Co-funded by the European CommissionCo-funded by the European CommissioneeContentContentplusplus programme programme
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contentscontents overviewoverview contentcontent technologytechnology scenariosscenarios project partnersproject partners connect to connect to
overviewoverview
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Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet
builds a multilingual federation of builds a multilingual federation of learning repositories learning repositories
content about Organic Agriculture content about Organic Agriculture and Agroecologyand Agroecology
for the awareness & education of for the awareness & education of European YouthEuropean Youth
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aboutabout
Targeted ProjectTargeted Project funded by the funded by the eeContentContentplusplus
ProgrammeProgramme started on October 2007started on October 2007
duration 36 monthsduration 36 months co-funded by ECco-funded by EC
Overall budget: 4.800.000 eurosOverall budget: 4.800.000 euros
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rationale rationale (1/2)(1/2)
irreversible damage done to the irreversible damage done to the environment by current environment by current agricultural practices agricultural practices
soil and water pollutionsoil and water pollution depletion of natural resourcesdepletion of natural resources destruction of delicate ecosystemsdestruction of delicate ecosystems
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rationale rationale (2/2)(2/2)
Organic Agriculture (Organic Agriculture (OAOA) & ) & Agroecology (Agroecology (AEAE) as alternative ) as alternative approachesapproaches
safer agricultural & food productssafer agricultural & food products environmentally sound productionenvironmentally sound production
“…“…need for actions supporting the training and need for actions supporting the training and education of education of all stakeholdersall stakeholders related to OA related to OA…”…”
EU Action Plan for Organic Food & Farming, EU Action Plan for Organic Food & Farming, 20042004
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needneed systematic collection and categorisation systematic collection and categorisation
of learning resources related to OA and of learning resources related to OA and AEAE
integrating online environment integrating online environment increase use and reuseincrease use and reuse
study & assessment of usage scenarios study & assessment of usage scenarios in the context of formal educational in the context of formal educational
programs in Europeprograms in Europe
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objectives objectives (1/5)(1/5)
support stakeholders producing support stakeholders producing content about OA & AEcontent about OA & AE
describe according to multilingual, describe according to multilingual, standard-complying metadata standard-complying metadata
publish in online federation of publish in online federation of learning repositorieslearning repositories
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objectives objectives (2/5)(2/5)
deploy a multilingual online deploy a multilingual online environment on top of the online environment on top of the online federation of repositoriesfederation of repositories
to facilitate end-users’ search, retrieval, to facilitate end-users’ search, retrieval, access and use of learning resourcesaccess and use of learning resources
the the Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet Web portalWeb portal
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objectives objectives (3/5)(3/5)
study educational scenarios to study educational scenarios to support the teaching of OA & AE support the teaching of OA & AE relevant topicsrelevant topics
use use Organic.Edunet Organic.Edunet Web portal to find Web portal to find learning resources in the repositories learning resources in the repositories
targeted user organisationstargeted user organisations high-schoolshigh-schools agricultural universitiesagricultural universities
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objectives objectives (4/5)(4/5)
involve various European schools & involve various European schools & universities to evaluate project universities to evaluate project resultsresults
focused pilot trials withinfocused pilot trials within Organic.Edunet Organic.Edunet partnerpartner institutions institutions
open validation events within open validation events within Organic.Edunet Organic.Edunet affiliatedaffiliated institutions institutions
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objectives objectives (5/5)(5/5)
create organisational structures to create organisational structures to support the sustainability of project support the sustainability of project resultsresults
reinforce the cooperation of reinforce the cooperation of stakeholders in the OA & AE content stakeholders in the OA & AE content area area
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targeted userstargeted users tomorrow’s tomorrow’s consumersconsumers: highschool : highschool
children children to be familiarized with concepts & to be familiarized with concepts &
benefits of OA & AE benefits of OA & AE tomorrow’s tomorrow’s professionalsprofessionals: students : students
of agricultural universitiesof agricultural universities to be educated about methods and to be educated about methods and
practices of OA & AEpractices of OA & AE
contentcontent
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content stakeholderscontent stakeholders EU-funded initiatives EU-funded initiatives public or private not-for-profit public or private not-for-profit
organisationsorganisations agricultural publishing housesagricultural publishing houses agricultural universities & institutesagricultural universities & institutes rural schools & teachersrural schools & teachers
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teaching & learning teaching & learning resourcesresources
consortium-provided content resourcesconsortium-provided content resources BIO@GRO, ECOLOGICA, COMPASS projectsBIO@GRO, ECOLOGICA, COMPASS projects selection from Intute repository resourcesselection from Intute repository resources teaching resources from agricultural teaching resources from agricultural
universitiesuniversities other tutor-provided resourcesother tutor-provided resources
publicly-available resourcespublicly-available resources selection from resources available online selection from resources available online
by not-for-profit organisations (e.g. FAO)by not-for-profit organisations (e.g. FAO)
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BIO@GRO resourcesBIO@GRO resources typetype
lectures, best lectures, best practice guides, practice guides, games, etc.games, etc.
