formally recognizes EduPARK as a point of interest of Aveiro, at the public inauguration of the City Park on July 29. The project is now marked in the panels located along the Park, on flyers and on the website of the municipality.
The EduPARK was part of a session organized by the CMA, where the President presented the City Park that includes in a green continuum four urban parks: Baixa de Santo António, Infante D. Pedro, Amores and Santiago. This inauguration began at the Science Factory, with participants walking a path to the Infante D. Pedro Park, where the "Mother of Water / Deposit" was inaugurated and played with the EduPARK app. Finally, the participants headed towards Amores Park and Santiago .
'City Park' gives visibility to Aveiro's green corridor
The Aveiro City Council concludes the main interventions in the now called ´City Park´ with the inauguration this Sunday, at the end of the afternoon, of the requalification of the Santiago garden, a work of almost 290 thousand euros.
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Sunday will also include various sports activities in Santiago and routes by the EduPARK team, which allows you to follow paths to know the park trees, species and built heritage of Infante D. Pedro Park.
Garden of Santiago opens next Sunday
The City Council of Aveiro will proceed next Sunday, the inauguration of the requalification works of the Garden of Santiago, as well as the structure "Mother of Water / Deposit". The public session will feature several festive moments, which will be joined by sports activities organized in collaboration with the Aveiro Tennis Club and the Beira-Mar Sport Club, according to the municipality's statement. The program starts at 10.30 am, near the Live Science Center Factory. At 10.45 am, the new image will be presented and the inauguration of the “Mother of Water / Deposit” - a structure located next to the Church of Santo António, which for years played an important role in water supply - followed by 11.15 am hours of the presentation of EduPARK, an interactive augmented reality game at Parque da Cidade. Finally, at 12 noon, the inauguration of the requalification of the Garden of Santiago itself will take place. It is important to remember that this leisure space, located in the neighborhood of Santiago, presents an advanced state of degradation and abandonment.
Read the full story in the paper edition.
EduPARK continues to be requested by the Municipality to undertake non-formal learning activities
This Tuesday, at the request of the Municipality of Aveiro, 14 children from the Holiday Camp of the Santa Joana Teaching Establishment used the EduPARK app to learn in a fun way, in a non-formal environment.
More than 80 children from Coimbra learn with EduPARK
On July 19, more than 80 children from the Holidays Campus of Lordemão (Coimbra), accompanied by 10 teachers, went to the Infante D. Pedro Park to explore the EduPARK app and learn in a fun way during the summer holidays.
The Municipality integrates EduPARK in the presentation of the City Park
It is on the morning of next Sunday, July 29, that will be held the presentation of the City Park by the Municipality of Aveiro City, integrating EduPARK in its program of activities.
The EduPARK is part of the program of activities of the City Park public session of presentation, organized by the Municipality of Aveiro. As a meeting point at 10:30 am at the Science Factory, participants will travel to the Infante D. Pedro Park, where the "Mother of Water / Deposit" will be inaugurated and the EduPARK activity will be held.
Members of the CIDTFF had fun with EduPARK
This Wednesday, July 18, several groups of researchers of the CIDTFF had fun with the EduPARK application in the Infante D. Pedro Park, as a social activity organized by the CIDTFF coordination, by the Group of Fellow Researchers and by the EduPARK project team.
Visit of the leader of the GRIFO Research Group to the EduPARK
On July 16, Giselia Antunes Pereira, leader of the "Study and Research Group on Identity and Teacher Training" - GRIFO, from the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina - IFSC, visited the EduPARK to exchange research experiences and ideas for international cooperation .
First Birthday Party with the EduPARK
This Monday, the 16th, was the first birthday party with the EduPARK: 13 children and adolescents played and learned with the EduPARK app in the Infante D. Pedro Park.
Summer Academy children explored diversity in the Department of Education and Psychology
The activities under the responsibility of members of the Department of Education and Psychology and of the CIDTFF gave the 20 children of the 2018 Summer Academy the opportunity to explore the biological, linguistic, psychosocial and cultural diversity through pedipapers, Apps, games, interactive modules and experimental activities in laboratories.
“EU AMO EduPARK” (I LOVE EduPARK) corresponds to teachers' expectations of continuing teacher training
“EU AMO EduPARK” (I LOVE EduPARK), an accredited, innovative and totally outdoor teacher training, took place on July 9 at the Infante D. Pedro Park and it was a success, according to the feedback from participating teachers.
Learning with an app? It's in the city park
Since the inauguration of the interactive mobile application EduPARK with Augmented Reality (last December), new movements have been felt in the Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro.
