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Volvox
Supporting organization:
Multiple (see project description)
URL:
www.eurovolvox.org
Location:
Reading, England
Project Description:
The Volvox project is a new project created in response to the EC call: FP6-2003-Science and Society-5. The official title is: 'Co-ordinated internet-linked networks for promoting innovation, exchanging knowledge and encouraging good practice to enhance bioscience education in European schools.' It is a partnership between the Association of Danish Biologists (Denmark); The Max-Planck-Gymnasium (Germany); University of Tartu (Estonia); COINOR, University of Naples (Italy); University of Padova (Italy); the European School (Luxemborg); Science Festival School, The International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (Poland); Ciencia Viva, National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture (Portugal); Goteborg University (Sweden); the National Centre for Biotechnology Education (NCBE) and The University of Reading (U.K.).
Here is a graph of the elements that have influenced and will be incorporated into the project:
Points of interest:
At the moment, most facets of the site are accessible only to members of the group although they plan on the public portion of the site expanding as the project expands. The web site, www.eurovolvox.org contains most of the administrative content for the project and is linked to the EUN's Xplora science education portal. The project has set up a WebDAV server for Volvox partners to exchange materials. The Volvox site also has an internal electronic mailing list and web-based diary kept by the project's administrator.
Volvox's licensing procedure is based largely upon Creative Commons, but adds two additional terms similar to those of the BBC's Creative Archive project
Volvox's licensing procedure is based largely upon Creative Commons, but adds two additional terms similar to those of the BBC's Creative Archive project
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