COLDEX
Collaborative Learning and
Distributed Experimentation
Kay Hoeksema / Maria Oelinger
COLLIDE Group
University of Duisburg-Essen
February 2004
{hoeksema,oelinger}@collide.info
EU Project COLDEX
• COLDEX vision
• Challenge-based learning
• Learning activities landscape
• Scenarios: to the moon and far beyond
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COLDEX Vision
• New educational technologies in
a rich social and global, multi-cultural context
• Building and supporting a heterogeneous
community of learners in science and
technology
• Integration of direct and remote experience with
collaborative learning and modelling
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Challenge-Based Learning
• Inspiration for CBL
– Social constructivism
– Problem-based learning
• Pedagogical aspects
– Stress curiosity and interest in real-world
phenomena as motivational principles
– Open-ended learning activities
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Digital Experimentation Toolkits
• DEXTs are not
– Ready-made, experiential models describing just
how to conduct a particular experiment
• DEXTs are
– Open-ended learning environment
– Stimulating learners to identify and solve a
challenge according to the educational premises of
CBL
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Learning Activities Landscape
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To the moon and far beyond
• Biodiversity
• Chemistry
• Seismology
• Astronomy
• Maze
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Maze Scenario
• Lego Mindstorm
• Physical (wooden) Maze
• Collaborative Modelling Environment
Cool Modes
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Astro Scenario
Image processing
Moon crater
calculation
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To be continued...
... as demo
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Image Processing
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Moon crater
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Maze
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Contact
COLLIDE Group
University of Duisburg-Essen
Germany
www.collide.info
www.coldex.info
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