Students, teachers and other visitors are walking through the Park with their smartphones that they point to tiles and plant identification plates to learn in a fun way with Augmented Reality.
In the company of the EduPARK Monkey you can now walk in a pleasant path in the city green park, through interactive games to find virtual caches, earn bananas and points whenever you complete the challenges and answer the questions correctly.
With the app it is now possible to discover, or even remember, what types of triangles are in the Tea House chimney, which rock makes up the bandstand base or which reproductive structures have certain botanical species of the Park... The EduPARK app game arouses interest and enthusiasm from the young explorers, in class time and also during school holidays, as they have fun learning and have a healthy occupation in their leisure time, even using the mobile phone.
The panel installed in front of the Park's artificial grotto, as well as the flyers scattered around the city, show the public how to install the app on Android mobile devices for free, through the Google Play Store. As the information is also available in English, it is expected that this app will also arouse interest from foreign tourists visiting the city during this summer period.
The app was created under the EduPARK*, a research project developed by a team from the University of Aveiro, involving the Departments of Education, Biology and Informatics, counting with the collaboration of the City Council of Aveiro.
EduPARK has promoted several activities that involved more than 200 teachers of all levels of education, in accredited training actions, and more than 800 students, as well as activities for the population of Aveiro, and received reactions of great satisfaction and motivation for learning, whether formal or non-formal. Come and visit us!
* The EduPARK Project is financed by FEDER Funds - COMPETE 2020 and by National Funds through FCT
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'(H)À Educação' [(There is)/To Education] | Rubric in the Diário de Aveiro (Aveiro's Diary) about learning in the Infante D. Pedro Park
In the second edition of the biweekly rubric (H)À Educação, Lúcia Pombo, CIDTFF researcher, reports on the reason for new movements in the Infante D. Pedro Park in Aveiro: the interactive mobile application EduPARK with Augmented Reality.
The Guardians of Planet Earth discover the Park with the EduPARK Monkey
This Thursday (July 5), children from the program "Summer Vacation with Science" of the Factory Ciência Viva Aveiro explored the Infante D. Pedro Park with the EduPARK mobile application.
Non-formal education with the EduPARK project
The EduPARK project activities are still in high demand, even in the context of non-formal education. Just last week, about 55 children on vacation explored the Infante D. Pedro Park with the EduPARK app.
CIDTFF researchers have fun with EduPARK
The CIDTFF coordination, the Representatives of the Fellowship Researchers and the EduPARK team organize the activity "Let's have fun with EduPARK", dedicated to all CIDTFF researchers, creating the opportunity to get to know, to learn and to socialize using the Application.
Taking place on July 18 at Infante D. Pedro Park, it will have its meeting point at the entrance of the Department of Education and Psychology, at 16h.
A month learning: EduPARK organizes activities in the Park for students of the 1st CEB of the Santiago School Centre
In May, 162 students from the 2nd to the 4th school-year of the Santiago School Centre went to the Infante D. Pedro Park. Here, the students explored the EduPARK app to learn in a mobile way and with augmented reality. The EduPARK project organized seven sessions with this activity.
Short-Term Training Action | EU AMO EduPARK – Educação Ubíqua com a Aplicação Móvel Outdoor EduPARK (I LOVE EduPARK - Ubiquitous Education with the EduPARK Outdoor App)
The Short-Term Training Action (4 hours) “EU AMO EduPARK - Educação Ubíqua com a Aplicação Móvel Outdoor EduPARK” (I LOVE EduPARK - Ubiquitous Education with the EduPARK Outdoor Mobile Application) is an accredited, innovative and totally outdoor training that will take place at Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, on July 9, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
EduPARK publishes in the Primary Science Review, a British Journal
In the edition number 153 (May / June) of the British Journal for Teachers, Primary Science, the paper by Lúcia Pombo explains how learning can take place while enjoying a walk in a park using EduPARK, an educational mobile augmented reality app for teachers, students and tourists.
To read the full article: https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/primary-science/issue-153/learning-app-its-walk-in-park
3rd edition of the Training for Teachers "Tablets in education: promotion of digital skills in the field of mobile learning" counts again with the EduPARK
The 3rd edition of the "Tablets in Education" Training, organized by the Centro de Formação de Aveiro e CCTIC-UA, counted once again with Lúcia Pombo, EduPARK coordinator, as a trainer in the session on May 9. In this session participated 13 teachers of the Basic and Secondary Education from several Grouping of Schools of the region of Aveiro.
EduPARK is present at the 4.º Encontro sobre Jogos e Mobile Learning
On May 5th, Lúcia Pombo presented the article "The EduPARK Mobile Augmented Reality Game: Learning value and usability", co-authored with Margarida M. Marques, at the 4.º Encontro sobre Jogos e Mobile Learning in Coimbra.
