Discovery Trail Platform

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Beschreibung

Discovery Trail simplifies the process of combining technology with outdoor learning, offering a dynamic and interactive way for students to explore their environment. This happens with its app called “Avastusrada”. 

Avastusrada  is a digital tool that enhances outdoor learning. It uses interactive content tailored to various groups – like students of different ages, education levels, and interests – making learning more engaging. This tool is especially useful for environmental education centres and schools. The tool, allows teachers to create educational trails with tasks linked to specific outdoor locations. It supports the “bring your own device” (BYOD) policy, meaning students use their own smartphones or tablets to participate. Teachers can access and create trails using a variety of task templates, such as quizzes, open questions, and photo challenges. These trails are open-source, so any educator can modify and reuse them in new locations. The platform also features a real-time tracking option for teachers to monitor students’ progress and location during the activity. All responses can be downloaded for later analysis and feedback.

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Wie Sie diese Ressource nutzen können

Teachers are reading the user manual and afterwards they signup in Avastusrada platform. From this platform teachers can access and create trails using a variety of task templates, such as quizzes, open questions, and photo challenges. These trails are open-source, so any educator can modify and reuse them in new locations. The platform also features a real-time tracking option for teachers to monitor students’ progress and location during the activity.

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Die Ressourcen

Discovery Trail User Manual PDF:

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Learning Outcomes (Teachers)

• Abfrage des Vorwissens und Weiterentwicklung von Wissen und Verständnis von Schlüsselkonzepten der nachhaltigen Bürgerschaft, wobei etablierte Weltanschauungen und Werte in Frage gestellt werden.
• Anwendung einer Reihe von geeigneten Instrumenten und Rahmenwerken zur Förderung des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements von Studierenden im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit
• Durch Workshop-Aktivitäten und Praxisgemeinschaften werden Kapazitäten und Handlungskompetenzen von Lehrkräften und Führungskräften im Bereich Sustainability Citizenship aufgebaut.

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Grüne Kompetenzen

• Nachhaltige Werte verkörpern: Wertschätzung der Nachhaltigkeit; Förderung der Natur
• Komplexität in der Nachhaltigkeit berücksichtigen: Problemstellung
• Visionen für eine nachhaltige Zukunft: Forschendes Denken
• Handeln für Nachhaltigkeit: Kollektives Handeln

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Creative Commons

The Avastusrada were created by Sustainability, Environmental Education and Communication Skills (SEEMIK) Research Group in Tallinn University for the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership (KA2) “Discovery Trail Project”. It is shared here with the kind permission of Discovery Trail Project.

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