E-learning Services for Rural Development

Ηλεκτρονικές Υπηρεσίες Ηλεκτρονικές Υπηρεσίες Μάθησης για την Περιφερειακή Μάθησης για την Περιφερειακή

ΑνάπτυξηΑνάπτυξη

περίπτωση μελέτης αποθετηρίων περίπτωση μελέτης αποθετηρίων εκπαιδευτικού περιεχομένου αγροτικού εκπαιδευτικού περιεχομένου αγροτικού

ενδιαφέροντοςενδιαφέροντος

Δρ. Νίκος ΜανουσέληςΔρ. Νίκος ΜανουσέληςΕθνικό Δίκτυο Έρευνας & Τεχνολογίας (ΕΔΕΤ)Εθνικό Δίκτυο Έρευνας & Τεχνολογίας (ΕΔΕΤ)

introductionintroduction

learning objectlearning object

"any entity, "any entity, digitaldigital or non-digital, that may be or non-digital, that may be used for used for learninglearning, , educationeducation or or trainingtraining""

ΙΕΕΕ Learning Technology Standards Committee (2002)

http://www.soilassociation.orghttp://www.soilassociation.org

http://http://www.teachersdomain.orgwww.teachersdomain.org

http://www.slideshare.nethttp://www.slideshare.net

http://www.digitalgreen.orghttp://www.digitalgreen.org

learning repositorieslearning repositories

• digital repository: system for the digital repository: system for the storagestorage, , locationlocation and and retrievalretrieval of of digital resourcesdigital resources

• digital digital learninglearning repositoryrepository (DLR): (DLR):– naturenature of resources or their of resources or their descriptiondescription

reflects an interest of use in an reflects an interest of use in an educational educational contextcontext

Holden C., “From Local Challenges to a Global Community: Learning Repositories Summit”, Academic ADL Co-Lab, 2003

interesting (?) questionsinteresting (?) questions

• do existing, do existing, genericgeneric learning learning repositories haverepositories have content of content of agricultural interest?agricultural interest?– do they have a lot?do they have a lot?

• are there learning repositories are there learning repositories focusing focusing particularlyparticularly to agricultural to agricultural & rural stakeholders?& rural stakeholders?– where are they?where are they?

problem outlineproblem outline

preliminary studypreliminary study• took place during 2005 took place during 2005 (time to repeat it now…)(time to repeat it now…)

• examined examined 5959 well-known repositories well-known repositories– found in found in 2727 of them (~45%) agricultural contentof them (~45%) agricultural content

BUTBUT• in a total of in a total of ~881,000~881,000 educational educational

resources:resources:– ……only only 3,2013,201 resources (0.36%) related to resources (0.36%) related to

agricultural topicsagricultural topics

Tzikopoulos et al., "Investigating Digital Learning Repositories' Coverage of Tzikopoulos et al., "Investigating Digital Learning Repositories' Coverage of Agriculture-related Topics", ITAFE 2005.Agriculture-related Topics", ITAFE 2005.

0

500

1000

1500S

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34.5% of resources 34.5% of resources not particularly not particularly classified classified

subject subject classificationclassification

so we assume that…so we assume that…

• learning repositories that learning repositories that particularly particularly focus on agricultural & focus on agricultural & rural stakeholdersrural stakeholders– should probably have should probably have moremore relevant relevant

contentcontent– should probably have it better should probably have it better

described/categorizeddescribed/categorized

but, do they exist?but, do they exist?

• how can someone find agricultural how can someone find agricultural learning resources online? learning resources online?

• can someone search for them from a can someone search for them from a single point of accesssingle point of access

……more work is requiredmore work is required

more interesting questionsmore interesting questions

federationsfederations

what are they?what are they?

• learning repository learning repository federationsfederations– interconnecting learning repositoriesinterconnecting learning repositories– facilitate metadata exchangefacilitate metadata exchange– allow searching throughout whole allow searching throughout whole

federationfederation

generic examplesgeneric examples

any agricultural ones?any agricultural ones?

Not yet... (but people are working on it)Not yet... (but people are working on it)

http://aglr.aua.grhttp://aglr.aua.gr

aboutabout

• builds a builds a federationfederation of learning of learning repositories with content on repositories with content on Organic Organic Agriculture (OA)Agriculture (OA) & & AgroecologyAgroecology (AE)(AE)

• EU’s EU’s eeContentContentplusplus Programme Programme– Targeted ProjectTargeted Project– 36 months [1/10/2007-30/9/2010]36 months [1/10/2007-30/9/2010]

• 4.800.000 euros budget4.800.000 euros budget– 2.400.000 euros funding (50%)2.400.000 euros funding (50%)

rationalerationale• irreversible damage done to the irreversible damage done to the

environment by current agriculturalenvironment by current agricultural practices practices

– soil and water pollutionsoil and water pollution– depletion of natural resourcesdepletion of natural resources– destruction of delicate ecosystemsdestruction of delicate ecosystems