Paper EduPARK published in International Journal of Interaction Design and Architecture - IxD & A, journal indexed in Scopus and in the Web of Science
The paper "Moving learning into a smart urban park: students' perceptions of the Augmented Reality EduPARK mobile game" by CIDTFF researchers, Lúcia Pombo, Margarida M. Marques, Margarida Lucas, Vânia Carlos, Maria João Loureiro & Cecília Guerra, was published this week in the journal Indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture (s) (IxD & A), in a special issue under "Citizen, Territory and Technologies: Smart Learning Contexts and Practices".
UA selects EduPARK for the EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM OF INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITIES Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
The UA selected EduPARK as "the representative project of pedagogical excellence of the academy", within "excellent works presented under this contest", to compete for the ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, since each institution can only to compete with one project.
This award aims to promote, celebrate and disseminate innovative projects in teaching and learning developed by groups and / or interdisciplinary teams. The award is an initiative of members of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), who share a commitment to high quality educational practice and wish to reward and give visibility to exemplary practices that demonstrate innovation and seek pedagogical excellence.
The Team Award will be awarded to the institutional project that most corresponds to the established criteria, and the jury may also award Honorable Mentions to projects that demonstrate a particularly high level of innovation. Only one project per institution can be submitted. The prize, worth € 2,500, will be formally presented to the members of the winning team at a meeting of the ECIU Board on a date to be defined.
Lúcia Pombo presents communication at the 14th International Conference on Mobile Learning - IADIS 2018
Lúcia Pombo participated at the 14th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2018 in Lisbon from April 14 to 16, and presented the paper "The EduPARK mobile Augmented Reality Game: Learning value and usability" in co-authorship with Margarida M. Marques. Lúcia Pombo has also chaired the session "Innovative mLearning approaches".
EduPARK integrates the activities of the 2018 Easter Club by the invitation of the Aveiro City Council
The collaboration between EduPARK and the Youth Municipal House (Aveiro City Council), under the 2018 Easter Club, allowed, on this Tuesday, 35 children and youngsters (from 6 to 14 years-old) to explore the Infante D. Pedro Park with the EduPARK App for a healthy occupation of free time during school holidays.
EduPARK project in the UA Open Campus 2018
The EduPARK project involved 16 participants from the Campanhã Vocational School in the activity "EduPARK App: Augmented reality game". The outdoor activity took place in the Science Garden, simulating the game in the park.
New EduPARK Member
EduPARK integrates the CIDTFF Researcher Teresa Neto as a new project member; the process has been validated by the FCT. Thus, EduPARK became richer.
The UA explains ... how is the virtual transforming real life?
There is a new reality in which the virtual is confused with the real and that is transforming the way we interact with the world around us. Curious? The professor Paulo Dias, from the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Computer Science, explains.
EduPARK participates in the 2nd edition of the Teachers Training "Tablets in education: promotion of digital skills in the field of mobile learning"
On January 17th, the 2nd edition of the 30h Teachers Training "Tablets in education: promotion of digital skills in the field of mobile learning" was held, with joint organization of the Training Center of Aveiro and CCTIC-UA, where the Coordinator of the EduPARK, Lúcia Pombo, collaborated as a Trainer in the 2nd session, in which 14 Basic Education teachers, from various School Groups in the region of Aveiro, participated.
Article | EduPARK Project and Supervised Pedagogical Practice: Challenges for Elementary School Students
The masters Ana Rita Rodrigues and Márcia Carvalho published, together with their supervisors, Lúcia Pombo and Teresa Neto, a paper in volume 9, numer 4 of the Indagatio Didactica Review resulting from their Masters work carried out under the EduPARK Project.
EduPARK in a live interview for Rádio Soberania
Rádio Soberania, from Águeda, invited the EduPARK Project Coordinator for a live interview on the morning program "In café with ... Lúcia Pombo" at around 9am on December 18th.
EduPARK mobile application with augmented reality will unveil the secrets of the flora of the Park of the City of Aveiro
Involving 15 UA researchers that integrate three main areas (Education, Biology and Informatics, the EduPARK project - Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education) this application proposes original and attractive strategies of interdisciplinary learning that combine educational practices with mobile devices, in green spaces, in the Infante D. Pedro Park, of Aveiro.
The EduPARK application allows teachers, students and the general public to explore and access information about the plant species in the city park, historical references, multimedia contents and map of the park, allowing interaction with users.
