Open Science Communication 2022

Open Science Communication Conference – OpenSciComm 2022
24-25. новембар 2022.
Југословенска Кинотека
Београд, Србија
Радни језик: енглески

У друштву заснованом на знању, грађани су у прилици да доносе одлуке захваљујући потребним и провереним информацијама које наука омогућава. Отворена наука и Научна комуникација доносе суштинске промене захваљујући демократизацији науке и свеприсутној дигитализацији, које смањују јаз између науке и друштва. Комуникација научних достигнућа и резултата је од изузетног значаја за пружање одговора које наука може да понуди грађанима, али и да оснажи младе и све друге слојеве друштва да научна и технолошка знања користе на жељени и критички начин.

Конференција OpenSciComm посвећена је разматрању делотворних и проверених пракси научне комуникације у различитим окружењима и на различите теме, омогућавајући размену идеја и приступа на међународном нивоу. Конференција ће допринети мисији Центра за промоцију науке да кроз драгоцен и инспиративан дијалог окупи научну заједницу у најширем смислу са циљем активног умрежавања и подизања јавног разумевања науке и технолошког напретка.

Научна комуникација се односи на академску дисциплину јавног представљања научних тема не само унутар научних кругова већ превасходно циљајући друге друштвене групе. Заснована је са циљем бољег разумевања науке и подизања научне писмености као неизоставног елемента савременог живота. Комуницирање науке ка различитим публикама и активан ангажман истраживача унутар свих сегмената друштва, укључујући и креаторе политика и доносиоце одлука, кључни су чиниоци овог процеса. Иако се научна комуникација, као академска дисциплина, изучава, истражује и предаје у великом делу света, она још није препозната у Републици Србији, нити у оквиру нашег високог образовања постоје студијски програми или практични курсеви и тренинзи.

Отворена наука је заснована на принципима отворености и транспарентности током целокупног процеса научних истраживања. Она негује и оснажује основне академске вредности, попут научног интегритета, сарадње и дељења знања, чинећи научна истраживања и њихову дисеминацију доступним свим слојевима друштва – и лаицима и професионалним истраживачима. Отворена наука је стога кључна за подизање поверења јавности у науку, али и као алат за мотивисање и укључивање јавности у сам процес научних истраживања. Као европска политика, први пут је иницирана 2016, и од тада је доживела бројне измене и унапређења. Република Србија је 2018. године усвојила Платформу за отворену науку.

Конференција OpenSciComm повезаће комплексне истраживачке концепте и теме са феноменима и процесима који су блиски јавности, попут климатских промена, вештачке интелигенције, напредних технологија. У фокусу је представљање савремених, иновативних и инспиративних пракси, размена идеја и приступа, и умрежавање на међународном нивоу.

Центар за промоцију науке је национална контакт тачка пројекта и мреже Scientix, која повезује локалне STEAM иницијативе са активностима на националном и међународном нивоу. Центар је такође одговоран за сарадњу с надлежним Министарством како би се унапредила позиција и перспективе STEAM образовања у оквиру националног образовног система. Заједно за 30 одабраних наставника – Scientix амбасадора у Србији, Центар редовно организује радионице, презентације и конференције, које представљају иновативне и савремене педагошке приступе и ресурсе. Највећи део програма другог дана конференције OpenSciComm реализује се као национална Scientix конференција.

У оквиру OpenSciComm-а, 23. новембра ће се одржати још једна конференција у Југословенској кинотеци. Наиме, два Х2020 пројекта RRI2SCALE и TeRRIFICA заједнички ће организовати своју завршну конференцију под називом „Примена принципа Одговорног иновација и истраживања (RRI) за паметне и климатски отпорне европске регије”. Догађај ће обухватити презентације оба пројекта, интерактивне сесије, округле столове отвореног типа, као и инспиративне разговоре о научним политикама и регионалном развоју. Учешће на конференцији је бесплатно али са ограниченим капацитетом. Информације о конференције се могу наћи овде, заједно са регистрационим формуларом.

