The document discusses a co-funded initiative by the European Union focusing on digital resources for organic agriculture and agroecology, including the use of eportfolios for educational purposes. It outlines the tools and methodologies for uploading, annotating, and managing digital learning resources, emphasizing the advantages of engaging teaching approaches and multimedia technologies. It also provides a step-by-step guide for using the eportfolio tool 'confolio' to facilitate the storage and assessment of educational materials.

1. Co-funded by the European Union , through the Comenius Programme Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

2. Structure Digital Learning Resources ePortfolios Examples Advantages Using Confolio to upload resources Annotating them with metadata Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

3. Digital Learning Resources Resources in a digital format that can be used for learning, education or training. May include: Documents ( papers, lesson plans, etc. ) Images Videos Games Presentations, etc. Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

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8. ePortfolios “ a digital container capable of storing visual and auditory content including text, images, video and sound…designed to support a variety of pedagogical processes and assessment purposes” Abrami and Barrett (2005) Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

9. ePortfolio… Allows teachers & schools to design and deliver programmes that engage all students and offer learning pathways Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

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11. ePortfolio examples Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

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13. Do you… … use teaching approaches that have a positive impact on student learning? … assess the purpose of improving student learning? … use elearning to open up new and different ways of learning? … involve parents/caretakers in the learning procedure? Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

14. ePortfolio advantages Effective pedagogy eLearning Parent involvement Effective assessment Motivating and engaging through the use of multimedia technologies Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

15. Confolio An ePortfolio tool developed in the context of the Organic.Edunet e Content plus project. Accessible through http://oe.confolio.org Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

16. Step-by-step upload of a resource in Confolio Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

17. Logging in the Confolio Preferably, using a Firefox browser: The user types in the address http:\\oe.confolio.org The login is done using the option on the top right of the screen by typing a username and a password Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

18. Accessing your Confolio workspace After logging in the user sees the contents of the Overview portfolio, which basically consists of links to the portfolios of all content providers The user can select his/her organizational portfolio to upload content Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

19. Creating folders / uploading LOs When the user is inside his/her folder, it’s possible to: Create a folder to store Learning Objects (LOs) Upload a new resource and annotate with metadata Upload a link to a resource and annotate with metadata Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

20. Uploading a content file The following slides will describe the procedure of uploading a learning object using the Confolio Tool The user clicks on the “File” button and a first dialog box asks for some basic metadata on the resource Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

21. Completing the “Upload file” dialog box Click the Browse button to locate the file in your hard drive Choose the Format type of the file from the pull down menu Choose the Type of the LO from the pull down menu Give a title to the LO you are uploading in the Title field Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

22. Completing the “Upload file” dialog box Provide a brief description of the LO you are uploading in the Description field Providing the LO has no offensive language or other discriminative issues, check the box on the bottom left Click the Finish button to continue Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

23. Mandatory Elements elements that MUST be filled out Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

24. Title It can take multiple values Provide at least one description Using the “+” and “-” buttons you can add or remove descriptions in multiple languages Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

25. Language It can take multiple values Describes the language of the LO By using the “+” and “-” symbols you can provide more languages if the LO is available or contains more than one Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

26. Description Provides a brief description of the LO It can take multiple values to provide descriptions in many languages Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

27. Copyrights & Other Restrictions The user indicates if there are any restrictions regarding the use of the LO Creative Commons are used here to provide an accurate description of the licenses http://creativecommons.org/ Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

28. Explanation Is there any cost to acquire the LO? Are there copyrights in place? Which CC license applies to the LO? If no CC available, please provide text Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

29. Recommended Elements the user is advised to provide these elements to facilitate search and retrieval of the LOs Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

30. Keyword Can take multiple keywords in multiple languages Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

31. Structure This element shows the structure of the LO Atomic : Independent LO Collection : Set of LOs with no specific relationships Hierarchical : LOs with hierarchical relat/ships Linear : LOs with linear relationships Networked : LOs forming a network of resources Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

32. Contribution Data about the entities that have contributed to the state of the LO Multiple contributors For different contributions to the state of the LO For example, a creator provides the LO, a graphical designer complements it, and a validator reviews it Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

33. Intended End User Role Intended End User Role shows the principal user(s) for which this LO was designed More roles can be added with “+” and “-” symbols Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

34. Typical Age Range Typical Age Range stores the typical age of the user of the LO Multiple ranges can be provided Not overlapping Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

35. Context Context indicates the principal environment within the use of this LO is intended to take place Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

36. Classification (Ontology) The Organic.Edunet Ontology is used to classify the LOs using terms related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology They can be provided either by browsing the ontology tree, or by typing in ontology terms Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

37. ONTOLOGY TREE TEXT FIELD

38. Optional Metadata Describing the optional metadata that can be provided is outside the scope of this presentation Nevertheless, Confolio provides examples for these elements as well The users can provide as many of them as possible Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

39. Resource uploaded Once completed all the previous steps, the resource is uploaded in the Confolio After a designated reviewer validates the resource and its metadata, the resource goes public on the Organic.Edunet Web Portal http://portal.organic-edunet.eu Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

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42. Resource Details Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

43. Extensive Metadata Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

44. Dear user, please take the time (5 minutes) to help us improve METASCHOOL modules! Find the Module Questionnaire here: METASCHOOL Portal: http://lreforschools.eun.org/metaschool Find present module (ask your workshop leader, if you are unsure) Scroll to the end of the module description Fill in the Module Questionnaire If you took part in a METASCHOOL Workshop and this is the last module of your workshop, please ALSO help us improve our METASCHOOL Workshops by completing the Workshop Questionnaire (10 minutes): METASCHOOL Portal: http://lreforschools.eun.org/metaschool  Click on a language: Evaluation

45. Informatics Laboratory Agricultural University of Athens http://infolab-dev.aua.gr/ Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology Hands-on Session Working on Resources related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology