A web based approach to teaching the subject “renewable energy sources” in technical Vocational educational schools in greece Using the elearn web platform
Year: 2007
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: During the last years, computers have found their way into Greek secondary education. At the same time, \nenvironmental education has also received special attention in both primary and secondary education, due in part \nto the cross-disciplinary curriculum introduced. This paper presents a web based course on ‘Renewable Energy \nsources’, created through the ELearn platform, for the use of students in Technical Vocational Educational \nSecondary Education Schools (TVE).The course presented in this paper is part of a larger project, commissioned \nby the Greek Manpower Employment Organization to supplement specific aspects of the curriculum taught at \nTVE with web based courses. The course consists of five autonomous chapters, selected from the relevant \ntextbook taught in TVE. The first covers general principles and concepts relevant to renewable energy sources, \nwhile the second focuses on solar energy and its applications. The third presents hydraulic and wind energy, the \nfourth geothermal energy and biomass and the fifth discusses hydrogen production, fuel cells and nuclear energy. \nEach chapter is structured in the following way: a) A short treatment of the relevant theoretical background b) A \nseries of virtual experiments and/or simulations and c) A series of self-rating exercises. We conclude with the \npresentation of preliminary results concerning the use of the platform, which show an improvement in both \nstudents’ attitude towards the course and their general rating in each sub-unit. We also place the course in relation \nto other vocational and environmental web courses.
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2789729690