Програм конференције

TimeAuditorium
Session & Speakers
1st floor room
Session & Speakers
Pop Up Science Club
Session & Speakers
9:00-10:00Registration
10:00-10:30Opening ceremony
Dr. Jelena Begović, Minister
Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation
Dr. Aleksandar Jović, Assistant Minister
Ministry of Education
Dr. Marko Krstić, Acting Director
Center for the Promotion of Science
Hosted by Dr. Tanja Adnađević & Dobrivoje Lale Erić
10:30-12:00OpenSciComm keynotesFollowing a brief outline of key tenets of science communication, this presentation looks at the distinction between the nature of ‘scientific knowledge’ and the nature ‘scientific inquiry’ as a site from which to further ‘open’ science, technology and medicine (STM). I suggest that communicating about science – in addition to communicating science itself – yields long-term dividends in managing public expectations and trust in STM by providing a necessary understanding of the conditions under which scientific claims earn credibility in the public sphere. Understanding these conditions is especially important in facilitating public opinion about matters involving controversy, uncertainty and risk.
Vladimir Janković
Rene von Schomberg
Adriaan Eeckels
Marko Krstić
moderator: Tanja Adnađević
12:00-13:30Lunch break
13:30-14:30Open Science in the open worldOpen Science is based on the principle of openness and transparency in the whole research cycle. It fosters and reinforces core academic values, such as research integrity, cooperation and knowledge sharing, while making scientific research and its dissemination accessible to all levels of society, amateur or professional. Open Science is also key to increasing public trust in science and as a means to spark interest and foster the public’s participation in research activities. Invited speakers will showcase a variety of initiatives, knowledge and practices – from pioneering “Science Shop” model invented in eighties, through nationally valuable “Open Science Platform” and first faculty textbook based on the OS principles, to the integration of research results into regional innovation and policy agendas.
Biljana Kosanović
Siniša Marčić
Dejan Pajić
Norbert Steinhaus
moderator: Ljiljana Rogač MIjatović
In Science We Trust
Eugenia Covernton
Aleksandar Bulajić
Asimakis Talamagas
Zoran Tomić
moderator: Jelena Joksimović
Origami-mathematics, wonders between the folds in the classroom
Miroslav Novta

Secret of Masonic communication and more

Krešimir Čanić
14:45-15:45SciJournalism: Bridging the Gap
Between Science and People
The COVID era has made it crystal clear that the world needs a much better bond between scientific content and the general audience. (Remember the vaccines and Ivermectin saga?)
Adequately communicating science so that everyone understands involves time and effort, especially if you are a ‘regular’ journalist. Science is usually communicated via ‘usual suspect’ mediums: TV, online and print. This panel will show how scientific content can also be distributed using one ‘old new’ medium – radio. In addition, we will showcase examples of a rather unusual but happy marriage between science and the PR sector, as a suitable way of building visibility of scientific content.

Jelena Kalinić
Dobrila Močević
Dušan Pavlović
Tiberius Puiu
moderator: Ivana Nikolić
Art and Science: beyond communication
Werner Jauk
Mersid Ramičević
Adrienn Újházi
Kristijan Tkalec
moderator: Bojan Kenig
DataArt IT Museum
Alexey Pomigalov
15:45-16:45Poster session
(Coffee break)
Poster session
(Coffee break)
Climateria
Marija Nedeljković
16:45-17:45What’s The DRAMA With Science CommunicationMain aim of this panel is to encourage STEM teachers, science communicators, researchers and artists to collaborate and to explore drama as a field of communicating science. Hopefully, this session will spark a dialogue about including methodologies from drama and theater into science communication and inspire evolvement of science and drama communities. Panel will raise questions such as where is storytelling positioned between science communication and drama, which are intersections of methodologies in scientific and drama research, what kind of participation in drama and science projects elevate what kind of processes, how to reflect and evaluate drama and science programs, how to position this field as participatory and critical contribution to the science communication…
Tamara Nikolić
Jovana Karaulić
Ljubica Beljanski Ristić
Claudia Aguirre
moderator: Maja Maksimović
Open Science: Unlock your Research
for multilayered audiences and resources
Sílvia Simon
Barbara Heinisch
Katarzyna Świerk
moderator: Marija Cvetinović
Communicating science through card games
Boris Klobučar
Evening programme ⎯ food, football and fascination 
TimeAuditorium1st floor room
20:00-21:00Cyborgs at the Film Archive
(Developing tools for the next generation of neuroscientists)
Greg Gage
World Cup live
Brazil – Serbia
(first half)
21:00-22:00Biodesign
(Augmented lecture)
Biljana Jović
Ivan Lušičić Liik
Iva Olujić
Aleksa Nikolić
Production: Interactive Arts Laboratory, FDA
World Cup live
Brazil – Serbia
(second half)
22:00-23:00Yugoslav Music Archive
DJ Coba
TimeAuditorium
Session & Speakers
1st floor room
Session & Speakers
Pop Up Science Club
Session & Speakers
9:00-10:00Registration
10:00-11:30OpenSciComm keynotes
Mairead Hurley
Bruno Maquart
Ana Noronha
moderator: Dobrivoje Lale Erić
11:45-12:45New Opportunities for Adressing
Societal Needs with Citizen Science
Carla Perucca Iannitelli
Kejt Dhrami
Gefion Thuermer
Chris Styles
moderator: Elke Dall
A kaleidoscope of STEAM practices across Europe
Roberto Vdović
Menelaos Sotiriou
Andreja Bačnik & Simona Slavič Kumer
Miloš Đuričanin
Dobrivoje Lale Erić
moderator: Vanessa Mignan Jenkins
Magic and Games: Periodic Table, Quantum, Entropy, Women and Science…
Sílvia Simon Rabasseda

