scatol8® system for education on sustainability. design and implementation of a simulation model to...
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Scatol8® system for Education on Sustainability.
Design and implementation of a Simulation model to empower its diffusion.
Riccardo Beltramo, Licia Gallo, Paolo Cantore University of Torino - Department of Management
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Environmental Education in Italy
First steps • 1986 Ministry of Environment • 1997 Fiuggi’s Paper • 2000 Conferenza nazionale di Educazione Ambientale
International Engagement • 2003 WEEC • 2005-2014 DESS (Decennio dell’Educazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile) / UN
Decade of Education for SustainableDevelopment (2005-2014)
National effort • 2013 Network WEEC Italia
School • 2009 Linee guida per l’educazione ambientale e allo sviluppo sostenibile • 2015 Education to Sustainable Development
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EE New Tools
E-learning Mobile - learning IoT
“A new generation of learners is entering our educational institutions, one which has grown up with Information and Communication Technology as
an integral part of their everyday lives”
• Simulated situations to improve knowledge and attitudes • Virtual representation of natural environments not directly accessible
To bridge the gap between direct use and virtual use of the natural environment
It is estimated that in 2020 the IoT will reach 26 billion connected devices, an increase of 30 times with respect to the installed base in 2009.
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Criteria
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Hardware and software are fully based on open technologies
ACCESSIBILITY MODULARITY ENVIRONEMENTAL COMPATIBLITY
The system is constituted from time to time, according to the requirements and specifications of each application
When possible, all electronic devices are placed in recycled containers or made of wood
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Sensors network
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Sensors networkTailor-made sensors & network
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Tailor-made sensors & networkTailor-made sensors & network
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Example of a end node
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Example of a coordinator8th WEEC, Gothenburg, July 2, 2015
Crusc8 (dashboard) and graph
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Didactic units,
experiments, reports
Didactical support available
in Italian and Spanish, see: http://scatol8.net
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Scatol8® --> Crusc8
Example of Crusc8 (dashboard) in a school 8th WEEC, Gothenburg, July 2, 2015
Our experience: A Scuola con lo Scatol8®
Educational workshop within a regional initiative
8 classes involved in 4 provinces: Biella, Novara, Torino , Vercelli
Environmental variables monitored: air temperature and humidity, amount of waste paper products, energy consumption
Verification activities with teachers in November 2014 —> Input for the Simulation model
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Netlgo: an Agent Based SimulationInterface Screen: environment and agents
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Agent Based Simulation
An Agent’s ID and sliders
School features 8th WEEC, Gothenburg, July 2, 2015
#1 Baseline experiment
• Spread among school from the same educational institute • Adopting
interest threshold 50% • After 5 turn
16 schools apply
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#2 Sponsor
• External sponsor impact • Adopting
interest threshold 50% for schools and 75% for sponsor • After 5 turn 27
schools apply 8th WEEC, Gothenburg, July 2, 2015
#3 Grapevine
• Baseline and "grapevine" • 8 new schools
each turn • interest
threshold 50% for schools and 75% for grapevine • After 5 turn 61
schools apply8th WEEC, Gothenburg, July 2, 2015
#4 = 1 + Internet
• Baseline and internet • 8 new schools
each turn • interest
threshold 50% for schools and 75% for internet • After 5 turn 45
schools apply8th WEEC, Gothenburg, July 2, 2015
#5 All together
• All the previous solutions together • 8 new schools for each channel
each turn • interest threshold 50% for schools
and 75% for others • 177 schools apply, mostly in the
Turin area
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#5 all together
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Implications, limitations, future developments
Internet • Spread as much as possible the lead through the internet,
to reach a high number of system potential users
Grapevine • Improve the initiative each year to support the
dissemination of positive testimonials
Sponsor • Engage the energies both in enlarging the network of new
contacts, both in presenting initiatives with previous positive experience support
School • Positive result, combined with the findings from the
previously presented questionnaires, about teachers’ availability to witness their experience, can help to focus efforts toward quality experiences in schools
Geographical and economic
dimension
Monitoring along the various
education levels
Agents with mind
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