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Joint School on IT-Enhanced Organic & Sustainable Education for Teachers, Trainers and Agriculture Professionals
Agro-Know Technologies, Mesta, Chios island, Greece
Reference Number: GR-2011-163-001 in the Grundtvig database
Download here the announcement of the Autumn School.
Download here the brochure of the Autumn School.
Download here the Press Release of the Autumn School
Download here the Poster of the Autumn School
The Autumn school "Joint IT-Enhanced Organic & Sustainable Education Training Course" will take place from Wednesday, October 5th to Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 in the beautiful medieval village of Mesta on Chios island.
The training addresses all teachers, trainers and professionals interested in the field of Environmental & Ecological Education, aiming to provide a better understanding of the current advances related to Organic Farming, Sustainable Education, Blended Learning and Modern ICT tools. During the event, the participants will also have the opportunity to attend the GREEN FEST, an international event on environmental issues and establish a dialogue with fellow teachers and professionals.
The training course is organised by the sub-programme of Grundtvig of Lifelong Learning programme (LLP) and supported by four European projects: CerOrganic, Organic.Balkanet, Rural Inclusion, eCOTOOL, Organic.Mednet and ISLE.
Full description of the Autumn School
Preparation
- the detailed agenda of the training programme & activities with information on all the mandatory and optional sessions
- slides of the presentations that will be delivered during the training
- recommended literature and other relevant documentation
- guidelines for travelling
- invitation to participate to the project’s user group
Objectives
With the key slogan “Organic farming. Good for nature, good for you” the European Commission (EC) in its 2004 European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming highlights the importance of consumers’ awareness and information on the principles and objectives of organic farming and its positive impact on the environment. The Plan further mentions that in order to facilitate the expansion of organic farming and to increase production capacity, new information is required which can be best carried out with the use of new technologies.
In order for the consumers to be correctly and timely informed, it is essential for the potential advisors/trainers to be properly educated. At the moment, both the consumers and the agricultural professionals are not always confident about what Organic Agriculture is, its benefits, challenges and restrictions. They should be provided with a wide range of information related to Organic Agriculture, its theories, methods, practices and its social/economic/environmental impacts. Additionally, both the agriculture professionals and the consumers should be offered the suitable technologies that allow them to both educate themselves and pass on the information in the most efficient manner.
This training event focuses precisely on the Organic and sustainable education/training, combining traditional teaching methods with the adoption of ICT methods and digital teaching resources, encouraging dialogue between experts and consumers and innovation in the way that Organic Agriculture resources are used.
Methodology
The training will not only educate and train the participants on topics of Organic Agriculture but it will also give participants the chance to establish a dialogue and future collaboration with fellow teachers and professionals in the field of Organic and Sustainable Education and will include presentations and practical sessions on:
- Organic Agriculture methods & practices
- Sustainable Agriculture: Comparison with Organic Agriculture
- Organic Agriculture principles – Indicators of sustainability
- Organic Farming Legislation/ Certification and Standards
- Approaching, training and supporting farmers & rural professionals
- Farm management basics: Sustainable management
- Pedagogical strategies and best practices for using digital teaching & learning resources
- How to design your own learning resources using e-Learning methods & tools
- How can you find other people with similar interests making use of Web2.0 tools and practices
The event will include 4 days of training course and 3 days of Workshop. The training part of the course will be held in an auditorium equipped with a data projector and wireless Internet access for all participants.
Follow-up
During the weeks following the training course the participants will have the opportunity to further apply what they have learnt by searching and finding educational resources following the learning objects paradigm and sharing them through the establishment of a community of practice. The training team will provide to the participants all the necessary guidelines and support to implement the proposed approaches in their professional context.
Programme of the Training
Access to the Draft Agenda of the Training
Download here the Final Training Agenda.
Participation
The list of people that have confirmed so far their participation in Autumn School and Green Ideas 2011 is available here.
Please find the updated Guidelines for Participants for the Autumn School.
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Training Material
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Autumn School: “Joint IT-Enhanced Organic Education” Objectives
Supporting EU projects & their main outcomes
Collection of the initial participants’ ideas
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Designing a training course
Training Scenarios
Developing a Training Scenarios
Implementation of Training Scenario - Vocational Training Handbook
Friday, October 7th, 2011
Sustainability of Education in Agricultural Sciences
Innovation of Sustainable Development in Agricultural Sciences
Competences & Competence Modelling in Agriculture
Competence Modelling & Learning Outcomes
eCOTOOL High Level Competence Model Explanation (DE), (EN), (GR)
Writing Good Learning Outcomes
Examples
Example 1: Organic-Ecological Agriculture Technocian
Example 2: LANTRA - Production Holticulture NOS
Green Online Resources
Saturday, October 8th
Course Management Platform
Multillingual Open Learning Environment
Organic.Balkanet MOLE Platform Handbook (http://ob.moleportal.eu)
Quality Assurance in Training
CerOrganic Approach
Certification in E-Learning in Capacity Building
OpernECBCheck Quality Criteria
CerOrganic Quality Assurance Process
Organic.Edunet Aproach
Organic.Edunet Training Event Organization Guidelines
Rural Inclusion Aproach
Rural Inclusion Training Event Organization Guidelines
Example of a Pre-Training Evaluation Questionnaire
Example of a Post-Training Evaluation Questionnaire fo Trainees
Example of a Post-Training Evaluation Questionnaire fo Trainers
Adaptation of the OpenECBCheck Criteria to My Training Criteria
Agrochefs & Gastrofarmers: Interdisciplinary module for VET learners in agriculture and gastronomy
Janne Länsipuro
Adrian Bugeja Douglas, Effie Despotaki
Monday, October 10th
Preparation of the presentation “My Training Scenario”
Training Scenario Presentation Template
Training Scenario Presentation Example
Course Fees
For EU participants:
- The total fee of the course is 1600 euro, including accommodation and meals (850 euro), and the course fee (750 euro).
- Cancellation Fee: 300 euro
Cancellations before 25 September 2011 will receive a full refund. On or after the 25 September 2011 a non-refundable cancellation fee of 300 euro will be charged.
Contact Information
For more information, please contact the Training Course Organizers:
Dr. Vassilios Protonotarios, email: vprot@agroknow.gr, Tel: 0030 210 68 97 905
Mrs Mădălina Ungur, email: mada@agroknow.gr, Tel: 0030 210 68 97 905
Mr. Charalampos Thanopoulos, email: cthanopoulos@agroknow.gr, Tel: 0030 210 68 97 905
Local Organisers
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Sponsoring Projects
CerOrganic: Quality-Certified Training of Farmers on Organic Agriculture
Organic.Balkanet: Developing the skills of Organic Agriculture Trainers for the Balkans
Developing the skills of organic agriculture for the Mediterranean
I.S.L.E.: Innovation in the Teaching of Sustainable Development in Life Sciences in Europe