topic areatopic area OA methods & OA methods &
practicespractices partnerpartner
USAMVB, AUAUSAMVB, AUA quantityquantity
400400
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Intute resourcesIntute resources typetype
documents, documents, lectures, etc.lectures, etc.
topic areatopic area agriculture, agriculture,
forestryforestry partnerpartner
IntuteIntute quantityquantity
4,4504,450
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ECOLOGICA & COMPASS ECOLOGICA & COMPASS resourcesresources typetype
lectures, lectures, notes, etc.notes, etc.
topic areatopic area OAOA
partnerpartner BCE, MOGERTBCE, MOGERT
quantityquantity 1,3001,300
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university tutors’ university tutors’ resourcesresources typetype
lectures, notes, lectures, notes, exercises, etc.exercises, etc.
topic areatopic area OA & AEOA & AE
partnerpartner UMB, EULSUMB, EULS
quantityquantity 130130
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school teachers’ resourcesschool teachers’ resources typetype
worksheets, worksheets, lesson plans, lesson plans, etc.etc.
topic areatopic area life scienceslife sciences
partnerpartner Miksike, EAMiksike, EA
quantityquantity 300300
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public resourcespublic resources typetype
lectures, papers, lectures, papers, exercises, etc.exercises, etc.
topic areatopic area OA & AEOA & AE
partnerpartner AUA, UAHAUA, UAH
quantityquantity 1,8001,800
technologytechnology
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metadata & ontologiesmetadata & ontologies adoption of metadata standards & adoption of metadata standards &
specificationsspecifications IEEE LOM application profileIEEE LOM application profile
use of ontologies to facilitate use of ontologies to facilitate search & retrievalsearch & retrieval
reasoning about queriesreasoning about queries enriching search resultsenriching search results
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architecturearchitecture overall architectureoverall architecture
repository management modulerepository management module learning content exchange modulelearning content exchange module semantic services modulesemantic services module web portal moduleweb portal module
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Repositories
ECOLOGICA/COMPASS
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learning learning resourceresource
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XML Transformation
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semantic semantic services services modulemodule
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uses
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web portal web portal modulemodule
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TeachersSchool
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Confolio Repository Suite of Tools
Confolio Repository Suite of Tools
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Learning resources are annotated Learning resources are annotated and uploaded into the Confolio and uploaded into the Confolio
Repository Suite of ToolsRepository Suite of Tools
Then, they are harvested by the Then, they are harvested by the Organic.Edunet Web Federation Organic.Edunet Web Federation Portal and are made available in Portal and are made available in http://portal.organic-edunet.eu
Annotation in Confolio…Annotation in Confolio…
• Metadata for the Metadata for the resourceresource– TitleTitle– KeywordsKeywords– DescriptionDescription– etcetc
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scenariosscenarios
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university scenario university scenario (1/2)(1/2) a professor of animal production in an urban a professor of animal production in an urban
agricultural university of Norway prepares a agricultural university of Norway prepares a lecture on organic poultry farminglecture on organic poultry farming
wants to show a real example of an operating farmwants to show a real example of an operating farm wants to talk about benefits & shortcomingswants to talk about benefits & shortcomings
a number of students’ diploma theses in a a number of students’ diploma theses in a Romanian rural university has produced a Romanian rural university has produced a variety of digital materialvariety of digital material
interviews of farmers, videos of a real organic farminterviews of farmers, videos of a real organic farm
how to link those two ?how to link those two ?
