Through the creative use of new technologies, effective content organization, and learning processes that respect local school problems, Open Discovery Space tries to address the challenge of the "social appropriation of knowledge" by empowering all school audiences, but mainly teachers, pupils and parents. The approach to be followed contributes to the development of self-esteem, an increased "sense of belonging", and an improved perception of one's own capacity to solve problems and contribute to the "construction of the surrounding community". These factors have been clearly related to the development of "social capital" and a greater degree of conviviality and peace. The school component and the community dimension of the project place an emphasis on developing certain key values and attitudes that play an important role in this process, such as the capacity of team work and a spirit of collaboration as a way of developing learning networks and communities. Consequently Open Discovery Space is promoting Open Education as key approach to opening up contents, learning and collaboration. The main outcome of this process will be the Open Discovery Space portal: a community-oriented social platform where teachers, pupils and parents will be able to discover, acquire, discuss and adapt eLearning resources on their topics of interest.
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