Early Childhood Environmental Education
Milica Vukadin
12:45-13:45Lunch break
13:45-14:45Climate literacy for sustainable future community development
Vladimir Đurđević
Marta Terrado
Joanna Gordon Casey
Selvaggia Santi
moderator: Marjana Brkić
Inspirational approaches to STEAM education
Krešimir Čanić
Zrinka Valetić & Robert Vdović
Maja Nikolova
Zorana Matićević & Biljana Mijailović
Vedrana Mikulić Crnković & Bojan Crnković
moderator: Danijela Vučićević
Science around us
Anđela Kostić Minić
Anka Ivanović Conić
Olivera Ivanović

Do plants and animals know physics?
Milena Živković
Neda Bogojević Preković
15:00-16:00Living labs and open schooling in
science education
Claudia Aguirre
Ivana Šeparović
Jelena Joksimović
moderator: Alix Thuillier
Citizen Science: guidelines, quality assessment strategies and expoitation pathways
Dušan Mišević
Katharina Kloppenborg
Bojana Dinić
Joanna Morawska
moderator: Marija Cvetinović
3D printing students’ company logo
Zorana Matićević & Miroslava Nikolić
16:00-17:00Poster session
(Coffee break)
Poster session
(Coffee break)
Meet Scientix Ambassadors!
Scientix ambassadors from Serbia
17:00-17:30Closing ceremony
November 24
TimeTitleFacilitators
12:30-14:30Teaching SciComm: Lessons from the FieldOlga Dobrovidova
Hosted by Katarina Stekić
14:45-16:30TV camera – fight or flight?Marko Košiček
Petra Buljević Zdjelarević
Hosted by Katarina Stekić
16:45-18:45Scientific findings in the non-scientific public and vice versa:
the scientists’ responsibility
Kaja Damnjanović
Hosted by Katarina Stekić
November 25
TimeTitleFacilitators
11:45-13:30Transversal skills in STEAM educationTina Marković
Barbara Pinculić
Tomislav Rožić
Hosted by Katarina Stekić
13:45-15:30STEM F.D.: Fighting wildfires with STEM educationEirini Chatzara
Asimakis Talamagas
Hosted by Katarina Stekić
15:45-17:15Detective InvestigationVesna Kostić
Snežana Bogićević
Jelena Mucić
Zorana Matićević
Hosted by Katarina Stekić
TimeTitle and presenting authors
November 24
15:45-16:45
&
November 25
16:00-17:00
Unleashing the potential of newsable stories from citizen science initiatives derived open data
Co-designing citizen science communication strategies to engage quadruple helix stakeholders – the NEWSERA CitSciComm Labs

Joana Magalhaes & Carla Perucca Iannitelli

Multidisciplinary approach to science communication
Đorđe Vojnović & Maria M. Savanović

Strengthening Climate – health literacy through education
Marija Jevtić

Science in and for Diplomacy: Harnessing Scientific Thinking and Communication to Improve International Relations and Collaboration
Ljiljana Rogač Mijatović

The Distinctive Characteristics of Bullshit and their Contribution to the Author’s Reliability Effect
Sandra Ilić

Environmental Science (Visual) Puns for Better Learning Outcome:  Entrance Exam Book Illustration
Aleksandra Kulić Mandić

ENgagement and JOurnalism Innovation for Outstanding Open Science Communication
Karinna Matozinhos
Говорници по позиву
Говорници
Сесије

November 24
Auditorium

OpenSciComm keynotes
10:30-12:00

Following a brief outline of key tenets of science communication, this presentation looks at the distinction between the nature of ‘scientific knowledge’ and the nature ‘scientific inquiry’ as a site from which to further ‘open’ science, technology and medicine (STM). I suggest that communicating about science – in addition to communicating science itself – yields long-term dividends in managing public expectations and trust in STM by providing a necessary understanding of the conditions under which scientific claims earn credibility in the public sphere. Understanding these conditions is especially important in facilitating public opinion about matters involving controversy, uncertainty and risk.

Open Science in the open world
13:30-14:30

Open Science is based on the principle of openness and transparency in the whole research cycle. It fosters and reinforces core academic values, such as research integrity, cooperation and knowledge sharing, while making scientific research and its dissemination accessible to all levels of society, amateur or professional. Open Science is also key to increasing public trust in science and as a means to spark interest and foster the public’s participation in research activities. Invited speakers will showcase a variety of initiatives, knowledge and practices – from pioneering “Science Shop” model invented in eighties, through nationally valuable “Open Science Platform” and first faculty textbook based on the OS principles, to the integration of research results into regional innovation and policy agendas.

