This document provides an overview of an educational organization's use of innovative ICT methods for learning and cultural heritage. It introduces María Mar Fresno Benito, a biology and environmental science teacher with 15 years experience who is attending a study visit in Rome. It then discusses the Spanish educational system and some proposals being used in ICT, including LliureX, CEFIREs training centers, and the AGREGA learning object repository project. It concludes with a brief discussion of adult education practices.

1. Profile & Educational Organization Innovative ICT methods for learning and research in cultural heritage María Mar Fresno Benito IES La Valldigna - Valencia Study Visit nº 27 Rome 5,6,7 October 2009

2. Ankara Brussels Leeds Marl Ostrava Pamplona Säkylä Trikala Birmingham Denizli Poznand Riga Rouen Valencia Warszawa Rome

3. Profile Personal Background Degree in Biology Degree in Environmental Science Science teacher in high school (~15 years of experience) Head Teacher in a high school Experience in adults education ICT User Expectations To compare and discover other ways of working with ITC To learn form other ITC experiences To know different proposals to solve similar problems To establish a network of contacts

4. Spanish Educational System Chilhood Ed. (3) Primary School (6) Secondary School (6) Compulsory Non-compulsory Vocational Training (VET) University ( ESO: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th ) ( BATX: 1st, and 2nd ) Medium High Kiddy Garden (3) Non-formal education Adults

5. Proposals in ICT Sw+Hw Resources Human Resorcues Products

6. LliureX (freedom+Linux) LliureX is a project of the Generalitat Valenciana whose objective is the introduction of the new ICT based on free software for the educational system based on an Ubuntu distribution. Invest in hardware resources Hard Soft http :// www.lliurex.net

7. CEFIREs Training and resources centers for teachers

8. Products AGREGA National Conferences Escola LliureX ITACA Moodle Newcomers PDI Teacher at home Teaching IT

9. What is Agrega? The Agrega project (Agrega is the Spanish word for "add") is a federation of learning digital repository which is to be used by 19 educational authorities in Spain. Each educational authority will have its own repository loaded with curricular learning objects created according to standards, and each single repository will be able to integrate and interoperate with other learning systems locally and worldwide. Objectives Promote , unify and establish a common cataloguing, packaging and publishing standard of Spanish education community learning objects Create a technological reference framework where learning objects can be ubiquitous accessed under different models of utilization Generate a common procedure and establish the best practices to create digital learning objects from standards

10. Adults education Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. This often happens in the workplace, through 'extension' or ‘continuing education' courses at secondary schools, at a college or university. Other learning places include folk high schools, community colleges, and lifelong learning centers. The practice is also often referred to as 'Training and Development'.

11. Conclusions School failure Demotivated and disillusioned people Economical crisis High rate of university students