Innovative learning by hydraulic heritage mapping Erasmus Project

Project Title

Innovative learning by hydraulic heritage mapping

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Natural sciences; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions

Project Summary

CONTEXT
EU warns that “employment of STEM skilled labour is increasing and 7 million job openings are forecast until 2025”. However, students have lack of interest in STEM, especially in social science students in high schools, where the use of ICT tools is very limited to support their educational strategy. On the other hand, already in 1998 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe underlined the relevance of Cultural Heritage Education. However, still in 2015 more than 90% of Europe’s heritage has not yet been digitized.

Therefore, more emphasis should be placed on bringing the two lines together, making more interesting for social science students introducing ICT tools, like GIS, in their curricula and applying those efforts to a practical issue like the support to digitalize the historical heritage. Moreover, the hydraulic heritage has a special importance, because students will learn its social and educational value and its contribution to local development and economic growth, and the decisive influence of the water on the development of human settlements throughout human history. In this context, H2OMap takes on 3 priorities:
P1:Innovative practices in digital era
P2:Increasing the levels of achievement and interest in STEM
P3:Social and educational value of cultural heritage

OBJECTIVES
By joining these priorities, H2OMap general purpose is to promote the use of new educational methodologies using ICT and STEM to increase the quality of education, analyse water resources and value hydraulic heritage, as well as the ethical and civil responsibility which all have to protect. To achieve this goal, 5 specific objectives have been defined:
-OBJ1 (Target Group 1. Priority P1): High school (HS) students improve their ICT skills knowledge and their possibilities of use in both technological and social sciences
-OBJ2 (TG1.P2): HS students increase their interest in STEM in cultural, environmental, geographical and other contexts
-OBJ3 (TG2.P1): HS teachers learn innovative educational methodologies in digital era related to ICT skills and innovative practices
-OBJ4 (TG3.P3): Project participants learn to value and appreciate the hydraulic heritage of their regions
– OBJ5 (TG4, TG5. P3): Hydraulic heritage is valued and appreciated by stakeholders and citizens as a tool to enhance local development

PARTICIPANTS
Regarding partners, there are 3 universities (UJI, UA, UNIPV) and 4 HS (IES Penyagolosa, ISTF, AECM, AEN3) from Spain, Italy and Portugal: 40 students, 15 teachers and 15 Professors or researchers. The project includes stakeholder participants, such other HS, public administrations and patrimony and ICT associations.
In this way, 5 target groups have been distinguished: HS students (TG1), HS teachers (TG2), project participants (TG3), stakeholders (TG4) and citizens (TG5).

ACTIVITIES AND METHODOLOGY
H2OMap follows this structure:
1) Beginning:
-Signature of bilateral agreements and preparation of the activities
2) During project:
-Management: meetings, monitoring reports, etc
-Development of 3 intellectual outputs: methodological guide (O1); e-learning course for teachers (O2) and educational multiplatform for hydraulic heritage mapping (O3)
-Completion of LTTAs for students: 1st year in Spain (C1), 2nd in Italy (C2) and 3th in Portugal (C3)
-Dissemination activities: multiplier events, website, news in media, meetings either stakeholders, etc
3) Closure: final evaluation and road map for future joint projects

RESULTS AND IMPACT
The main tangible results are the intellectual outputs (O1, O2, O3) that develop tools and the teacher training needed to apply ICT and STEM in the classroom with an innovative methodology for students to improve these skills.

Regarding intangible results highlight:
-High schools: incorporation of digital and ICT technologies in curricula (OBJ1.P1), promotion of STEM through inter-disciplinary education (OBJ2.P2) and development of innovative learning ICT materials for teachers (OBJ3.P1)
-Partners: Awareness of the social and educational value of hydraulic historical heritage (OBJ4.P3) and an increase in the internationalisation of the organizations
-Stakeholders and citizens: creation of a new sensibility towards sustainability, heritage, culture and water, raising awareness of their responsibility as citizens to take care of it (OBJ5.P3) and developing recommendations to policy makers

POTENCIAL LONG TERM BENEFITS
HO2Map incorporates transferability actions so that its impact lasts beyond the project, achieving the following long-term benefits:
-Better ICT and STEM skills of the HS students that will facilitate their integration into the labour market
-Updated educational multiplatform (O3) with interactive maps of the hydraulic heritage of some areas of Spain, Italy and Portugal that can be used to promote local development and tourism, especially in small inland towns
-Free access materials for teachers (O1,O2) with innovative methodologies in ICT and STEM

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 283923 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITAT JAUME I DE CASTELLON & Country: ES

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
• ISTITUTO SUPERIORE “TARAMELLI – FOSCOLO”
• Instituto de Educacion Secundaria Penyagolosa
• Agrupamento de Escolas nº 3 de Elvas
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA
• Agrupamento Escolas de Campo Maior