D5.3 Deployment and pilot guidelines and recommendations

The main objective of D5.3 is to design small-scale pilots of the BEACONING project, designated to provide schools, ICT suppliers and other stakeholders with: - An analysis of the action research approach on STEM and ICT in education. In order to analyse the specific requirements, an investigation on teachers and learners’ needs has been set up through questionnaires before the launch of the small-scale pilot. - An insight into how the consortium partners manage the school pilot process with an evaluation process part of the BEACONING Platform. It details the pilot design around the specific environments and the school learning systems within the partners where the small scale pilots are implemented (UK, Italy, France, Turkey and Romania) - An introduction to different evaluation methodologies and approaches used in schools pilots. The aim of BEACONING is also to make learning inclusive for individuals with disabilities; the pilot will therefore focus on the design of pilots that specifically target dyslexia and motor disabilities. This small-scale pilot design will involve and link to disability assessment in WP3 in order to address the needs – this will include interfaces and other assistive technology. The measures will include 4 levels: a level of acceptance, a level of motivation, usefulness and accessibility and finally the learning outcomes, etc. The small-scale pilot design follows a bottom-up approach preliminary guidelines and recommendations for the large-scale pilot