7th I.S.L.E meeting: WP8 Dissemination

1. 7th Project Meeting
June 10-14, 2013, Varna, Bulgaria
Innovation in the teaching of Sustainable development
In Life sciences in Europe

2. WP8
Update on project dissemination
activities
Dr. Vassilis Protonotarios
Agricultural Biotechnologist
Agro-Know Technologies, Greece
Dr. Andreas Drakos
ICT Researcher
Agro-Know Technologies, Greece

3. dissemination tools

4. website: www.isle-project.eu
• Revised version is up and running!
• Quick access to social networking tools of ISLE
• Updated with news & events about ISLE

5. website: features (1/2)
• Public deliverables are found under “Project
Outcomes”
http://www.isle-
project.eu/index.php/en/project-outcomes
• ISLE Newsletters can be found under “Press
Material”
http://www.isle-project.eu/index.php/en/press-
material

6. website: features (2/2)
• Useful links are found under “Web links”
http://www.isle-project.eu/index.php/en/links
• Feeds from Social Networking tools can be
found at the bottom of the page

7. Web 2.0 tools
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/islenetwork
• Really active, 84 members
Facebook
group
• https://www.facebook.com/ISLENetwork
• Replaces FB group -> 125 likes so far!
Facebook
page
• @ISLENetwork
• Tweets about news, events, related retweets
Twitter
account

8. Web 2.0 tools
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/islenetwork
• Re-organized, more space available
Flickr photo
stream
• http://fr.linkedin.com/pub/isle-network/32/889/224
• Professional networking, mainly with other initiatives
LinkedIn
account
• Maintained by AgroSup team
• Additional ISLE photo hosting
Picasa photo
stream

9. Numbers related to dissemination tools

10. Some numbers about dissemination

11. Some numbers about dissemination

12. Activity in the ISLE web site

13. Web 2.0 tools
• Additional tools:
– Youtube: ISLE Channel with relevant videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/islenetwork
– Delicious: Interesting bookmarks collected in one
place: http://delicious.com/islenetwork

14. additional tools

15. I.S.L.E. Workspace
• Based on e-groupware (commercial solution)
• URL: http://www.agroknow.gr/egroupware
• Login info: your email part before @
(e.g. name@domain.com) as username &
password

16. VOA3R platform: http://voa3r.cc.uah.es
• VOA3R: Virtual Open Access Agriculture &
Aquaculture Repository
• Used for
– Networking researchers working in the same or
relevant fields
– Providing access to open access scholarly content
• I.S.L.E. community/group already existing!

17. dissemination material

18. I.S.L.E. Brochure
• Developed by AgroSup Dijon team / revised
• Useful for dissemination purposes
• Printed a limited number of copies
• Digital file available in Workspace (WP8 folder)

19. I.S.L.E. Poster
• Developed by Agro-Know team
• Significant contribution by Agro-Sup Dijon!
• Printed a copy for each project partner
• Digital file available in Workspace (WP8 folder)
for further prints

20. I.S.L.E. Newsletters
• Developed by Agro-Know team
• Five (5) issues published so far
• They are expected to reach a wide network of
stakeholders through each ISLE partner
• Digital files available through ISLE website and
ISLE Workspace (WP8 folder)

21. Events

22. • Green Ideas 2013:
– 28-30/6/2013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
– http://greenideasproject.org/
– Detailed info:
http://wiki.agroknow.gr/agroknow/index.php/Gre
en_Ideas_2013

23. Green Ideas 2013
• Main objectives of the event:
– How can we make aromatic/medicinal plants a
sustainable business venture?
– How might we create educational activities using the
inquiry-based model of learning?
– How might we use tools and technologies to utilize
existing digital content coming from the NHMC for
aromatic and medicinal plants and herbs in Crete?

24. Your contribution

25. How can you contribute to ISLE’s
dissemination?
• Do you use Facebook?
– Post news in the project’s page
• Do you use Twitter?
– Please add @ISLENetwork in your sustainability-
related tweets

26. How can you contribute to ISLE’s
dissemination?
• Do you use Flickr?
– Add the tag “ISLENetwork” to all ISLE related
photos
• Do you use Linkedin?
– Add ISLE Network in your circles

27. How can you contribute to ISLE’s
dissemination?
• Did you attend/present at an event related to
Sustainable Development?
– Please let us (AK) know of the details of the event;
please also share some brochures!
– We will circulate an email w/template soon for the
reporting of dissemination activities
• Do you have colleagues working with SD?
– Let them know about the network, send them the
newsletters etc.

28. Just remember
We don’t create the news…
we just publish them!

29. Sustainability

30. What happens after the project ends?
ISLE
Association
ISLE 2
proposal
Individual
Partners

31. 1. ISLE Association
• Aims to promote the work and outcomes of
the ISLE project
• Will involve various stakeholders
• To be further analyzed in the next session

32. 2. ISLE 2 Proposal
• Aims to continue the work of ISLE, based on
the latter’s outcomes
• The core consortium will remain the same
• Results on the status of the proposal to be
published in June 2013

33. 3. Individual Partners / Stakeholders
• To use and re-use the outcomes of the ISLE
project
• Keep in touch with ISLE / ISLE 2 partners
• Support all SD-related activities in each
country/institution

34. What happens after the project ends?
• Web 2.0 tools will be kept alive and updated by
– ISLE Association
– ISLE 2 partners
– Stakeholders in SD
• Project’s outcomes will be publicly available

35. What happens after the project ends?
1. ISLE Website: Will be used by the ISLE 2
project
– Transfer of website to ISLE Association
2. ISLE Social Networking tools
– To be updated by ISLE 2 / ISLE Association /
Stakeholders

36. What happens after the project ends?
3. ISLE Project outcomes:
– Best practices compendium
– Innovation practices compendium
– Quality Certification Labels
– ISLELearn MOODLE platform
To be used even after the end of the project

37. The role of individual partners
• Each partner could / should decide
individually how to contribute to the
sustainability of ISLE outcomes and tools
– Depending on specificities and potential of each
institution
– Not always in the context of the ISLE / ISLE 2
projects

38. The role of individual partners
• An email will be sent to each ISLE partner
shortly for
– Collecting feedback on dissemination activities
– Collecting information on the sustainability
actions of each partner/institution

39. The role of individual partners
• 1st draft of the ISLE deliverable D8.7 “Post-
Project Dissemination Strategy” is prepared
• It is expected to be circulated to the ISLE
project partners within the next weeks

40. For more information:
WP8 (Dissemination) Leader
Agro-Know Technologies, Greece
[drakos@agroknow.gr]
I.S.L.E. Learning Curriculum