Students of the Master's Degree in Teaching of the 1st Cycle of Basic Education and Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the 2nd Cycle of Basic Education defended their internship reports in the scope of the EduPARK Project
The Masters students Rita Silva Valente and Ana Filipa Domingos Gonçalves, under the supervision of the CIDTFF researchers Teresa Neto and Lúcia Pombo, defended, on December 15, their master's projects where they approached the resolution of realistic problems and learning experiences of Geometry and Measurement with students of the 2nd Cycle of Basic Education, both integrated in the EduPARK Project. There are already 4 Masters works defended within the scope of the EduPARK Project.
EduPARK featured in various media, such as the Diário de Aveiro and Jornal de Notícias
The launch and availability to the public of the EduPARK Application, on December 6, was widely publicized by various media, being featured on the front page of the Diário de Aveiro. The news was also presented at: Jornal de Notícias, Diário de Notícias, Jogo Online, Jornal de Notícias Online, Notícias ao Minuto Online, Smooth FM Online, o VerPortugal Online, Rádio Terra Nova Online, Rádio Comercial Online, TSF Online.
ENAbLE and EduPARK reinforce the methodology of mobile learning in initial training
In the Department of Education and Psychology of the University of Aveiro, in the scope of the Curricular Unit "History, Geography and Natural Sciences Didactics", a field trip was made in the city of Aveiro using Geographic Information Technologies and mobile learning, in the December 7th, which resulted from a joint initiative of Ana V. Rodrigues, Vânia Carlos and Lúcia Pombo, researchers of the ENAbLE and EduPARK projects.
EduPARK, the perfect app to find out the flora of the gardens of Aveiro
Finding out the characteristics of the plants of the Infante D. Pedro Park in Aveiro is the goal of the EduPARK app, launched this week. Created by a group of researchers from the University of Aveiro, Google Play's greenest app is now available for Android-based mobile phones.
Using an augmented reality system, the EduPARK application allows anyone who visits the park of the city of Aveiro to find out unique characteristics of the plants and flowers of this local.
Application brings the Monkey Park to the world 4.0
Innovation - "Edupark" is a mobile application that wants to get people to explore the Infante D. Pedro Park, challenging people to do so through a game
Knowing the flora of the park with the phone
AVEIRO - A mobile application which helps to better understand the species of plants in the Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, and points of historical interest of this green space, was launched yesterday. The application with the name "EduPARK" was created by a group of researchers from the University of Aveiro (UA) and can be downloaded through Google Play. It is only available for Android devices, said the coordinator of the project, Lúcia Pombo.
The Monkey returned to the municipal park of Aveiro
The oldest garden in the city of Aveiro is currently a less common destination on the routes of local residents.
Developed by a multidisciplinary team from the University of Aveiro in the areas of biology, computer science and education, the Edupark project will be a useful multimedia guide, but also allows pedagogical games.
The mascot is a monkey, thus recovering the memory of the Aveiro Citizens that lasts many years after the park has lost its most popular inhabitant.
After the free download, the application based on augmented reality technology allows, without wifi, to "discover the park and observe what most people do not even notice," explained Lúcia Pombo, coordinator, after the inauguration of the system, this Wednesday.
Through 32 plaques distributed throughout the park, visitors get to know not only the biodiversity distributed there, especially trees, but also information about the city, particularly concerning heritage and culture.
EduPARK mobile application helps revealing the secrets of the flora of Aveiro's City Park
EduPARK mobile application with augmented reality will unlock the secrets of the flora of Aveiro City Park.
Involving 15 University of Aveiro researchers from three main areas (Education, Biology and Informatics, the EduPARK project - Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education) this application proposes unique and attractive interdisciplinary learning strategies that combine educational practices with mobile devices, in green spaces, at Infante D. Pedro Park (Aveiro).
The EduPARK application enables teachers, students and the general public to explore and access information about plant species in the city park, historical references, multimedia content and park map, enabling interaction with users.
Mobile Application helps to know better the plants of the Aveiro city park
In the logic of promoting a mobile application that helps to better understand the plants species in the Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, and points of historical interest of this green area, will be launched next Wednesday.
App reveals species of plants in Aveiro
A mobile application that helps to better understand the species of plants in the Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, and points of historical interest of this green space, will be launched next Wednesday.
The application named "EduPARK" was created by a group of researchers from the University of Aveiro (UA) and can be downloaded through Google Play, This is only available for Android devices, told Lúcia Pombo, the Coordinator of the Project.
Mobile application helps to know flora of Aveiro city park
A mobile application that helps to better understand the species of plants in Parque Infante D. Pedro, in Aveiro, and historical points of interest of this green space, will be launched next Wednesday.
