Agricom Project

16/10/2014

Do you teach in the fields of agriculture, biodiversity, or rural education (ABR)? Are you interested in learning about open education resources and the steps related institutions are taking to approach the challenges and possibilities of ABR and technology?

Join the Green Learning Network in supporting the interconnection of ABR OER educational initiatives and institutions by completing their questionnaire.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qB557kvcff6tgSNk2gJXUV72JYzYeFnLNezo2WgzLAc/viewform

02/09/2014

Have you ever wondered how initiatives in open education and open research can benefit from one another?

Do you believe in the importance of learning materials continuously updated based upon the newest research discoveries?

Would you like to support the development of a guide for young researchers on these innovative topics?

Join the International Community for Open Research and Education ( ) for a virtual meeting on September 16, 2014. As always, ICORE will host two meetings to allow worldwide participation (at 8:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC).

ICORE online:
http://www.icore-online.org/

Sept. 16 Preliminary ICORE Meeting Agenda:
http://wiki.icore-online.org/index.php/6th_ICORE_Online_Meeting_on_16th_of_September_2014

Main objectives of ICORE are the recognition, progress and application of Open Research and Open Education: ICORE wants to bridge both worlds of Open Research and Open Education. The goal is the mutual re-usage of their results and outcomes, e.g. through the usage of digital resources from Open Rese…

30/05/2014

Though AGRICOM has been concluded, its results live on in the projects Green Learning Network and the Agricultural Alliance for Competence and Skills based Training (ACT - http://act-now.eu/).

If you would like to learn more about current progress in competence development for agricultural professionals, skills matching for green professions, or new educational techniques in agricultural vocational education and training, please check them out!

Focus Groups for Skills Matching in European Agricultural Sector Carried out in GermanyACT Project Consults Core Actors from Agricultural Sector Regarding the Status of Vocational Education and TrainingThe Agricultural Alliance for Competence and Skills based Training (ACT) successfully initiated it…

21/11/2013

Open Discovery Space will host a webinar on a new network for agricultural researchers and professionals, the Green Learning Network (GLN), on 29th November at 4:00 pm (CET). This professional network draws from experiences in the Ecotool Project (e-Competences Tools), Agricom Project, VOA3R Project, and more!

Visit their website for more details!

What is Open Discovery Space?OpenDiscoverySpace: Unique Resources just a click away! If we want a powerful innovative culture in schools which is self-sustaining we have to empower system-aware practitioners, working ever more closely with the service users, to create it. And to avoid simply creati...

18/10/2013

Our colleagues from LINQ "Learning Innovations and Quality" have opened their new call for papers and projects!
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The LINQ "Learning Innovations and Quality" 2014 Call for Papers and Projects has been published! This year's theme is "Changing the Trajectory – Quality for Opening up Education".

We are also pleased to announce that LINQ 2014 will be collocated with the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL)'s 9th Innovation Forum on 7 and 9 May on the island of Crete.

You now have the opportunity to participate in and contribute to this unique conference!

Visit

http://learning-innovations.eu/call

or

http://eif.efquel.org/eif2014-linq-2014-the-call-for-proposals-is-now-open/

for more information.

Overview of the important dates:
- Paper submission deadline: 10 January, 2014
- Notification of acceptance: 10 March, 2014
- Camera-ready submission: 31 March, 2014
- Deadline for author registration: 31 March 2014
- Conference days: 7-9 May 2014

The European and international conference LINQ 2014 on Learning Innovations and Quality has launched the Call for Papers :

26/09/2013

The AGRICOM Project will be presented by project coordinator Christian M. Stracke in Barcelona today at the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL)'s Innovation Forum 2013 during Workshop
II.1 “Quality in VET”.

We are happy to be able to contribute to such a valuable conference for quality in elearning!

http://eif.efquel.org/

With a new wave of e-learning emerging through new and fascinating developments like Open educational resources, MOOCs and social media in learning and a decade of intense development of quality criteria, methods and management approaches it is time to extract the scientific essence: Where do we sta...

23/09/2013

International Symposium on Advances in Irrigation and Hydroponics
Public Event on Competence & Skills Development in Agriculture

19 to 20 September, 2013 in Viterbo, Italy

19/09/2013

The AGRICOM Conference is being streamed live! Visit http://vconf.unitus.it/index.php/convegno-agricom to watch the conference.

International Symposium on Advances in Irrigation and Hydroponics

Public Event on Competence & Skills Development in Agriculture

19/09/2013

The AGRICOM International Symposium on Advances in Irrigation and Hydroponics will begin at 10:00 am today!

Registration will take place between 10:00 and 11:00 am. Afterwards expect speeches and keynotes from Giuseppe Colla of the Università degli Studi della Tuscia - Facoltà di Agraria, Cecilia Stanghellini of Wageningen University, Dimitrios Savvas of the Agricultural University of Athens, and finally Dietmar Schwarz and Henrike Perner from the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft's Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops.

Today's keynotes, as well as afternoon sessions with accepted papers, will be recorded and made available later - stay tuned for more information!

17/09/2013

A new version of the programme has been published on the conference website. Check it out to find out our conference line-up!

We look forward to greeting all participants this Thursday at the Università degli Studi della Tuscia - Facoltà di Agraria in Viterbo!

http://agricomconference.pbworks.com/w/page/65289966/Preliminary%20Programme

International Symposium on Advances in Irrigation and Hydroponics
Public Event on Competence & Skills Development in Agriculture

The AGRICOM Conference will take place from the 19th to the 20th of September and includes a technical tour and excursion at the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy...

12/09/2013

The AGRICOM Conference will begin one week from now, on September 19th!

Final preparations are being made in Viterbo with the Università degli Studi della Tuscia - Facoltà di Agraria. We are excited to meet those of you who are coming to join our event!

See you in Italy!

30/08/2013

The AGRICOM 2013 Conference Programme has been updated with the latest keynote speakers and their contributions, including Cecilia Stanghellini from Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture, as well as Dietmar Schwarz and Henrike Perner from the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (Leibniz-Gemeinschaft).

You still have time to register for this innovative event on competence development and technological advancement in the agricultural sector!

For more information and registration:
http://agricomconference.pbworks.com/

The AGRICOM Conference will take place from the 19th to the 20th of September and includes a technical tour and excursion at the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy.