Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico, POLARIS, Edificio 1, 09010 PULA (CA - Italy)
Pula
Italy
- Research
We focus on problems stemming from natural, social and industrial environments. Our areas of interest include computational fluid dynamics, combustion and chemical processes, geophysics, environment.The Educational and Training Group works at the definition/study/development and at the complete evaluation procedure of the conception and the development of innovative systems for schools, treating knowledge through a pedagogical perspective, act as an ICT schools observatory, ICT educational trends and development, guideline and research most relevant results in the area of ICT for teaching/training. Monitoring the expertise on Instructional Design, following the standards of the international committee IBSTPI, release online seminars on the applications developped in the Technological Park of Sardinia, contiuous education, providing training-on-the-job opportunities to teachers, and educators.
One of the last project (2007-2008)our ETT group has developed for four regional institutes is named "Moka" which stands for Mobile Organized Knowledge Access. In the context of school drop-outs, the objectif has been concerned with the students motivation to come into possession of educational contents,to reconcile them with learning activities, by using the technological instrument most used by him: the mobile phone,to get them involved in the preparation and development of multimedia materials for a better understanding of renewable energy resources. The SELECTS project aims at the improvement of the scientific background of students with innovative methods that employe ICT methodologies. The activities of the Hydrology and Water Resources Management (WRM) Area are centered on the improvement of understanding of fundamental hydrometeorological phenomena to better manage our water resources. Dissemination and international publication represent a regular activity carried out by both of these two research groups.