SciJournalism: Bridging the Gap Between Science and People
14:45-15:45

The COVID era has made it crystal clear that the world needs a much better bond between scientific content and the general audience. (Remember the vaccines and Ivermectin saga?)
Adequately communicating science so that everyone understands involves time and effort, especially if you are a ‘regular’ journalist. Science is usually communicated via ‘usual suspect’ mediums: TV, online and print. This panel will show how scientific content can also be distributed using one ‘old new’ medium – radio. In addition, we will showcase examples of a rather unusual but happy marriage between science and the PR sector, as a suitable way of building visibility of scientific content.

What’s The DRAMA With Science Communication
16:45-17:45

Main aim of this panel is to encourage STEM teachers, science communicators, researchers and artists to collaborate and to explore drama as a field of communicating science. Hopefully, this session will spark a dialogue about including methodologies from drama and theater into science communication and inspire evolvement of science and drama communities. Panel will raise questions such as where is storytelling positioned between science communication and drama, which are intersections of methodologies in scientific and drama research, what kind of participation in drama and science projects elevate what kind of processes, how to reflect and evaluate drama and science programs, how to position this field as participatory and critical contribution to the science communication…

November 24
1st floor room

In Science We Trust
13:30-14:30

Art and Science: beyond communication
14:45-15:45

The relationship between art and science is based on exchanging ideas and scientific knowledge. The speakers in this session will go beyond communication to demonstrate how scientists and artists use different artistic media, methods, and living systems to explore our relationship with nature. In addition, we will have the opportunity to see how various disciplines interact and the importance of dedicated space for artists and scientists to collaborate, work and innovate.
Presentation of theories of seeing and hearing and their cultural implications, as well as the projects of epistemological media art, will lead to a discussion about sociopolitical, aesthetic, and ethical aspects of alternative concepts of science and art / epistemological media art.
Exercise of research through creating taxonomic media structures will open questions about the symbolic functions of sound and the politics of its processing.

Open Science: Unlock your Research for multilayered audiences and resources
16:45-17:45

November 24
Pop Up Science Club

Origami-mathematics, wonders between the folds in the classroom
13:30-14:30

We present origami activities for mathematics learning. Origami is often considered as a Japanese paper folding technique, but since the end of the 20th century, it has become a dedicated discipline mathematics through the establishment of origami axioms, also known as Huzita-Hatori origami axioms. The mathematization of origami led to proving traditionally unsolved problems such as doubling the cube or trisection of an angle. Furthermore, other uses, for instance, it is used by NASA in its space research and in developing technologies. With such developments, origami is becoming even more suitable for classroom activities to teach mathematics. Through such activities, students can be engaged with both visually beautiful and scientifically rigorous tasks and learning. We will give examples of hidden mathematics and science opened up by origami for young learners.

Secret of Masonic communication and more
13:30-14:30

Cryptography as an interdisciplinary science combines social and natural sciences into a common whole. Through the combination of history, linguistics, language on the one hand and mathematics, mechanics and informatics on the other, students learn how to use different codes, i.e. to encrypt, but also how to break codes. This endless game between cryptographers (code makers) and cryptanalysts (code breakers) is as old as human writing and will continue as long as humans communicate information to each other.

DataArt IT Museum
14:45-15:45

DataArt IT Museum started 5 years ago as a humble collection of computer relics and developed into a deep study of Eastern European IT history, preserving not only artefacts but mostly stories of those who built the industry from the early 1950s and until the fall of the USSR and Eastern Bloc. DataArt is a global software engineering firm founded by people from the Eastern Europe. Our approach to solving clients’ problems is deeply rooted in Eastern European engineering tradition and its history is our own history. But apart from humanitarian approach, DataArt turns the museum into a powerful communication storytelling platform and is building marketing instruments upon this platform. In my talk I will share what we have found during our research, what stories have we uncovered, how we use our research as a communications tool which benefits the company and popularizes Eastern European IT history.

Climateria
15:45-16:45

In this workshop, you will enter a giant bacterium in the digital space to discover the impact of climate change through the evolution of microorganisms. The workshop was first displayed as a part of Science Gallery Dublin’s annual Youth Symposium event – HOT AND BOTHERED. This program brings together young people across the globe to connect, exchange ideas and share knowledge to foster action for climate justice.