“…“…need for actions supporting the training and education of need for actions supporting the training and education of all stakeholdersall stakeholders related to OA related to OA…”…”

EU Action Plan for Organic Food & Farming, 2004EU Action Plan for Organic Food & Farming, 2004

objectives objectives (1/5)(1/5)

• support stakeholders producing support stakeholders producing content about content about OAOA & & AEAE

– describe according to multilingual, describe according to multilingual, standard-complying standard-complying metadata metadata

– publish in online publish in online federationfederation of of learning repositorieslearning repositories


● deploy a multilingual deploy a multilingual online online environment environment on top of the online 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


• study study educational scenarios educational scenarios to to support the teaching of support the teaching of OAOA & & AEAE relevant topicsrelevant topics

– use use Organic.Edunet Organic.Edunet Web portal Web portal to find to find learning resources in the repositories learning resources in the repositories

• targeted user organisationstargeted user organisations– schoolsschools– agricultural universitiesagricultural universities


• involve various schools & involve various schools & universities to evaluate project universities to evaluate project resultsresults

– focused focused pilot trials pilot trials withinwithin partnerpartner institutionsinstitutions

– open open validation events validation events within within affiliatedaffiliated institutions institutions


• create organisational structures to create organisational structures to support the support the sustainabilitysustainability of of project resultsproject results

– reinforce the cooperation of reinforce the cooperation of stakeholders in the OA & AE content stakeholders in the OA & AE content area area

Users

Web Portal Module

Semantic Search Module

Content Providers

Metadata Exchange Module

External Federations

Semantic Learning Repository Management Module

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BIO@GRO

Intute

AGROASIS

ENOAT

Organic.Edunet Federation

...

Social Navigation Module

metadata metadata application application profile IEEE profile IEEE

LOMLOM

mapping to other mapping to other metadata metadata

schemas (IEEE schemas (IEEE LOM, Dublin CoreLOM, Dublin Core, ,

application application profiles)profiles)

ontology-based ontology-based searching (e.g. searching (e.g.

thematic, thematic, geographical)geographical)

social navigation based social navigation based on user feedback on user feedback ((e.g.e.g.

ratings, tagsratings, tags, , recommendationsrecommendations))

OAI-PMH harvesting OAI-PMH harvesting

OAI-PMH, SQIOAI-PMH, SQI

progress so far…progress so far…

• e-portfolio software for learning e-portfolio software for learning repository set-up & repository set-up & organisationorganisation

–http://oe.confolio.org/

• Organic.Edunet Organic.Edunet Web Web Portal Portal –http://portal.organic-edunet.eu

how can it work?how can it work?

imagine imagine

Greek islandGreek island olive trees olive trees local olive oillocal olive oil ……sun, nature, sun, nature,

clean beachesclean beaches

……or maybe

or maybe NOTNOT??

a (hypothetical?) problem a (hypothetical?) problem

leftovers from local leftovers from local olive olive processing - oil production processing - oil production facilityfacility pollute nearby river pollute nearby river

eventually find their way to the eventually find their way to the seasea

in the school in the school (1/2)(1/2) teacher in nearby highschool teacher in nearby highschool

wants to wants to raise awarenessraise awareness about this problemabout this problem

show consequences to childrenshow consequences to children introduce them to alternative introduce them to alternative

methodsmethods searches through searches through Organic.Edunet Organic.Edunet

finds a Cretan river casefinds a Cretan river case

in the school in the school (2/3)(2/3)

a similar collaborative a similar collaborative outdoor outdoor activityactivity is organized is organized

children split in groups, study children split in groups, study various effects, e.g.various effects, e.g.

quality of water in riverquality of water in river quality of water in nearby beachquality of water in nearby beach

in the school in the school (3/3)(3/3)

children produce their own contentchildren produce their own content ……photos, video, pictures, report on photos, video, pictures, report on

findings, class presentation on findings, class presentation on alternative olive processing,…alternative olive processing,…

uploaded to uploaded to Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet other schools may access them other schools may access them

onlineonline exchange of results/experiencesexchange of results/experiences

conclusionconclusion

potentialpotential

• agricultural learning resources: agricultural learning resources: usefuluseful

• having them organised in learning having them organised in learning repositories: repositories: goodgood

• exploring ways to introduce them exploring ways to introduce them into into formalformal and and informalinformal education education & training& training– challenging challenging and and worthwhileworthwhile

challengeschallenges• technical issuestechnical issues

– mainly interoperabilitymainly interoperability• requires standards, technologies, protocols requires standards, technologies, protocols

• agricultural content providers lagging agricultural content providers lagging behindbehind– expertiseexpertise– trainingtraining– motivationmotivation– timetime– ……

for more info…for more info…

contact me at:contact me at:[email protected]

also visit:also visit:http://portal.organic-edunet.euhttp://www.organic-edunet.eu

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