Abstract
iTHEPHY is an EU strategic partnership ERASMUS+ project aiming at developing innovative student-centred Deeper Learning Approaches (DPA) for students enrolled in particle physics master’s degree programmes. This paper describes the iTHEPHY project status and main goals attained, with a focus on a web-based virtual environment developed to support groups of students and teams of teachers during their DPA learning and teaching activities. The platform is described in detail, focusing on the methodologies and technologies which enabled to deliver a modular, user-friendly, open-source, scalable and reusable platform. Identity and Access Management are the building blocks installed for the iTHEPHY project. Different configurations of services in the cloud will be also covered.
Highlights
ITHEPHY is EU funded project involving universities and research institutes from Italy, Germany and France
This paper describes the iTHEPHY project status and main goals attained, with a focus on a web-based virtual environment developed to support groups of students and teams of teachers during their Deeper Learning Approaches (DPA) learning and teaching activities
The project consists developing e-learning tools for teaching particle physics to students attending the second year of the master degree, making them work together in real research projects supervised by international teachers and researchers belonging to the iTHEPHY Consortium
Summary
ITHEPHY is EU funded project involving universities and research institutes from Italy, Germany and France. The project consists developing e-learning tools for teaching particle physics to students attending the second year of the master degree, making them work together in real research projects supervised by international teachers and researchers belonging to the iTHEPHY Consortium. Its European flavour, founded on a long-term collaboration between all partners in High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments, such as the ones undertaken at the CERN, motivates strongly the master students to be more open to EU and non-EU mobility All these characteristics are key ingredients for promoting with success the development of an internationalized mind-set, the recognition, by assigning ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits, and the mobility both contributing to overcome language and cultural barriers. Learning and teaching activities are carried out by teams of highly qualified professors and researchers experienced in international research projects In this context, both students and teachers will improve their collaboration skills. In particular a customized Moodle [3] platform, based on open-source software, has been developed to integrate, on a web-based virtual environment, a standard Moodle installation with additional tools useful for sharing documents, meeting virtually trough chat/video rooms, tracking projects and scheduling meetings
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