The application named "EduPARK" was created by a group of researchers from the University of Aveiro (UA) and can be downloaded via Google Play and is only available for Android devices, project coordinator Lúcia Pombo told Lusa news agency.
Mobile application helps to know flora of the city park of Aveiro
A mobile application that helps to better understand the species of plants in Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, and historical points of interest of this green space, will be launched next Wednesday.
Mobile application helps to know flora of Aveiro Park
A mobile application that helps to better understand the species of plants in Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, and historical points of interest of this green space, will be launched next Wednesday.
App makes plant species in Aveiro known
A mobile application that helps to better understand the species of plants in Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, and historical points of interest of this green space, will be launched next Wednesday.
The application named "EduPARK" was created by a group of researchers from the University of Aveiro (UA) and can be downloaded through Google Play and is only available for Android devices, project coordinator Lúcia Pombo told Lusa.
Smooth FM Online
|Mobile application helps to know flora of Aveiro city park
A mobile application that helps to better understand the species of plants in Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, and historical points of interest of this green space, will be launched next Wednesday.
TSF Online
|EduPARK mobile application with augmented reality will unveil the secrets of the flora of the City Park of Aveiro
Aveiro Citizens, tourists who increasingly visit the city, and students of all ages will get to know better the species of plants existing in the Infante D. Pedro Park, as well as the points of historical interest, available, from the December 6th, at an application with augmented reality, developed by a group of researchers from the University of Aveiro, under the project EduPARK.
Mobile application helps to know the secrets of the flora of Aveiro's City Park
EduPARK mobile application with augmented reality will unlock the secrets of the flora of Aveiro City Park.
Aveirenses (Aveiro's inhabitants), tourists who are increasingly visiting the city, and students of all ages will get to know better the species of plants in Infante D. Pedro Park, as well as the points of historical interest, from the next day. December 6th, thanks to an augmented reality application, developed by a group of researchers from the University of Aveiro, under the EduPARK project.
EduPARK: the application that reveals secrets of the flora of Aveiro City Park
Aveirenses (Aveiro's inhabitants), tourists who are increasingly visiting the city, and students of all ages will get to know better the species of plants in Infante D. Pedro Park, as well as the points of historical interest, from the next day. December 6th, thanks to an augmented reality application, developed by a group of researchers from the University of Aveiro, under the EduPARK project.
EduPARK in the Teaching Day'17 with a poster and a communication
The proposal "EduPARK and Initial Training of Future Professionals in Education - a symbiosis relationship", by Lúcia Pombo and Teresa Neto, was presented in the Teaching Day, with a poster and a communication.
Invitation for the inauguration of the EduPARK Mobile Application, on December 6
It is with great pleasure that we have invited you to participate in the Inauguration of the Mobile Application EduPARK with Augmented Reality, on the 6th, at 14:45 in the Auditorium Mestre Hélder Castanheira (1st moment) and at 4:00 pm in the Infante D. Pedro Park (2nd moment).
Inauguration of the EduPARK Mobile Application, on December 6
On the December 6th, the EduPARK will turn available to the public the mobile application. The opening session will be attended by the Rector of the UA, the Mayor of Aveiro Municipality, the Coordinator of CIDTFF, the Directors of the involved Departments (DEP, DBio and DETI) and the EduPARK Project Team.
EduPARK selected for the Teaching Day'17 program with a Speed Talk communication
The proposal "EduPARK and Initial Training of Future Professionals in Education - a symbiosis relationship" was selected to integrate the Teaching Day program in the "Communication (Speed Talk)" component, where Lúcia Pombo will show cases of student involvement in the project EduPARK, thus providing them experiences of research practices in Education in collaboration with the project team.
EduPARK integrates two students in the scope of the Program of Scientific Initiation of young students - Graduation in Basic Education (PIC-LEB)
Rita Sousa and Inês Pinto Ferreira are the two students of the Undergraduate Degree in Basic Education (DEP-CIDTFF) who chose the EduPARK Project to carry out scientific initiation activities within a Research & Development project.
EduPARK embraces Integrated Science of Nature (ISN) II with mobile outdoor activity
In the logic of promoting methodologies that integrate research in the teaching and learning process, EduPARK embraced ISN II, with a mobile outdoor component in the context of the theme "Biodiversity and preservation" with a 20% weight in the students assessment.
EduPARK installs plaques with Augmented Reality in the Infante D. Pedro Park
The Municipality of Aveiro, as a partner of the EduPARK Project, collaborated in the installation of the 32 identification plates in the Infante D. Pedro Park. Now it is possible to identify the species of trees that inhabit the Park. The boards also allow access to augmented reality for each species through the EduPARK application: i) in free mode (also available in English) and ii) through specific games for each level of education, in a school context, and also for the general public.
