Integration of STEM Centers in a Virtual Education Space
Training in STEM centers is becoming increasingly relevant in order to meet the new educational needs caused mainly by the rapid speed with which new technologies have been entering our lives in recent years. Existing university e-learning systems can enhance the capacity of these centers by providi...
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| author | Stanimir Stoyanov Todorka Glushkova Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva Vanya Ivanova Lyubka Doukovska |
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| description | Training in STEM centers is becoming increasingly relevant in order to meet the new educational needs caused mainly by the rapid speed with which new technologies have been entering our lives in recent years. Existing university e-learning systems can enhance the capacity of these centers by providing shared learning material. This paper presents a distributed educational platform that supports sharable usage of teaching material at university and in STEM centers in secondary schools. The architecture of the platform is also presented including two basic components. The university e-learning environment operates as a back-end and the front-end component is located in the STEM center. Furthermore, the implemented prototype of the platform is also discussed in the article. The use of the platform is demonstrated by two educational games. The platform is expanded with four educational robots to increase the attractiveness of the educational process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0995eaa810ed4062b6e0da1805ae0fbc2023-11-23T23:22:58ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902022-02-0110574410.3390/math10050744Integration of STEM Centers in a Virtual Education SpaceStanimir Stoyanov0Todorka Glushkova1Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova2Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva3Vanya Ivanova4Lyubka Doukovska5Department of Computer Systems, University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Computer Systems, University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Computer Systems, University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Computer Systems, University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Computer Systems, University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, BulgariaInstitute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, BulgariaTraining in STEM centers is becoming increasingly relevant in order to meet the new educational needs caused mainly by the rapid speed with which new technologies have been entering our lives in recent years. Existing university e-learning systems can enhance the capacity of these centers by providing shared learning material. This paper presents a distributed educational platform that supports sharable usage of teaching material at university and in STEM centers in secondary schools. The architecture of the platform is also presented including two basic components. The university e-learning environment operates as a back-end and the front-end component is located in the STEM center. Furthermore, the implemented prototype of the platform is also discussed in the article. The use of the platform is demonstrated by two educational games. The platform is expanded with four educational robots to increase the attractiveness of the educational process.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/5/744e-learninggame-based learningSTEMintegrated domainsvirtual education spacesoftware platform |
| spellingShingle | Stanimir Stoyanov Todorka Glushkova Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva Vanya Ivanova Lyubka Doukovska Integration of STEM Centers in a Virtual Education Space Mathematics e-learning game-based learning STEM integrated domains virtual education space software platform |
| title | Integration of STEM Centers in a Virtual Education Space |
| title_full | Integration of STEM Centers in a Virtual Education Space |
| title_fullStr | Integration of STEM Centers in a Virtual Education Space |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integration of STEM Centers in a Virtual Education Space |
| title_short | Integration of STEM Centers in a Virtual Education Space |
| title_sort | integration of stem centers in a virtual education space |
| topic | e-learning game-based learning STEM integrated domains virtual education space software platform |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/5/744 |
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