Discovery Trail Platform

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Descrição

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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Como utilizar este recurso

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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Os recursos

Discovery Trail User Manual PDF:

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Learning Outcomes (Teachers)

• Obter conhecimentos prévios e aprofundar o conhecimento e a compreensão dos conceitos-chave da Cidadania para a Sustentabilidade, desafiando as visões do mundo e os valores estabelecidos.
• Aplicar uma série de ferramentas e quadros adequados para promover a Cidadania para a Sustentabilidade dos estudantes
• Através de actividades de workshops e de comunidades de prática, desenvolver capacidades e agência enquanto educadores e líderes da Cidadania para a Sustentabilidade.

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Competências verdes

• Incorporar valores sustentáveis: Valuing Sustainability; Promoting Nature
• Abraçar a complexidade na sustentabilidade: Enquadramento de problemas
• Perspectivas de futuros sustentáveis: Pensamento exploratório
• Agir em prol da sustentabilidade: Ação colectiva

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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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