httpwwwtelescopeorg amp wwwschoolstelescopeorg John Baruch Chris Tallon Dan Hedges Ed Hand What we are What we do Why Moving to the OU John Baruch Chris Tallon Dan Hedges Ed Hand ID: 563517
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A Robotic Telescope with a host of Learn Astronomy Projects
http://www.telescope.org &
www.schools.telescope.org
John Baruch – Chris
Tallon
– Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide2
What we are?
What we do?
Why?Moving to the OU?
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide3
The Robot is on one of the best sites in the world – 2,400m TenerifeSlide4
The Robot is completely autonomous: No human presence: 4 service trips p.a.Slide5
The Robot
sits at the centre
of:
Two web sites structured to support language
translation:
http://schools.telescope.org/
http://telescope.org/
P
artially
translated into Spanish, Portuguese and
Chinese
O
ne
for school children organised in
classes
One
for students/amateur astronomersIdeas to generate a site for individual learners.
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide6
All Users get a user name and password
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide7
All Users See:-
An archive of images
with
full details of how they were obtained and processed.
Notes on the system status
Details of your personal requests
Telescope with full support
for generating
requests
A dozen
web
cams & archive: day/ night/ time lapse
Weather
graph and archive.
Real time data
indication of
the instruments and systems
The job queue
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide8
The Schools Site Includes:-
A programme of a
stronomy
experimental projects including some maths and physics.
A learning management system supporting learners
A learning management system supporting teachers
A classroom management system
A school management system
A
partnership
management system with
a
contact management system including invoicing.
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide9
Access to Real World Facilities is highly motivational
The programme has a dramatic impact on those who use it.
The
pupils return many times to continue using it from home
and persuade their teachers to do more in the classroom
Very effective pupil driven teacher subject knowledge CPD
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide10
Ogden funded support for Rural Schools in Derbyshire
The programme has a dramatic impact on those who use it.
E.g. 20 Rural schools in
D
erbyshire:-
907 pupils
5553 images
250 pupils logging on outside school hours.- many do no have internet at home
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide11
Why?
Supporting teachers who have little or no science background – delivering subject knowledge CPD
Inspiring learners with Science
Teaching how science works
Widening Participation- The Knowledge Economy
Supporting University Recruitment
Research into all the above using Robotic systems
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide12
Moving to the OU - How?
Making the project self supporting:-
Through a national programme of University Recruitment
Seeking
sponsorship to guarantee first two years of
operation
Ogden/Nuffield/ NESTA
Raising the income from amateur usage
Consolidating income from schools usage
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide13
Moving to the OU-Developing Research
Developing Research programmes for the use of Robotics in Education
How best to use robots in schools, universities and with self learners?
Extending subject area across all the sciences following pilot programme with
Drax
and Moss Moran
Working across the world – developing knowledge economies
How best to develop the skills of innovation and creativity.
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed HandSlide14
Thank-you
http://www.telescope.org
www.schools.telescope.org
John Baruch – Chris Tallon – Dan Hedges – Ed Hand