November 24
Workshops

Teaching SciComm: Lessons from the Field
12:30-14:30

A flourishing national community of science communicators and journalists has to rely on infrastructure for professional development. Yet university instructors working with science communication and science journalism in languages other than English often face a dearth of resources and have to design and implement their programs ‘from scratch’, essentially shaping the nascent market for scicomm professionals. The two presenters at this workshop have been working with Russia’s first Master’s Program in Science Communication at ITMO University since its start in 2016. Alexandra was its academic supervisor until this year while Olga is in charge of the core two-semester course on multimedia science journalism. They also co-authored the first MOOC in science communication, which ran successfully over more than 10 iterations, and led AKSON, the national association for science communication, as consecutive presidents. During the workshop, Olga and Alexandra will reflect on the lessons learned in the last six years and present a blueprint for designing a scicomm curriculum fit for the goals and needs of national science communicators and journalists.

TV camera – fight or flight?
14:45-16:30

Science communicators struggle to expand their reach and show that their arguments are important and deserve media attention, especially in times of COVID-19 pandemics, climate crises, and energy issues. Although many science communicators have found a way to deal with stage fright during lectures and other in-person events, many struggle when there is a camera involved. The ‘’fight or flight response’’ is an automatic physiological reaction that prepares the body to deal with fear. Test yourself, overcome your fear and have fun with us (and our TV camera). In this 90-minute workshop, we will focus on a TV appearance. For this purpose, we will simulate a TV interview and put the tips and tricks learned into practice, by working in a group format (5 – 6 participants per group, 25-30 total) on a real participant topic/project. Petra is a trained senior media and communications specialist with 13 years of experience in internal and external communications, reputation management, social media, and media relations. Marko is a biochemist with broad science communication experience including 9 years on Croatian national TV and a few years in political communication.

Scientific findings in the non-scientific public and vice versa:
the scientists’ responsibility

16:45-18:45

Who is to blame for the presence of quasiscientific and false information about scientific facts? While this phenomenon certainly is multilayered, in the workshop we will approach it from the perspective of the scientists’ role within networks of trust, and networks of knowledge. It may be argued (and sometimes is) that the main responsibility for the prevalent misuse of scientific knowledge lies within the scientific community and researchers. Literature lists many scientists’ social-epistemological fouls, among others: epistemological arrogance, epistemological trespassing, passivity, feeling of helplessness and blaming the media (so-called scapegoating), ignoring, and lack of support by the academic system for the social role of science. We will tackle all of these, and together structure a framework for overcoming problems by strengthening and motivating researchers to claim their responsibility and power based on knowledge and expertise. We will analyse four aspects of the process of communication of science in public: a) structure of misinformation (so-called hot-topics, eg. evolution, flat-earth, vaccination…), b) structure of complementary scientific fact, c) how to present the fact when it goes out from the laboratory, and d) at which point in time to intervene. We will use real-life examples provided by the participants of the workshop, and conclude the work with practical guidelines based on literature for communicating scientific work with the public (from lay-people to lay-people who are decision-makers in society).

November 25
Auditorium

OpenSciComm keynotes
10:00-11:30

STEM + the Arts: Critical Friends or Star-Crossed Lovers?
Mairéad will share findings from international research into the learning pathways of youth who have participated in a variety of transdisciplinary learning programmes that combine STEM and the arts outside of school settings. She will also discuss the learnings from the European Commission-funded SySTEM 2020 project, and the implications for future educational initiatives that cross the boundaries between the STEAM disciplines and between settings to promote science learning as a lifelong, collective, creative endeavour.

Ciência Viva: an experience of science engagement through knowledge networks
Ciência Viva is a nationwide non-profit association that nurtures a social movement for science and scientific culture involving hundreds of thousands of researchers and citizens, students and teachers, young people and adults. Created 26 years ago as a government programme dedicated to the promotion of education and scientific culture,  in 1998 it became Ciência Viva – National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture and started expanding by creating networks to promote citizens´ engagement with science, namely a national network of Ciência Viva Centres.

New Opportunities for Adressing
Societal Needs with Citizen Science

11:45-12:45

Citizen science (CS) has the potential to play a broader role in societal and scientific communities, especially in areas of research that directly impact challenges which the modern world is facing, such as energy poverty, public health, and environmental monitoring. This panel offers information about upcoming CS opportunities with the IMPETUS project, that aims to open the door for new stakeholders to develop innovative CS projects. It will also share experiences from current CS initiatives underway as part of the STEP CHANGE project -focusing on environment, health, and energy- and a CS initiative from Albania, where citizen scientists work to assess ecosystem services. Furthermore, the panel will shed a light on how CS can be used for purposes of science communication, with inputs from NEWSERA’s #CitSciComm Labs. The panel ends with an invitation to the audience to experiment with CS as well as providing suggestions for the next steps for CS and the use of the EU-citizen.science platform.

