During the pandemic, the impact of e-learning became particularly important. In the field of remote teaching (RT), there is a notable lack of high-quality, research-based learning material.
Slovenia has created advanced interactive i-Textbooks and a collection of video lectures in the style of Khan Academy. Unfortunately, both are limited to the national level due to the language barrier. The materials allow asynchronous use and are therefore useful for diverse learners, as economic and cognitive impairments can be reduced by teaching outside the real-time. We have chosen STEM subjects for EXPERT because it is internationally applicable and because we want to follow the principle of gender equality.
In EXPERT, we have set ourselves the following goals:
▪ upgrade and improve learning materials,
▪ translate these materials using advanced machine learning models to English (pivot language),
▪ include materials into the Learning management systems (LMS),
▪ to explore new models for use in classrooms in an international environment.
EXPERT comprises expert organizations from 5 countries (Slovenia, Finland, Germany, Spain, and Turkey). About 500 primary and secondary school students will be involved in the digital pilot of OER. The participation of about 150 teachers and researchers is expected, with developed OERs and MOOCs, we will additionally reach a much broader population.
We are also aware of the low acceptance of the technology by teachers, so we will prepare explicit Instructional Principles for distance teaching and learning in cyber-flipped classroom pedagogy and additional instructions for adapting the learning paths in the LMS to the needs of the students.