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university scenario university scenario (2/2)(2/2)
students in the rural university students in the rural university upload their videos in upload their videos in Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet
the professor in the rural universitythe professor in the rural university uploads article on long-term economic uploads article on long-term economic
benefits from organic poultry farmingbenefits from organic poultry farming the professor in the urban university the professor in the urban university
searches searches Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet finds the descriptions of the above resourcesfinds the descriptions of the above resources downloads, uses in his lecturedownloads, uses in his lecture
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school scenario school scenario (1/2)(1/2)
a highschool teacher in a Greek island is a highschool teacher in a Greek island is teaching environmental educationteaching environmental education
wants to raise awareness of his students wants to raise awareness of his students about the damage being done to the about the damage being done to the environmentenvironment
wants to use a variety of examples from wants to use a variety of examples from their regiontheir region
wants to share these examples with wants to share these examples with teachers in other schools of Greek islandsteachers in other schools of Greek islands
how to prepare, store and share digital how to prepare, store and share digital teaching resources?teaching resources?
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school scenario school scenario (2/2)(2/2) a collaborative outdoor activity is organiseda collaborative outdoor activity is organised
students split in groups, study various effectsstudents split in groups, study various effects e.g. visit to nearby river polluted by an olive e.g. visit to nearby river polluted by an olive
processing - oil production facilityprocessing - oil production facility students take pictures, write a small report students take pictures, write a small report
on their findings, make a class presentationon their findings, make a class presentation results are uploaded to results are uploaded to Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet their classmates and teachers/students from their classmates and teachers/students from
other schools may access them onlineother schools may access them online
project partnersproject partners
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overall coverageoverall coverage
16 16 partners partners from 10 from 10 EU EU countriescountries
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roles: contentroles: content providers of teaching & learning resourcesproviders of teaching & learning resources
Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), GreeceAgricultural University of Athens (AUA), Greece Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) OÜ Miksike, EstoniaOÜ Miksike, Estonia University of Nottingham (Intute), UKUniversity of Nottingham (Intute), UK Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE), HungaryCorvinus University of Budapest (BCE), Hungary Hungarian Association of Ecological Farming Hungarian Association of Ecological Farming
(MOGERT)(MOGERT) Estonian University of Life Sciences (EULS)Estonian University of Life Sciences (EULS) University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary
Medicine of Bucharest (USAMVB), RomaniaMedicine of Bucharest (USAMVB), Romania Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft,
Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft - BMLFUW (Austria)Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft - BMLFUW (Austria)
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roles: technologyroles: technology state-of-art tools & technologies state-of-art tools & technologies
that are being adapted & that are being adapted & specializedspecialized
University of Alcala (UAH), SpainUniversity of Alcala (UAH), Spain Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),
SwedenSweden Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Agricultural University of Athens (AUA),
GreeceGreece
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roles: educationalroles: educational educational methods, scenarios design, educational methods, scenarios design,
user trialsuser trials Ellinogermaniki Agogi (EA), GreeceEllinogermaniki Agogi (EA), Greece Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) OÜ Miksike, EstoniaOÜ Miksike, Estonia Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture
(BMUKK), Austria(BMUKK), Austria Corvinus University Budapest (BCE), HungaryCorvinus University Budapest (BCE), Hungary Estonian University of Life Sciences (EULS)Estonian University of Life Sciences (EULS) Bundesgymnasium Schwechat (BGS), AustriaBundesgymnasium Schwechat (BGS), Austria University of Agronomic Sciences and Vet.Med. University of Agronomic Sciences and Vet.Med.
Bucharest (USAMVB-FA), RomaniaBucharest (USAMVB-FA), Romania
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roles: qualityroles: quality evaluation, validation, quality evaluation, validation, quality
assuranceassurance University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE),
GermanyGermany Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and
Culture (BMUKK), AustriaCulture (BMUKK), Austria
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