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       |contract_number=530931-LLP-1-2012-1-CY-KA1-KA3MP
       |contract_number=530931-LLP-1-2012-1-CY-KA1-KA3MP
       |funding_period=01/12/2012-30/11/2015
       |funding_period=01/12/2012-30/11/2015
      |coordinator=[[Elena Aristodemou]]
       |funding_agency=Lifelong Learning Programmes
       |funding_agency=Lifelong Learning Programmes
       |total_cost=
       |total_cost=
       |partners=[[FAVINOM Consultancies Ltd]], <br> [[Hellenic Open University]], <br> [[Knowledge Media Research Center]] (KMRC), <br> [[JAUNIMO KARJEROS CENTRAS]], <br> [[DAFNORD Association]]
      |lead_partner=[[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute|CNTI]]
       |website=
       |partners=[[Hellenic Open University]]<br> [[FAVINOM Consultancies Ltd]] <br> [[New Technologies and Learning in Europe]]<br> [[JAUNIMO KARJEROS CENTRAS]]<br> [[DAFNORD Association]]
      |fwc_coordinator=[[Elena Aristodemou]]
       |website=http://www.e-hoop.info
}}
}}


e-hoop is a project co-funded by the LifeLong Learning Programme of the European Union. The project is a collaboration between Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Lithuania and Helsinki. It is coordinated by the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]] (CNTI), Cyprus with partners the [[FAVINOM Consultancies Ltd]] (Cyprus), [[Hellenic Open University]] (Greece), [[Knowledge Media Research Center]] (KMRC, Germany), Youth Career and Advising Center ([[JAUNIMO KARJEROS CENTRAS]];JKC, Lithuania) and [[Dafnord Association]] (Finland).
e-hoop was a project co-funded by the LifeLong Learning Programme of the European Union. The project was a collaboration between Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Lithuania and Helsinki. It is coordinated by the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]] (CNTI), Cyprus with partners the [[FAVINOM Consultancies Ltd]] (Cyprus), [[Hellenic Open University]] (Greece), [[New Technologies and Learning in Europe]] (NTL, Germany), Youth Career and Advising Center ([[JAUNIMO KARJEROS CENTRAS]];JKC, Kaunas, Lithuania) and [[DAFNORD Association]] (Finland).




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The specific objectives for the universal learning environment are:
The specific objectives for the universal learning environment are:


1. To provide educators with an easy-to-use, open-source, dynamic, modifiable and expandable tool which they can adapt to their own learning materials and teaching requirements.
<br> 1. To provide educators with an easy-to-use, open-source, dynamic, modifiable and expandable tool which they can adapt to their own learning materials and teaching requirements.
2. To take full advantage of broadband technologies and open source paradigms.
<br> 2. To take full advantage of broadband technologies and open source paradigms.
3. To attract educators with innovative tools and paradigms.
<br> 3. To attract educators with innovative tools and paradigms.
4. To create a learning environment that will be fun for any learner.
<br> 4. To create a learning environment that will be fun for any learner.
5. To provide motivational tools for learning thus decreasing dropout rates.
<br> 5. To provide motivational tools for learning thus decreasing dropout rates.
6. To combine diagnostic with educational tools; therefore being able to adapt learning to the specific needs, background knowledge and cultural differences of the learners.
<br> 6. To combine diagnostic with educational tools; therefore being able to adapt learning to the specific needs, background knowledge and cultural differences of the learners.
7. To provide an educational tool that is adaptable to the learning preferences and styles of the learner exploiting contemporary research and already developed tools.
<br> 7. To provide an educational tool that is adaptable to the learning preferences and styles of the learner exploiting contemporary research and already developed tools.
 
==Methodology==
 
===1. Workshop Methodology===
* The workshops were conducted using the [[Structured Democratic Dialogue]] methodology.
* The process was supported by [[Cogniscope 3]].
 
 
=== 2. Approaches to Assessment ===
The e-Hoop platform used two types of assessment in order to adapt the learning process to the abilities, needs, and preferences of the learner:
 
# Assessment of the learner before entering the learning environment
# Assessment while learning is happening
 
 
====Assessment of the learner before entering the learning environment====
After Logging in, every participant-learner will go through a short assessment process, which is composed of a number of tests. The results of the various tests are subsequently combined to derive requirements imposed on the functionality of the learning environment.  The tests used are:
* MAPS [[Mental Abilities Profiling System]]
* VARK Profiling learning preferences
* Honey/Mumford Learning Styles Differentiates between activist, reflector, theorist or pragmatist
 
 
Self-Declaration
Certain conditions are self-declared. For example, a deaf, blind, or hearing-impaired person requires no testing. In addition, children with diagnosed Dyslexia or ADHD know this and cal self-declare it.
 
