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COSMOS 4th Project Meeting

Shumen University

Bulgaria

COSMOS 4th Project meeting18-19 March 2009


Shumen University was the last one to join the COSMOS consortium in March 2008. Since then we carried out a number of activities which we have presented in this presentation.



1. Translation of Co-Design Cosmos.2. We conducted a preliminary survey of the possible users.

The Bulgarian users who have completed the questionnaire are 13.1 percent and take the third place after Austria and Great Britain.


1.3 Country

40,2% Austria 13,1% Bulgaria

0,0% Cyprus 5,7% Finland 3,2% Germany 6,8% Greece 1,6% Sweden

27,8% UK 1,6% Other

ActivitieActivitiess



3. We made

• 100% translation of the key words and units of the science domains used in the COSMOS Portal www.univie.ac.at/astroid/cosmos-tools/formular.php

• 100% translation of the materials for Workshop Validation.



Code

English name

Native name

Enabled

Default

RTL

Translated

Operations

en English English

n/a

bg Bulgarian

Български

2542/11326

(22.44%) delete

fi Finnish

Finnish

2332/11326

(20.59%) delete

de German

Deutsch

2472/11326

(21.83%) delete

el Greek

Ελληνικά

2480/11326 (21.9%)

delete

sv Sw edish

Svenska

2505/11326

(22.12%) delete

By the 22.44% translation of the portal COSMOS Bulgaria is on the first place for this activity.



4. The first workshop was held in Varna on 12th September 2008 with 45 participants. The goals, tasks and possibilities of the project have been presented. As a result of the training the teachers acquired knowledge how to prepare materials. They are eager now to use the astronomical images, to participate in activities and initiatives of the project.




5. The second workshop (Validating the pilots) was held in Shumen in November 20082008.




COSMOS WORKSHOP 28.11.2008 COSMOS WORKSHOP 28.11.2008

“Validating the pilots”Place of workshopPlace of workshop: : Computer lab of Astronomical Center, Shumen UniversityParticipantsParticipants: : 11 teachers from Shumen, Pleven and Varna and 6 lecturers from Shumen University

AgendaAgenda1. Presentation of the COSMOS Project

Dr Dragomir Marchev2. Presentation of an exemplary learning scenario “Motion of Charged Particles”,

Guided Research ModelSilvina Simeonova

3. Presentation of the COSMOS PORTAL (Registration, COSMOS Repository)Borislav Borisov

4. Presentation of the COSMOS PORTAL Tool Box (COSMOS Learning Activities, Authoring Tool, COSMOS Metadata Authoring Tool, RELOAD Learning Activities Viewer)Borislav Borisov

5. Working with the COSMOS Portal SoftwareBorislav Borisov

6. Filling in the COSMOS Questionnaire (printed version)Dr Veselka Radeva

7. Filling in the COSMOS Online Questionnaire for feedbackDr Veselka Radeva

8. Interviewing some of the participants with COSMOS Interview Grid for Workshop leadersDr Veselka Radeva



6. Third workshop was held on March 6-7 2009 in Targoviste.




COSMOS WORKSHOPCOSMOS WORKSHOP“Presentation of the COSMOS portal”

March 6-7 2009March 6-7 2009Place of workshopPlace of workshop: : Computer lab of Bisness Liceum in TargovisteParticipantsParticipants: : 20 teachers from city Targoviste and its region

AgendaAgenda

1. Presentation of the COSMOS ProjectDr Dragomir Marchev

2. Presentation of the different types of learning scenarios used in the COSMOS projectprof Diana Kyurkchieva

3. Presentation of the COSMOS PORTAL (Registration, COSMOS Repository)Borislav Borisov

4. Presentation of the COSMOS PORTAL Tool Box (COSMOS Learning Activities Authoring Tool, COSMOS Metadata Authoring Tool, RELOAD Learning Activities Viewer)Borislav Borisov

5. Working with the COSMOS Portal SoftwareBorislav Borisov

6. Filling in the COSMOS Questionnaire (printed version)prof Diana Kyurkchieva

7. Interviewing some of the participants with COSMOS Interview Grid for Workshop leadersprof Diana Kyurkchieva



7. Our key person took active part in the discussed topics and gave useful suggestions for improving the design of the portal at the COSMOS 2nd Project meeting (March 2008, Bayreuth, Germany).

8. Two teachers from Shumen were trained to work with the software of the COSMOS Portal (October 2008, Ellinogernaniki Agogi, Greece).

9. Three representatives from the Bulgarian team took part in the COSMOS review meeting (December 2008, Athens, Greece).




10. We prepared and uploaded 8 different learning scenarios:

- Motion of Charged Particles (Guided Research Model), Silvina Simeonova- Doppler Effect (Guided Research Model), Silvina Simeonova- Studying the laws of photoelectric effect (Guided Research Model),

Aneta Marinova- Determining the eccentricity of elliptical galaxies (Inquiry Based Teaching),

Veselka Radeva- Изучаване законите на фотоефекта (Guided Research Model),

Анета Маринова- Грешката на Нютон или как да измерим скоростта на светлината във

вода (Guided Research Model), Анета Маринова- Наблюдения на Луната и изследване на лунната повърхност

(5E Instructional Model), Веселка Радева - Конструиране на звездната диаграмата „спектър-светимост”

(5E Instructional Model), Веселка Радева




11. We prepared more than 50 Educational materials (presentations, photos, videos and URL addresses).

12. There were problems with the cyrillization of ASK-LOM-AT. They were discovered and overcame thanks to the efforts of our key person.

13. The project Cosmos was presented at the Bulgarian opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy on 23.01.09 in Sofia as well as at the opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy on 04.02.09 in the town of Shumen.




PLANNED FUTURE ACTIVITIES OF THE BULGARIAN TEAM OF THE COSMOS PROJECT

1. Carrying out 3 workshops (training courses) with teachers in Pleven, Yambol and Ruse.

2. Presentation of an invited report on the Cosmos project at the Annual National Conference of the Bulgarian Society of the Physicists (02-05.04.2009, Ruse).

3. Presentation of the invited report on the Cosmos project at the Regional Conference of the Bulgarian Astronomical Society (25.09.2009, Smolyan).

4. Preparation and uploading 30 new learning scenarios.

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