O4 : UPPScience CoP infrastructural development

This output will be produced on the design produced in IO3 and it includes the construction of the new parts and tools for the infrastructure of the platform that will support the UPPScience Community of Practice for students, teachers and science professionals. It will also support the generation of a critical mass of members and the testing of the infrastructure. It will include the launching of the first public virtual events within the community of practice. It will also be used to provide structure for the training activities of the UPPScience project, so that these can be related to real life, practical, productive and fruitful, thus leading the CoP to immediate cross border maturity.

This work shall include revisions and debugging, improvements and refinements that may be found necessary during the pilot activities to test the infrastructure.

The construction shall follow the plan of work in the brief of IO3.

The construction will include:
- adjustment and adaptation of the profiling system to facilitate the tagging related to research, publishing and peer review activities,
- the integration of the tools related to publishing and peer review and
- the renewal of the interface of the platform to fit into the UPPScience branding and corporate look.

In keeping with the original philosophy of VISConti the school Ecaterina will engage students to build and develop the tools and facilities designed by AMRA in IO3 so that the whole of UPPScience will also be a total learning experience throughout.

The costs related to the development of this IO are entirely staff costs of teachers in Ecaterina leading the students in the development of the platform and staff costs of the rest of the partners involved in this IO.

O4 A1 The production and the construction of the new parts and tools for the infrastructure of the platform that will support the UPPScience Community of Practice for students, teachers and science professionals on the design produced in IO3.
Revisions and debugging, improvements and refinements that may be made necessary during the pilot activities to test the infrastructure. Ongoing
O4 A2 Training and mentoring by teachers of Ecaterina leading the students in the development of the platform and tools. Ongoing