EduPARK participates in INForum integrated in TechDays 2017 Programming
The work is titled "EduPARK app: the evolution of a mobile application for learning in outdoor context" by Luís Afonso, Mariana Castro, Paulo Dias, Joaquim Madeira, Margarida Marques and Lúcia Pombo and was presented in the 9th INForum, as a poster.
EduPARK participates in the 15 hours-training: "Tablets in education: promotion of digital skills in the field of mobile learning"
In the first of the three cycles of the "Tablets in Education: Promoting Digital Skills in Mobile Learning" training, the EduPARK Coordinator, Lúcia Pombo, collaborated as a Trainer in the 1st session, attended by 20 teachers of Basic Education of the School Grouping. In this first session, after the presentation of the EduPARK project, the trainee teachers explored the mobile application of EduPARK and created educational resources that could be integrated into outdoor activities.
EduPARK meets with Aveiro City Council in the Parque Infante D. Pedro
The installation of 32 identification plaques in the Park will allow the access of Augmented Reality content on botanical species with the EduPARK mobile application, in free or game mode, available in Portuguese and English.
EduPARK participates in the ICEM (International Council for Educational Media) in Naples
The CIDTFF researcher and the EduPARK member, Maria José Loureiro, participated in the ICEM conference on September 20-22 at the Federico II University in Naples, where she presented the work "Technology and innovation in Science Education for authentic learning: EduPARK, a project exploring augmented reality games in an urban park ".
Have you heard about EduPARK: Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education? - news published in COMPETE 2020 Newsletter
The EduPARK coordinator shared with COMPETE 2020 a testimony on the added value of the support COMPETE 2020 in the project in question, through the news "Have you heard of EduPARK: Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education?"
Have you heard of EduPARK: Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education?
A crucial aspect for students during the learning process is the construction of knowledge to reach a more complex level of understanding. Skills such as problem solving, critical, analytical and creative thinking, collaboration, teamwork, digital and communication skills are increasingly required in recruitment processes, so schools should play an active role in preparing students.
The great challenge of the EduPARK project is to create original, attractive and effective strategies for interdisciplinary learning in Natural Sciences, Physical Chemistry, Mathematics, History, among others. How? Through the creation of an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) application using mobile devices supporting Geocaching-based activities that will be explored by teachers and students from elementary to higher education, in outdoor contexts, with potential usefulness for tourism/the general public.
The project uses Augmented Reality image recognition, triggering content in the form of text, audio, video and even 3D images, as well as GPS localization, combining the real world with the virtual, through activities based on Geocaching practice.
The physical context is the Infante D. Pedro Park, in Aveiro, which has a rich botanical diversity and historical heritage.
It is intended to understand how a mobile and innovative application using Augmented Reality, aimed at teachers and students, in contexts of outdoor study visits, may have impact on: (a) educational value; (b) intrinsic motivation; (c) commitment; (d) authentic learning; (e) lifelong learning; and (f) conservation and sustainability habits.
Masters students in Teaching of 1st CBE and MAT and NS in 2nd CBE defended their internship reports in the scope of the EduPARK
The Masters Ana Rita Monteiro Rodrigues and Márcia Carvalho, supervised by Teresa Neto and Lúcia Pombo, defended on July 21, their master's projects in the area of Ethnomathematics and the Study of the Environment in outdoor learning environments, with recourse to the EduPARK application. Having obtained 18 values, they showed the excellent results coming from a link between the initial teacher training (Supervised Pedagogical Practice) and the research and development project, EduPARK.
Summer Academy - EduPARK activity: ‘Come and play with the EduPARK Project mobile phone application while exploring the city Park’
The EduPARK team has prepared an activity for the children of the 2nd CEB of the DEP’s Summer Academy. The EduPARK Monkey waited for the young explorers, at the Infante D. Pedro Park, to guide them on a treasure hunt where they could learn while playing
EduPARK at the National Meeting TIC@Portugal, July 7th, Nelas
EduPARK was present at the Teachers' Meeting on ICT Educational Use, TIC@Portugal, in Nelas, on July 7th, with the oral presentation ‘Good Practices of Gamification with Mobile Learning and Augmented Reality - Edupark Project’.
Short-term training session for teachers "EduPARK Project - Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education"
The EduPARK team and the CCTic-UA organized a short-term training session (3 hours) for teachers, on July 10th. The session was included in the visiting program of the project external consultant, Professor Martin Llamas Nistal, and comprised two main parts.
Professor Martin Llamas Nistal from the University of Vigo, External Consultant of the EduPARK project, visits the CIDTFF
On July 10th, the EduPARK project consultant, Professor Martin Llamas Nistal from the University of Vigo, visited the CIDTFF and the Departments involved in the project: DEP, DETI and DBio.
