The project MINERVA: MappINg Cultural Heritage. Geosciences VAlue in Higher Education promotes and develops innovative methods and tools for teaching, learning & assessment geotechnologies for cultural heritage in Higher Education contexts. It aims to support European teachers and learners in using geotechnologies for Cultural Heritage (CH) in creative, collaborative and efficient ways. The project is particularly relevant in the current context where effective remote learning (and working) tools as well e-platforms are required. MINERVA is implemented in six European countries (France, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain) by a partnership lead by University of Florence (IT) and composed of University St. Etienne (FR), University Castilla-La Mancha (SP), University Nis (RS), Dipylon (GR) and the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SI). It selects as main targets: - Bachelor and Master students in Humanities and Social Sciences, Arts and CH Management (namely Historians, Archaeologists, Geographers and Anthropologists). - Teachers in Higher Education (HE) Institutions of Humanities and Social Sciences, Arts and CH Management (namely Historians, Archaeologists, Geographers and Anthropologists). MINERVA selected targets will be supported on one side (TG2) in the development of learning outcomes oriented courses that better meet the learning needs of students, while also being relevant for the labour market and teaching environment (i.e. cultural institution, CH management), on the other side TG1 will benefit of an innovative didactic offer. Six skilled partners will work for 24 months on three main Intellectual Outputs (IOs) coordinated by History, Archaeology, Geography, Arts and Performing Arts Department of the University of Florence (SAGAS). The first intellectual output is a framework for the teaching of Geotechnologies for Cultural Heritage. The aim of the IO1 is to define the key-competences needed by EU HE learners, define the assessment tools and a detailed matchmaking comparison between the European labour market and the existing academic profiles offered by European universities and related to the CH sector. IO1 is led by ZRC SAZU with active contributions from all partners. The expected outcome of IO2 follows logically IO1 by creating and formalizing an innovative method of teaching geotechnologies and provides for a collection of didactic resources on Geotechnologies for CH Bachelor and Master students. The main axis of the conception and development of the method will be the incorporation of GIScience, Remote Sensing and Digital Cartography into the disciplines of CH (History, Archaeology, Anthropology, Cultural Management). IO2 is led by the University of St. Etienne and SAGAS Department with active contributions of all partners. IO3 is the final output. It will consist of a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in Geotechnologies for CH designed for the target of Bachelor and Master students from the academic fields of CH. Dipylon leads IO3 with active contribution from all partners. IO3 will enable the implementation of an innovative didactic method and didactic resources (IO2) in a structured course, offering a more flexible learning and increasing didactic offer variety. Furthermore, it will familiarise the participants with the digital resources and training material available in the e-platform FEDERICA.EU especially designed to provide MOOCs courses. The project is complemented by two intensive learning programmes in Italy and Serbia with a scheduled participation of 24 teaching staff and 30 university learners to test and provide feedback relevant for IO2 and IO3 test and accomplishment. A testing phase for IO3 is also scheduled in each country in order to complete it and finalise it with an holistic and international approach. The active presence of six associated partners will reinforce the action as they will be mainly involved in output quality control-feedback, networking, dissemination actions and on the six multiplier events scheduled in each partner country. Finally, dissemination and sustainability transversal activities complete the expected impacts.
The project MINERVA: MappINg Cultural Heritage. Geosciences VAlue in Higher Education promoted and developed innovative methods and tools for teaching, learning & assessment geotechnologies for Cultural Heritage in Higher Education contexts. It supported European teachers and learners in using geotechnologies for Cultural Heritage (CH) in creative, collaborative and efficient ways. The project is particularly relevant in the current context where effective remote learning (and working) tools as well e-platforms or more specifically professional MOOC are requested. Specific objectives of MINERVA are: - to increase the taking up of digital technologies and open courses (OER) among European Universities. - to support open and innovative pedagogies among teachers of European HE Institutions of Humanities, Arts and CH Management. - to support European teachers, educators and learners in using geotechnologies for CH, in creative, collaborative, innovative and efficient ways.
MINERVA intended to provide a concrete contribution to update Higher Education Curricula in Cultural Heritage (CH) by developing innovative interconnected intellectual outputs (including methods and tools) complemented by the development of a MOOC course in Geotechnologies for Cultural Heritage. Although face-to-face courses are provided in partner universities, the partnership agreed on the challenge to provide relevant online modules, and related teaching materials on digital OER focus on geotechnologies for CH. MINERVA faced as main needs and challenges: - Lack of attention to the management of CH. Cultural institutions, archival repositories, museums and libraries need to upgrade their future staff curriculum to reinforce digital skills. - Humanities and Arts academic programs show a lack of knowledge related to Geotechnologies as useful tools for studying, managing and valorizing CH. - Training programs of History, History of Art, Archeology and Humanities generally do not include specific courses of GIS and Remote Sensing and do not contribute to develop specific skills for spatial cognition or digital representation.