Abstract:

Our recent participation as researchers on the European Project Up2U (Up to University) is closely related with the implementation of a technological ecosystem with pedagogical purposes with the main objective to bridge the gap between secondary schools and higher education & research by better integrating formal and informal learning scenarios and adapting both.

We are focusing the technology and the learning methodologies that students will most likely be facing in universities.
As we are focusing on the context of secondary schools, often referred to as high schools, which provide secondary education, before higher education.

This initiative aims to respond to the requirements of a clear mandate from the European Commission allied with the provision of new cloud-based tools and services to enhance primary and secondary education in Europe.

The project has planned a real contact with Secondary Schools and their teachers in some countries (pilot countries).

On these countries it will be expected a real contact with some Secondary Schools and this paper intents to present the first experiences and mostly some strategies to reach those teachers from secondary schools with the purpose to make them use Up2U ecosystem on their daily pedagogical activities.

This strategy will need a deep contact and some marketing strategies to engage new users and schools. We must consider an abroad approach that could mix several variables (Schools principals, teachers, technology, certification, students, GDPR, political aspects and much more).

This paper intents to expose our plans and strategies and identify outcomes related with the needs to have a successful implementation of the Up2U ecosystem in Portugal.

Keywords:

Up2U, Learning, Innovation, Education, Ecosystem, e-learning, pilot, european project.