Lionfish Biosphere VR
Funded: Erasmus+ (small-scale projects)
Duration: 24 months (2023-2024)
Partners: FOX Media Documentaries (coordinator) and CYENS CoE (partner)
Budget: 60 000 euros
Lionfish [2023 – 2024, KA210-SCH-2023-004] is a small-scale partnership in school education, bringing together experts in documentaries from Fox Media and learning scientists from EdMedia@CYENS in collaboration with local environmental centers and schools, aiming to engage pupils into playing an active role in reacting to climate change. Immersed in the LIONFISH 360VR film, the students are transported to a climate hotspot, a coast in Cyprus, where the new region’s lionfish species is spreading out, putting in danger the local ecosystem and the fishermen’s craftsmanship. The primary objective is to help students understand the impact of climate change on the Mediterranean marine ecosystem. Via STEM/STEAM transdisciplinary practice and visual thinking canvases the students explore local challenges related to climate change and sustainability.
Related website by FoxMedia: https://www.foxmediadocumentaries.com/
Teaching & Learning Manual:
360VR Film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-uowNwzfLcU?feature=shared
Video from the pilot studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo1lX9SJgkg
Presentations from the multiplier event
1. Introduction by Dr Andri Ioannou
2. Teaching & Learning Manual by Eirini Christou
Cite as: Christou, E., Ioannou, A., Andreou, S., Hadjichambi, D., Hadjichambis, A. (2024). A Teaching and Learning Manual for Secondary Education on Battling the Lionfish Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea.
3. Pilot Implementation & Evaluation by Dr Sonia Andreou
Reference: Andreou, S., Christou, E., Hadjihambi, D., Hadjihambis, A., and Ioannou, A. (2024). Learning experience design for navigating climate action. Paper presentation at the Virtual AECT Convention 2024, Kansas City, MO.