The Go-Lab Project aims at:

1. Creating a pedagogical framework for inquiry learning with online labs.This framework will encompass an inquiry processes structure, and for each inquiry process a selection and specification of cognitive scaffolds. Scaffolds can be defined as a part of the Go-Lab online learning spaces or as activities of a teacher or a peer. Together, these will be included in a set of concrete inquiry classroom scenarios in which Go-Lab online labs play a pivotal role. 
2. Building of the Go-Lab federation of online labs. The Go-Lab initiative aims to create a pool of online labs providing access to a large set of remote science laboratories. The project partners have been developing and testing innovative applications emulating real scientific work for many years. By using such online labs students will be supported in understanding scientific aspects of the world around and taking decisions about the applications of science. 
3. Providing a technical Plug. The Go-Lab Infrastructure will provide four main backend services: Services to easily plug-in online labs by the lab-owners, Cloud Services allowing sharing of the online labs, Learning Analytics and Scaffolding Services, as well as Add-on Services enabling the integration of additional features such as booking and bartering.
4. Providing a technical Play. The Go-Lab Portal will be the unique gateway to online labs and associated inquiry learning activities. Personalization features and inquiry learning apps integrated in the Portal will be designed and implemented taking into account learning preferences, competence levels, subject domains, and contexts. An app composer will be offered to teachers to design or repurpose user interfaces to online labs or scaffolding apps.
5. Building of a Community. Go-Lab will involve teachers, students, and researchers in collaborative learning activities by creating a comprehensive open learning network. In this way it is expected to extend the dialogue between scientists and the educational  community, enforce the collaboration  between schools and research organizations, and help young people to acquire better understanding of the role of science in the society.