Climate literacy for sustainable future community development
13:45-14:45

This session will focus on how the massive amount of scientific data related to climate change, that have been collected continually for decades, could help stakeholders better understand the urgency to act. What are climate services, how should climate data be presented and what are the potentials of low-cost gas sensors to measure methane emissions from a range of sources, will be some of the hot topics elaborated at this session.

Living labs and open schooling in
science education

15:00-16:00

Necessary changes in education could be boosted by informal science education organizations working along with enthusiastic school agents willing to transform their schools into open places. Within the EU-funded project Schools As Living Labs (SALL), societal actors across Europe adapted the living lab methodology to the school context. SALL introduces a way of systemic thinking to solve real-life issues through a cycle that involves prototyping and continuous assessment. It encourages strong connections with the local community and aims at transforming participants into active change makers. In this panel, we will look at how this methodology has impacted different institutions and people in terms of learning, motivation, leadership strategies, tangible local impact, or community feeling.

November 25
1st floor room

A kaleidoscope of STEAM practices across Europe
11:45-12:45

Inspirational approaches to STEAM education
13:45-14:45

Citizen Science: guidelines, quality assessment strategies and expoitation pathways
15:00-16:00

November 25
Pop Up Science Club

Magic and Games: Periodic Table, Quantum, Entropy, Women and Science…
11:45-12:45

Year 2019 was dedicated all over the world to the Periodic Table of the Elements. There was a wealth of physical and online activities to disseminate and communicate chemistry and indeed the very Table. Our group, composed of mainly chemistry-related people, was inspired by the spirit of such Internacional Year and collected a weekly game on the Periodic Table. Some games were invented, others adapted from classical games, and others were just acknowledged and reviewed. Unfortunately the Covid-19 pandemic has restricted diffusion of our games somewhat, in such a way that online versions have been those most viewed. However, in the few Fairs and onsite activities helds during these last two years, we have built some physical games involving the Table, among those (actually 54) games in the website collecting them. This booth will depict and make available for playful activities some of the games. In general, they involve just one person, even though they will appeal to groups of people as well. Despite the Table being taught late in the school years, many games can be played by young children – actually they love them, e.g. „The longest train“.

Early Childhood Environmental Education
11:45-12:45

This research examines the concept of developing environmental awareness in preschool-aged children. This research aimed to discover if it is possible and to what extent to develop environmental awareness and language of very young learners by using Theme-based Instruction outdoors. (Theme-based Instruction includes learning a foreign language through a theme.) Moreover, the specific aim of this research was to determine if outdoor learning, science experiments, and exploring environmental problems have any impact on the development of environmental awareness and the development of communicative language use. Also, the study analyzed whether the potential environmental awareness can be transferred to other aspects of the participants’ lives outside of the educational institution. This workshop has the purpose of sharing the results very quickly, and then focusing on the activities used in this outdoor program to motivate present listeners to engage in activities in children outdoors and show them how these activities can be used to teach English to children in their own environments, even if they are not teachers. The workshop will be practical, and it will include activity making in groups by following the design framework from the research and a discussion.

Science around us
13:45-14:45

Although The Science club Leskovac is quite young, we can proudly say that we, continuously and devotedly, fulfill our purpose in the field of promoting and decentralizing science. We have successfully organized over 250 activities during the last six years. At this conference, we are honored to present only a part of our work completed in collaboration with our associates. Two small projects stood out: ’Physics fairytale’ and ‘Timeless people’. So, visitors will have a chance to conduct some experiments with water and to be architects for a day, trying to build a famous da Vinci’s bridge without using screws or glue. If you would like to know more about our work, you can get detailed information on the second day of the conference and on our FB and Instagram profiles (@csuleskovac).

Do plants and animals know physics?
13:45-14:45

Nature, the living world and physics constantly cooperate, so it is useful to present a multidisciplinary approach between biology and physics. Through demonstration experiments, we can provide answers to the question of whether plants and animals know physics and thus enrich the material taught at school with interesting facts. Examples of some topics and experiments are: demonstration of how a bat hears – using an arduino programmable card and a UV sensor, demonstration of capillary phenomena that are the basis of the transport of water and minerals from the roots to higher parts of the plant, electric eel – making a simple circuit and masking the source as the eel . Also, one of the effective ways of imparting knowledge are flashcards, through which students learn what is planned in the program, but in a completely different way.

3D printing students’ company logo
15:00-16:00

Project teaching is an Education Strategy 2020 model which provides subject but also cross-subject competencies development. It includes peer education, learning labs, cooperation with business entities, learning practice, students as collaborators in teaching, creating a „learning community“ as well as the STEAM approach. Participants were ICT, Art, Citizenship, and Sociology teachers, students and External support: „POLYHEDRA“ – a company which deals with 3D printing. This project is tailored to meet a goal: introducing the program for designing  and mastering the skill of 3D printing by encouraging student initiative, creating the student’s company logo in both, analogue and digital versions, choosing the best art design and its production. 

