Erf2015 tget-workshop-rose-presentation

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The ROSE Project
http://www.roseproject.eu

ROSE

Robo(cs
Opportuni(es
(to
foster)
STEM
Educa(on

Benede&o
Allo&a

MDM
Lab
-‐
Dept.
of
Industrial
Engineering

University
of
Florence

ERF2015 - Workshop of the euRobotics Topic Group on Education and Training

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Some ROSE Project data
•  Programme: Erasmus+
•  Call: Strategic Partnerships
•  Eligibility period: September 1, 2014 – August 31, 2017
•  Involved countries: Austria, Estonia, Italy, Portugal, Turkey
•  Type of partners:
–  Higher Education Institution
–  Primary and Secondary Schools
–  Non Profit Organizations
–  Government Education Agencies
•  Genesis of the idea: discussions with Herman (thanks!) +
some emails on the TGET mailing list
ROSE Project Erasmus+ 2014-1-IT02-KA200-003660 http://www.roseproject.eu

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ROSE partners
ROSE partners:
•  Università degli studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
•  Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
•  Technische Universitaet Graz, Graz, Austria
•  Istituto Comprensivo "Don Lorenzo Milani" - Prato, Italy
•  IIS "Ferraris - Brunelleschi" - Empoli, Italy
•  Liceo Scientifico Statale "Niccolò Copernico", Prato, Italy
•  Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico Statale "Silvano Fedi - Enrico Fermi", Pistoia, Italy
•  Tartu Kivilinna Gümnaasium, Tartu, Estonia
•  NPO Robootika, Tartu, Estonia
•  Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Toscana, Florence, Italy
•  Ankara Ozel Tevfik Fikret Anadolu Lisesi, Ankara, Turkey
•  Tartu Ulikool, Tartu, Estonia
•  Instituto Politecnico do Porto, Porto, Portugal

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ROSE
consortium structure
ROSE consortium structure:
•  In Italy, Estonia, Turkey:
–  One Higher Education Institution (HEI) in each country active in Robotics Education
and Research
–  Some schools nearby the HEI:
•  Some schools already active somehow in Robotics
•  Some “absolute beginner” schools
•  In Austria and Portugal:
–  Higher Education Institutions with strong background in Robotics for Education and
Education for Robotics
•  Personnel involved:
–  roboticists and researchers from other fields of STEM are involved in the project

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ROSE goals and tools
Main goals of ROSE
•  To enhance the attractiveness of STEM disciplines, in particular among female
pupils;
•  To promote a balanced representation of the society among students choosing a
technology/science-oriented HE;
•  In the long term: to ensure the labour market with a more adequate number of
scientists, engineers and technologists, in particular female ones.
Main tools
•  The appeal of Robotics and Robotics-related competitions will be the main tools
used to increase the attractiveness of STEM disciplines.

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ROSE priorities and
relevant topics
Most relevant priorities of ROSE
•  Developing partnerships between education and employment
•  Promoting the take-up of practical entrepreneurial experiences in education,
training and youth work
Most relevant topics
•  Gender equality / equal opportunities
•  Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) - basic skills
•  Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

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ROSE short-term goals
Short term goals
•  Ex ante surveys (in the partner schools and other schools) to “measure” the
attractiveness of STEM disciplines BEFORE “Robotics Contamination”
•  Contamination by means of robotics-based activities aimed at promoting STEM
disciplines among young pupils, in particular female pupils
–  Open days, technical visits to HEIs
–  Festivals and Competitions
–  Short term (up to two weeks) international student mobility to expose the students to a
different learning environment
–  Multiplier events, involving pupils and teachers of non-partner organizations
•  Ex post surveys to measure a possible change in the level of attractiveness of
STEM disciplines AFTER “Robotics Contamination”.

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ROSE long-term goals
Long term goals
•  To increase the attractiveness of STEM disciplines
•  To enlarge the number of students (in particular female ones) choosing a science/
technology oriented career/educational path;
•  To reduce the school drop-out rates by promoting motivation;
•  To promote a gender balanced representation of the society among students that
decide to chose a science/technology oriented career;
•  To supply to the European labour market a more adequate number of scientists,
technologists, engineers and mathematicians;
•  To contribute to the competitiveness of the Union’s economy

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ROSE timing
ROSE timing:
•  Start date of the eligibility period: September 1, 2014
•  Grant agreement issued by the Erasmus+ agency: end of February 2015
•  Pre-financing: not yet available…
•  However:
–  Several activities already started/performed
–  Several Schools external to the consortium follow the activities with great interest
–  Educational robotics labs are being designed for the schools with no robotics
background, with the contribution of HEI and other schools with experience in robotics
–  Great involvement of the Tuscan local competent authority for education (Ufficio
Scolastico Regionale della Toscana)

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•  Several remote meetings have been held to coordinate actions in the five
partner countries
•  The domain roseproject.eu has been purchased and the project website is alive:
http://www.roseproject.eu
•  Several local meetings to plan and execute local activities
•  An advanced version o the ex-ante survey questionnaire is available, with
contributions from various partner institutions with previous experience
•  A graphical contest has been agreed among the partners in order to choose a
ROSE Project logo among student proposals.
ROSE work in progress - 1

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ROSE work in progress - 2
•  A partnership with Terza Cultura http://www.terzacultura.it/ , a no-profit official
spin-off company of the University of Florence is being formalized, with the
purpose of using their educational robotics facilities, equipment, and personnel in
the “robotics alphabetization” of schools and teachers with no robotics
background
•  “Il Laboratorio” of Terza Cultura: http://il-laboratorio.academy/

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Collaboration with Terza
Cultura – Il Laboratorio – 1

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ROSE
first multiplier event
•  Pupils of several (partner and non-partner) schools attended an important
FIRST® LEGO® League competition organized by the ROSE partner school
ITT Fedi-Fermi in Pistoia, Italy on February 21, 2015, either as participants or as
supporters

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ROSE

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ROSE

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ROSE

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ROSE
future multiplier events
•  Organization of a ROSE multiplier event in the framework of the World
Engineering Education Forum 2015 (WEEF 2015) to be held in Florence in
September 2015: http://www.weef2015.eu
•  Organization of another ROSE multiplier event in the framework of the Open Day
of the School of Engineering of the University of Florence in fall 2015

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ROSE
Thank you!
benedetto.allotta@unifi.it
www.roseproject.eu

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