=====[[Mental Abilities Profiling System]]=====
The tests selected for the e-Hoop platform include short-term visual and auditory memory and visual and auditory discrimination. Their results are used to differentiate between those who perform better using the audio-, the visual- or the combination of the two channels. MAPS can be used for learners 6-12 years old.
 
=====VARK=====
Similar to MAPS but using a short questionnaire instead of video game-like tests, it can profile learners' visual, aural, read/write and/or kinesthetic) preferences. It can be used for all ages.
 
=====Honey/Mumford Learning Styles Questionnaire=====
Even though there is criticism in the literature, the assessment of learning styles is used very widely. It distinguishes between:
Activists who are ‘hands-on’ learners and prefer to have a go and learn through trial and error
Reflectors who are ‘tell me’ learners and prefer to be thoroughly briefed before proceeding
Theorists who are ‘convince me’ learners and want reassurance that a project makes sense
Pragmatists who are ‘show me’ learners and want a demonstration from an acknowledged expert.
 
====Assessment while learning is happening====
An adaptive learning environment requires real-time adaptation while the learning process takes place.  In the e-Hoop project this is approached using:
 
# Formative Assessment
# Cognitive Load self-reporting
==From Assessment to learning needs==
 
The various assessments described above are used in order to classify the various learning materials. Learning Objects are characterized by a number of properties. The literature has at least three approaches as to what properties need to be documented:
# The Canadian Government system , 
# The IEEE Standard for Learning Object Metadata
# The [[CYBER KIDS]]
 
 
Based on the above assessments, learners will be classified to one or more of the following categories:
* Blind
* Visually impaired
* Hearing impaired
* Deaf
* Visual Preference
* Aural Preference
* Mixed Visual Aural Preference
* Read/write Type
* Kinesthetic Type
* Learning disability
* Dyslexia
* ADHD
* Activist
* Reflector
* Theorist
* Pragmatist
 
 
 
====Self-Declaration====
* Blind
* Visually impaired
* Hearing impaired
* Deaf
* ADHD
 
====MAPS====
* Visual Preference
* Aural Preference
* Mixed Visual Aural Preference
* Learning disability
* Dyslexia
 
====VARK====
* Visual Preference
* Aural Preference
* Mixed Visual Aural Preference
* Read/write Type
* Kinesthetic Type
 
====Learning Styles====
* Activist
* Reflector
* Theorist
* Pragmatist
 
====Distinguishing between ADHD and kinesthetic preferences====
 
According to the literature, ADHD learners perform better when they are involved in learning experiences that require moving. At the same time, it has been observed that in some ADHD diagnosed learners their learning difficulty disappears when they are offered highly interactive experiences involving movement simply because they are not truly ADHD but simply have a preference. As far as e-Hoop is concerned the fine distinguishing line is irrelevant, because both self-declared ADHDs and those assessed as having preference in kinesthetic, received the same materials.
 


==Dissemination==
==Dissemination==
 
The e-Hoop project not only foresees the immediate exploitation and valorization of its ideas, products and results, but it also puts in place mechanisms and processes to secure that the project’s impact will continue beyond its funded lifetime.
The e-Hoop project not only foresees the immediate exploitation and valorisation of its ideas, products and results, but it also puts in place mechanisms and process to secure that the project’s impact will continue beyond its funded life time.


The main dissemination channels used by the dissemination plan are:  
The main dissemination channels used by the dissemination plan are:  
*World Wide Web (project website and use of participative tools such as twitter, social bookmarking tools such as delicious, as well as project databases such as ADAM and EVE)  
*World Wide Web (project website and use of participative tools such as Twitter, social bookmarking tools such as delicious, as well as project databases such as ADAM and EVE)  
*Internet presence integrated with the Social Bookmarking and Networking Services delivered in the Flexible Platform for Internet Services (FPFIS)  
*Internet presence integrated with the Social Bookmarking and Networking Services delivered in the Flexible Platform for Internet Services (FPFIS)  
*Publications in relevant forums, blogs & journals (e.g. Journal of Interactive Marketing)
*Publications in relevant forums, blogs & journals (e.g. Journal of Interactive Marketing)
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*Events (Workshops/Conferences/Exhibitions)  
*Events (Workshops/Conferences/Exhibitions)  
*Partners’ existing networks of dissemination  
*Partners’ existing networks of dissemination  
*Off line promotion actions (brochures/leaflets, etc.)  
*Offline promotion actions (brochures/leaflets, etc.)  
*Consortium internal exploitation channels  
*Consortium internal exploitation channels  
*Special interest groups of end users
*Special interest groups of end-users
*Participation to EC concentration activities
*Participation to EC concentration activities


==SDDPs Organized==
* [[E-Hoop SDDP Cyprus]]
* [[E-Hoop SDDP Germany]]
* [[E-Hoop SDDP Greece]]
* [[E-Hoop SDDP Lithuania]]


==Partners ==
==Partners ==
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