AgroWeb

Dr. Athena BazouEllinogermaniki Agogi School

EMINENT ConferenceLisbon 6-7 December 2001

AgroWeb: An innovative approach to the usage of the Internet in an interdisciplinary framework

SOCRATES MINERVA (Open and Distance Learning – Information and Communication Technology in the field of Education)

In the framework of the project a network of European Secondary Schools, University Departments of Pedagogical Psychology together with specialists in the field of development of educational Multi-Media develop a web-enabled application platform, the e-shop, through which students promote agricultural products of their areas. The reality of modern economy practices is thus transferred into the classroom.

DESCRIPTION

http://www.ellinogermaniki.gr/ep/agroweb

PARTNERSHIPCoordinator : Ellinogermaniki Agogi, GR Lambrakis Research Foundation, GR Universidade de Evora, PT Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universtaet, DE Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, FR Freiherr Vom Stein Schule, DE Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium

Schwechat, AT Vejle Handelsskole/Business College, DK College of Agricultural Studies/ The American Farm

School, GR Berufliche Schulen des Odenwaldkreises, DE

Consultants: Université Orsay-Paris XI (Computer Science)

University of Economy and Business of Athens (Information Systems)

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

Ellinogermaniki Agogi, GR Freiherr Vom Stein Schule, DE Escola Profissional de Desenvolvimento Rural de Serpa, PT Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Schwechat, AT Vejle Handelsskole, DK The American Farm School, GR Berufliche Schulen des Odenwaldkreises, DE

8 New schools for the Final RunExpansion of the school network

AIMS/OBJECTIVES Promotion of ODL in secondary education -

Provision of arguments in favour of the spread of ODL in education

Familiarization of the teachers and the students with the new technologies and ODL

Provision of a model for the use of ICT in schools Presentation of Europe’s agricultural diversity

through the use of ICT Introduction of new interdisciplinary subjects in

current educational practice Promotion of collaborative learning Promotion of informal learning Development of an interdisciplinary model in

current educational practice Provision of a model for motivating and

integrated activities in the classroom

PRINCIPLES

Learning should be a collaborative experience

Participation enhances learning Need for cross-curriculum approach Learning is a lifelong process / informal

learning

ACTIVITIES Construction of the Web site of the project/ e-

shop Teachers’ training online seminar Test Run Evaluation of the Test Run Final Run (Expansion of the school network) Evaluation of the Final Run Dissemination activities Closing Workshop in Athens

Students at the AgroWeb project

Select products for promotion and collect information about themContact the producer and negotiate with himDesign the trademarks and the web pages for the products’ presentationDevelop a business and media coverage plan for each productSell the productsMonitor the products’ performance with the help of graphical representations and modify the business plan accordinglyDiscuss with virtual classmates via the project’s Bulletin Board and VideoconferencingCommunicate the results through the e-Agro magazine

Pupils’ corner

COLLABORATION

The e-tool based virtual classroom structure of AgroWeb project

Both students and teachers participating in the project constantly communicate with their virtual classmates and fellow teachers in other countries respectively, not only through the e-tool, but also through e-mail and videoconferences.

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TEACHERS’ TRAINING

The AgroWeb project, making full use of the capabilities the web offers in order to stimulate students' interaction, proposes a web-based e-shop platform, in the design of which proper weight is given on its educational concept. It is a tool for students, a distributed learning environment, facilitating the learning process. The e-shop platform includes facilities to produce graphical representations of the sales of a product (product's performance), to compare actual and anticipated performances and in general what is necessary to monitor the financial activities of a real shop. The e-shop is the electronic AGORA, the "electronic open market“.

E-SHOP

product's sales

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19%

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18%DE

24%

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21%

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products' sales comparison

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Monitoring Strategy•On field observation

•Two group design (experimental and control group) with repeated measurements (pre- and post- test)

EVALUATION

http://www.ellinogermaniki.gr/ep/agroweb

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