ENHANCING LEARNING EFFICIENCY THROUGH THE 'E-LEARNING FROM NATURE' PROJECT
ENHANCING LEARNING EFFICIENCY THROUGH THE 'E-LEARNING FROM NATURE' PROJECT

Summary/Abstract: The article is a study based on the E-Learning from Nature project (2015-1-IT02-KA201-015133), which is funded by the European Commission with a view to promoting a proactive students’ approach to scientific subjects learning by encouraging science teachers’ use of innovative online teaching methodologies in their everyday practice. The objectives, activities and outputs of the project draw on the present challenging European context characterised by the unprecedented advance of technology and, paradoxically, students’ underachievement in basic skills as far as scientific issues are concerned. The article examines the project’s main objectives focusing mainly on improving students’ low performance in scientific subjects, motivating them to learn science and, therefore, consolidating student knowledge of science subjects. The project supports teaching methodologies based on real life case scenarios and makes use of new technologies to promote scientific knowledge, which will definitely enhance students’ involvement in the learning process. The underlying principle of the project is to promote solid cooperation among educational agents across European countries in order to create a comprehensive data base for teaching science in schools. The article also looks into the main outputs of the project: Online data base: a collection of information sheets, direct sources (photos, videos, drawings etc. available in digital format) about the flora, the fauna, the natural elements and any other human intervention of scientific interest in a specific environmental area; E-lessons: small video lessons aimed at identifying the connection between the above mentioned natural elements and school scientific curricular activities as well as the related basic skills to be acquired.

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