Meet Scientix Ambassadors!
16:00-17:00

November 25
Workshops

Transversal skills in STEAM education
11:45-13:30

In this workshop, the CARNET team will demonstrate innovative teaching practices which were developed through various educational projects. The main goal of the workshop is to inspire STEAM teachers to improve their teaching practices with a special emphasis on transversal skills. Transversal skills are various skills that are constantly being taught throughout education, but mostly they aren’t the subject of teaching. I. e. skills regarding teamwork, communication, organization, critical thinking, or global citizenship. The workshop will showcase a few activities which will tackle specific concepts that are being taught in Croatian schools, but with the aforementioned emphasis on transversality. The teachers will in this regard be the students, and by taking part in this workshop they will remind themselves of what the teaching process exactly means for their students. The workshop will try to exaggerate the importance of fun in the teaching-learning process, and by using cheap and available tools, will try to invite all of the teachers to test out some of the methods being displayed in their own classrooms. Additionally, the participants will be demonstrated several other ready-to-use educational materials containing similar methods which were developed through different educational projects. The ideal candidate for this workshop is a teacher of any school subject who wants to improve their teaching skills and find out something innovative in the world of modern education. The workshop will last 90 minutes with both theory and practice.

STEM F.D.: Fighting wildfires with STEM education
13:45-15:30

Wildfires are commonly thought to be inherently destructive, but the Mediterranean ecosystems present a series of fire-adaptation mechanisms that result in a natural regeneration process. The degradation of the ecosystems is due to the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires, which are primarily the result of anthropogenic activity followed by climate change over the last few decades. While efforts focus on fire fighting, an approach that requires massive resources, prevention measures, and early warning methods are recognised as sustainable solutions that minimize the effects of wildfires. In the capacity-building workshop “STEM F.D.”, participants will apply STEM principles to the real-world problem of early warning for wildfires by using remote sensing and physical computing tools. Participants, working in teams, will first utilise remote sensing to examine a burned area, and then employ a microcontroller and sensors to build a simple physical computing application that simulates an early warning system in the event of a fire.

Detective Investigation
15:45-17:15

Modern teaching implies that students acquire functional knowledge, improve their competencies and develop various skills necessary for their professional development. One of the most important STE(A)M skills of the future is problem-solving. Based on these requirements, the teachers designed a workshop in which students connected the material of Science and Humanities as well as their extracurricular experience by solving tasks. The aim of the workshop was to improve the students` scientific literacy through the discovery of a mysterious person, as well as to develop their critical attitude towards the content available on the Internet. Each teacher connected the life and work of Jovan Dučić with the material of his subject and created two tasks of different complexity levels accordingly. The tasks were formulated in various ways (associations, tasks with a coordinate system, riddles…), and at the workshop, they were presented as short films, with instructions on how to solve them. Solving the tasks posed in the first film led to a higher level of „Detective Investigation“ quests, with a new round of questions posed in the second short movie. The third level involved correctly inserting the discoveries into the biography of the mysterious person. Students created and adopted new knowledge by connecting content from several subjects. The results of the evaluation showed that the students reacted positively to the work and cooperation in the group, they saw the importance of choosing verified data with purposeful use of ICT. However, this way of working with students is not often applied, because the lesson plans are not always harmonized. This way of working is still possible, although it requires more detailed preparation of teachers, and the benefit is mutual and multiple for both students and teachers. This concept of a research workshop can be applied to different categories of society in order to promote scientific literacy. During the workshop, this process will be played out by the participants. The workshop facilitators will set tasks for the participants in the form of short films via a computer connected to a video beam. Facilitators interact with participants directly and through Google Classroom. The answer to each question requires internet research and problem-solving. Participants go through 3 rounds of tasks, ordered by difficulty. The questions are from the field of natural and social sciences (mathematics, chemistry, Serbian language and literature, and history). After each round of questions, the presenters provide feedback on the accuracy of the solved tasks. The enigmatic concept is revealed by arriving at the final solution.

Poster Session
November 24 – 15:45-16:45 & November 25 – 16:00-17:00

Unleashing the potential of newsable stories from citizen science initiatives derived open data

Citizen science (CS) is revealing the unrealized potential of citizens’ contributions into research. Citizens can become important data generators and the prime source of information covering broader or hyperlocal topics. This knowledge can be enhanced and empowered by using tools and practices typical of data journalism. The NEWSERA project paired CS initiatives and journalists in order to unleash the potential of newsable stories from open data. Hereby, we share strategies that can serve as guidance for the scicomm community, such as understanding the news production process, defining target audiences and channels, overcoming biases on data collection, exploring new formats, among others.