Chapter | Augmented Reality and mobile learning in a smart urban park: Pupils' perceptions of the EduPARK game
Chapter authored by the CIDTFF researchers Lúcia Pombo, Margarida Marques, Vânia Carlos, Cecília Guerra, Margarida Lucas & Maria João Loureiro | Citizen, Territory and Technologies: Smart Learning Contexts and Practices, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies 80, pp. 90 - 100
CIDTFF Researchers at the Science Meeting 2017, organized by the FCT, at the Lisbon Congress Centre
On July 3rd and 4th, the CIDTFF was represented at the Science Meeting 2017. On July 3rd the CIDTFF Coordinator, Professor Maria Helena Araújo e Sá and the Researcher Margarida Lucas gave an oral presentation on Digital Competence. On July 4th the researchers Lúcia Pombo, Susana Pinto and Marília Rua presented communications about the projects EduPARK, KOINOS and Educa&Care, respectively.
Short-term training session | EduPARK Workshop - Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education
July 10 | Auditorium Mestre Hélder Castanheira, next to the University of Aveiro Bookstore (1st part) and Infante D. Pedro Park (2nd part)
Objective: dissemination to teachers and the academic community of the EduPARK Project that integrates augmented reality, mobile learning and gamification in teaching in outdoor environments.
Date: July 10, from 14h30min to 17h30min
Programme:
1st part (14h30min to 16h) – Auditorium Mestre Hélder Castanheira (room next to the University of Aveiro Bookstore)
Opening session: António Moreira, Martin Llamas Nistal, Lúcia Pombo, Maria José Loureiro
Communication with Question & Answer “Una experiencia de flipped classroom en la Universidade de Vigo”, by Martin Llamas Nistal
Communication with Question & Answer “Um ano de experiência de desenvolvimento da app EduPARK”, by Lúcia Pombo
Draw of copies of the book “Parque Infante D. Pedro: Património Histórico e Botânico - Projeto EduPARK”
2nd part (16h to 17h30min) – Infante D. Pedro Park, Aveiro
Picnic in the Park (each participant brings something to share)
Practical exploration, in groups, of the EduPARK app
EduPARK participates in SLERD2017
On this Thursday, Lúcia Pombo participated in the 2nd International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Developments, co-organized by the University of Aveiro and the Association for Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Developments (ASLERD) that took place in the DECA of the UA, on June 22nd and 23rd.
EduPARK at the Environment Week with activities for the public at Infante D. Pedro Park
The ‘Aveiro Now’ Association joined the Aveiro Municipality (CMA) and the ‘Factory Centre of Alive Science of Aveiro’ to organise three days of activities. On June 10th and 11th, at 3 pm, EduPARK invites you to participate in the activity for the public: ‘Exploring the Infante D. Pedro Park with the mobile application of the EduPARK project.’
On June 10th and 11th, at 3 pm, EduPARK invites you to participate in the activity for the public: ‘Exploring the Infante D. Pedro Park with the mobile application of the EduPARK project.’
Launch of the EduPARK book at the Book Fair, on June 5th
The EduPARK book was publicly presented at the Book Fair in Aveiro, ehich took place between XX and XX. Lúcia Pombo, Margarida Morais Marques, Maria José Loureiro, Rosa Pinho, Lísia Lopes and Paula Maia are the authors and Vânia Carlos was responsible for the map of the park that is included in the book. It is an edition of the UA-Editora, financed by FEDER / FCT.
The launch was part of the Aveiro Municipality (CMA) Book Fair and Environment Week Program. It was attended by the president of the CMA, Ribau Esteves, who wrote one of the prefaces for the book; the coordinator of the CIDTFF, Helena Araújo e Sá, and the directors of the involved departments: Jorge Adelino Costa, from the DEP, and Amadeu Soares, from the DBio. The book was presented by two of the authors, Lúcia Pombo, coordinator of the project EduPARK, and Rosa Pinho, curator of the UA Herbarium.Suggestion of the Aveiro Book Fair - Infante D. Pedro Park
Suggestion of EduPARK's book under the Aveiro Book Fair.
Release of the EduPARK Project Book
On June 5th, at 9 pm, the book ‘Infante D. Pedro Park, Historic and Botanical Heritage - EduPARK Project’ by Lúcia Pombo, Margarida Morais Marques, Maria José Loureiro, Rosa Pinho, Lísia Lopes and Paula Maia will be presented.
The release will take place at the Manuel Firmino Market, as part of the Book Fair and Environment Week program of the Aveiro’s Municipality.
