An Extension of the ECTN Virtual Education Community ECHEMTEST Prosumer Model to High Schools

Abstract

The completion of the ECHEMTEST+ project of the VEC (Virtual Education Community) of the ECTN (European Chemistry Thematic Nework) Association, has stimulated, among other initiatives, new efforts to extend the activity of the EChemTest® e-tests to Schools. In this paper we discuss in some detail the motivations and the background of such a move by referring to the Italian situation in which, thanks to the catalytic action of the Division of Chemical Education (DCE) of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI), such extension is being implemented. In particular, details are given about the synergy being activated between the Test Centre (TC) of the University of Perugia and the Technical Institute of Crotone aimed at establishing the first examples of both the Local ECTN Advisor (LEA) and the School based Accredited Test site (ATS-School).