The CURIO Project ‘A Teaching Toolkit for Fostering Scientific Curiosity’, a strategic partnership action funded under the ERASMUS+ programme aiming to engage students and stimulate curiosity in scientific topics at the elementary school level, will be launched on 19 January 2018 at 10:00 at the University of Malta Valletta Campus (St Paul Street, Valletta).
The CURIO toolkit will allow teachers and students to author scenarios that can then be played in a gamified, virtual environment. During this brief kickoff event, which will be publicly launch the project, the plan of action for the upcoming three years will be presented.
The event will focus on informing the stakeholders and future users of the toolkit with a highlight on technical innovation, new pedagogical opportunities, and the various social benefits that are envisaged.
The CURIO Project team, composed of the , , University of Venice (Italy), , , looks forward to seeing you at the event.
The CURIO Project team, composed of the , , University of Venice (Italy), , , looks forward to seeing you at the event.
Programme
10:00 Hon. Evarist Bartolo (The Ministry for Education and Employment)
Opening Address
10:05 Dr Stefano Gualeni (Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta)
Introduction to CURIO and general outline of the project (partners, outputs, deadlines)
10:12 Marcello Gómez Maureira (Placeholder Interactive)
An insight into the design, the technical challenges, and the research relevance of CURIO
10:28 Prof. Sandra Dingli (Edward De Bono Institute, University of Malta)
Unleashing creative potential to foster scientific curiosity
10:45 Drinks and refreshments
