Kay Hoeksema, COLLIDE group University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Institute for Computer Science and Interactive Systems Advanced Technological Applications for Science Centres and Museums Sofoklis Sotiriou Research and Development Department, Ellinogermaniki Agogi European Network of Science Museums (ECSITE)

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3 of 21 In what areas could research and development in science Communication be conducted? Validate the visitors’ experience: What is the reaction of visitors interacting with an exhibit? Which exhibits appeal to visitors in general? Which exhibits appeal to younger visitors and which to older visitors? Which exhibits achieve the communication intended? And which do not? New educational material should be developed that can support the teacher and the pupil when experimenting with the exhibits: How do we introduce the Internet as a helpful tool in the communication between the visitor and the exhibition? How do we combine exhibits, written educational material, a website closely connected to the exhibition and some tasks to challenge the visitors? And what is the optimal role of the pilots (‘explainers’,‘guides’,‘hosts’)? New types of interactivity should be developed: How do we develop a growing interactivity between the interested visitor and the exhibition? The mode of conversation would be the web page on the Internet and the cell phone. Another kind of interactivity that will gradually grow during the next five years, I think, is the use of Virtual Reality when you want to let the visitor experience science and technology.

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6 of 21 On-site cultural guide archeoguide.intranet.gr

7 of 21 Augmented Reality based cultural guide on- site

8 of 21 Visualizing the Invisible in Science Centers and Museums

9 of 21 Mobile AR system

10 of 21 CONNECT EXPERIENCE

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12 of 21 The E/M spectrum

13 of 21 The Sound Mirrors at EF

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18 of 21 Steps Forward Science Centre to Go! Exhibit Models for Schools

19 of 21 Steps Forward OpenScienceResources: Towards the development of a Common Digital Repository for Formal and Informal Science Education

20 of 21 Steps Forward Connecting Science Centers and Scientific Research effectively

21 of 21 Steps Forward COSMOS Connecting Science Centers, Schools and Robotic Telescopes to promote Astronomy Education

22 of 21 Τhe future of education is outside of education. It is in the everyday life. In business, in the world. In life long learning. But the principles can be applied inside of formal education as well. They require a change in thinking, to move toward problem-centered, meaningful activities in the classroom. To exploit people's interests and subvert them to lead to natural, inspired learning activities.

23 of 21 I think the classroom can help. It is up to schools, and to all initiatives that can educate, including reliable Internet sites, to ensure that young people gradually acquire the correct understanding of scientific procedure. A most difficult task, Because even knowledge transmitted by schools is often deposited in the memory like a sequence of miraculous episodes: Madame Curie who come home one evening and discovers radioactivity thanks to a mark on a sheet of paper,......Galileo who sees a lamp swaying and suddenly discovers everything, even that the world rotates…It is the duty of a man of learning not only to do scrupulous research but also to present his knowledge effectively. Scientists sometimes still feel it’s not dignified to take an interest in popularization, although masters in the field include Einstein and Heisenberg. But if we are to teach a nonmagical view of science, we cannot expect it to come from the mass media. The scientific community itself must construct it bit by bit in the collective awareness, starting with the young.

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