Co-designing citizen science communication strategies to engage quadruple helix stakeholders – the NEWSERA CitSciComm Labs

The NEWSERA H2020 funded project aims to demonstrate that citizen science (CS) is the new paradigm of science communication, by showing CS as an inclusive, broad and powerful scicomm mechanism. For this, NEWSERA established the #CitSciComm Labs where 38 CS initiatives were involved in communities of practice to co-design, implement and validate CS communication strategies addressed to engage quadruple helix stakeholders (academics, citizens, policy makers and industry). Concomitantly, NEWSERA analyzed and iteratively evaluated the strategies and their impact on each stakeholder, with co-designed ad hoc indicators. Hereby, we show the potential of this multi-step participatory methodological approach and a series of recommendations to empower other CS initiatives, as well as other science related projects.

Multidisciplinary approach to science communication

Nowadays, scientific communication is essential for conducting quality scientific research. Therefore, connections between various scientific groups from various research fields are significant. Therefore, as scientists from three different research areas, we established fruitful collaboration within our research groups at the University of Novi Sad. Connecting field research, experimental work, and computational studies, we gathered numerous people to work and communicate together. This resulted in plant treatment with suggested biostimulants from the point of environmental protection and molecular modeling. Within this multidisciplinarity research, we plan to create a toll for motivating and involving the public in the process of scientific research.

Strengthening Climate – health literacy through education

Climate and health literacy could be defined as the degree to which an individual understands the complex relationship between climate change and human and planetary health. Climate health–literate individuals can recognize direct and indirect linkages between climate change and health, communicate risks, assess data, comprehend uncertainty, make informed and responsible personal decisions, and advocate for broader policies that protect health. The public health and healthcare workforce plays a vital role in environmental health and climate protection, as climate change creates specific health risks and consequences. Organisations such as EUPHA (European Public Health Association) and ASPHER have been advocating for climate health education and training very actively and enthusiastically advocate for Climate and Health Competencies for Public Health Professionals in Europe.

Science in and for Diplomacy: Harnessing Scientific Thinking and Communication to Improve International Relations and Collaboration

The concept of science diplomacy has gained remarkable ground and emphasis in both academic and public policy discourse over the past decade. This presentation examines the manner in which the intertwined mechanisms of cultural and science diplomacy operate in the European context. By viewing different scales of science in and  for diplomacy, we highlight the strategic and policy making framework in order to raise awareness among relevant stakeholders about the importance of science as a vehicle for improving international relations and fostering scientific collaborations. Lastly, we focus our attention on prospects and challenges for science diplomacy of Serbia.

The Distinctive Characteristics of Bullshit and their Contribution to the Author’s Reliability Effect

The pseudo-profound bullshit pertains to seemingly impressive statements containing buzzwords and correct grammatical and syntactic structure, implying a sense that they lack. We conducted two studies to test if the intention to impress and meaninglessness are distinctive characteristics of bullshit, if these characteristics influence the proneness to evaluate bullshit as profound and in what way, and finally, to investigate changes in those evaluations due to variable reliability of an added source. Results show that bullshit, indeed, is perceived as relatively meaningless and made intending to impress. For a statement to be perceived as something profound, it is sufficient for it to be made to impress but only preferable for it to be meaningful – participants found bullshit and motivational quotations most profound. When evaluating profoundness, the information about the source is more important than the (lack of) meaning of the produced content.

Environmental Science (Visual) Puns for Better Learning Outcome:  Entrance Exam Book Illustration

Preparation and learning for the faculty entrance exam is one of the stressful periods for young scholars. With the aim to ease the burden and improve literature understanding, “A Collection of Tasks for the Environmental Protection Entrance Exam” book was illustrated (publisher: Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia). Visual communication of important terms and definitions, influence the perception of younger generations in a humorous way that at the end enables efficient learning outcome. The core design of these text add-on visuals are drawings of the Planet Earth and its mediums (water, soil, air, waste, etc.) in various situations. The authors have conducted the survey to evaluate overall satisfaction and understanding of presented visuals.

ENgagement and JOurnalism Innovation for Outstanding Open Science Communication

The ENJOI (ENgagement and JOurnalism Innovation for Outstanding Open Science Communication) H2020-funded project is exploring and testing engagement as a key asset of innovation in science communication distributed via media platforms, with a strong focus on journalism. Through a combination of methodologies and in collaboration with producers, target users, and stakeholders of science communication, ENJOI is co-creating and selecting a set of standards, principles, and indicators (SPIs) that will be condensed to a Manifesto for Outstanding Open Science Communication. 

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