EduPARK organizes an innovative outdoor workshop for the I Pedagogical Journeys ‘Future Classroom: New pedagogies, New technologies’
After being invited by the ‘Centre for Training of the Association of Schools of the Planalto Beirão’ and of the Mortágua Municipality, Lúcia Pombo developed an innovative outdoor workshop, under the EduPARK’s context. This workshop, which counted with 18 science teachers from several schools, took place in the Secondary School of Mortágua, on May 20th.
Research and initial training with hand in hand | EduPARK and Supervised Pedagogical Practice of the Master in Teaching of the 1st CEB and of MCN of the 2nd CEB
Fourth-year pupils played with the Augmented Reality application of the EduPARK, in the context of Supervised Pedagogical Practice of a group of students of the Master in Teaching of the 1st CEB and MCN of the 2nd CEB, in the Infante D. Pedro Park, last Tuesday.
EduPARK Project at the UA Open Campus 2017
The EduPARK project participated in the UA Open Campus 2017 with the activity ‘Come and try the mobile application in Augmented Reality of the EduPARK Project’. The application is an interactive, interdisciplinary quiz type with augmented reality (RA) game, based on Geocaching principles, which is intended to be explored in the Infante D. Pedro Park.
Listen to the podcast about the EduPARK project
Lúcia Pombo's interview on the EDUPARK Project was aired last May 6th, at the Antena 1 program ‘The days of the Future’. The journalist Catarina Lázaro is responsible for the program.
Listen the interview:
The EduPARK has a bilingual site
It is an inviting, instructive, strongly illustrated, cheerful website, with excellent graphic quality. It was created by the Computer and Telematics Engineer Luís Afonso, a research fellow of EduPARK, accompanied by the remaining team.
The EduPARK is growing
In addition to the 15 researchers who are part of the EduPARK team, there are also several students who wish to develop their Masters’ and internship projects within EduPARK.
Internship "Collaborating in the EduPARK Project: mobile Learning in the Teaching of Sciences" | Mariana Castro de Souza
Mariana Castro de Souza, a graduation student in Exact Sciences at the Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, Brazil, will begin her internship under the International Exchange Scholarship Program - Entrepreneurship Mode.
Nelas Educational Journeys | Plenary conferences offered by members of CIDTFF
Last Saturday was the first day of the Educational Journeys of Nelas, at the Multipurpose Centre of the Municipality of this city of the Dão-Lafões region. The journeys, whose organization counted with the collaboration of ccTICua, were subordinated to the theme "Technologies in education: new trends, new practices".
EduPARK Project at the Open Week for Science and Technology 2016
The EduPARK project participated in the Open Week for Science and Technology 2016 with the activity "Discovering the Infante D. Pedro Park’s treasures". Three sessions took place with classes from schools in the city, where students explored the oldest park in Aveiro with the support of an interactive Augmented Reality application for mobile devices, which was created within the project.
EduPARK’s logo and mascot - The EduPARK project already has an image
The logo and mascot of the EduPARK project (coordinated by Lúcia Pombo) were both created by Joana Pereira, designer and fellow member of the CIDTFF. The logo will be used on all the resources produced within the scope of the project. The mascot "Macaca do EduPARK" [EduPARK’s Monkey] is mainly intended for the application for mobile devices, under development, which aims to promote Science interdisciplinary learning in outdoor contexts, in the Aveiro Infante D. Pedro’s Park, commonly known as the Parque da Macaca [Monkey’s Park].
UnderInvestigation: Psicologia&Educação@UA – “Mobile learning, tablets & gamification na Educação”
Wednesday, 26th October, another lecture of the edition of the UnderInvestigation: Psicologia&Educação@UA lectures cycle took place. The researchers Lúcia Pombo, Margarida Lucas & Vânia Carlos presented a lecture, dedicated to the theme of Education, entitled "Mobile learning, Tablets & gamification in Education." The lecture ran from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Auditorium 5.2.22 of the Department of Education and Psychology. Participation was open to all academic community, free of charge and did not require prior registration.
EduPARK: Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education - an innovative research and development project.
The project “EduPARK: Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education - an innovative research and development project” was approved for funding. EduPARK’s main challenge is to create original, attractive and effective strategies for interdisciplinary learning in Science, through the creation of an Augmented Reality (AR) interactive application, using mobile devices, and supporting activities based on Geocaching. This application will be explored by teachers and students from basic to higher education, in outdoor contexts, with potential use in the field of tourism/ public in general.
EduPARK Project
This work is financed by FEDER - Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional funds through the COMPETE 2020 - Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation (POCI), and by Portuguese funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within the framework of the project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016542
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