Agri-moodle is a customized installation of Moodle, an open-source learning management system, that extends Moodle's functionality to be targeted towards agricultural uses. Agri-moodle links Moodle courses to existing agricultural information sources and data, and creates a network of installations to facilitate sharing of educational resources according to technical and educational standards. The first version of agri-moodle will be released by the end of the month, with demo sites already available online.

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Anastasios Koutoumanos, PhD tkout@agroknow.gr
AGRO-KNOW Technologies http://wiki.agroknow.gr

2. agri-moodle
A custom Moodle installation
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic
Learning Environment
Software for producing Internet-based courses
Serving > 58 milion users in > 5.8 million courses
Released on 20 August 2002, now in 2.3 version
Open Source Software (GNU General Public v.3)
Apache, MySQL, PHP (AMP) based
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3. A typical Moodle course (screenshot)
from the ITEMS project - http://www.itemspro.net/
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4. agri-moodle
Extends moodle
with ready-to-use functionality, services, tools
targeted towards agricultural uses
Links moodle
to existing agricultural information sources & data
Creates a network of agri-moodle installations
Facilitating location of educational resources
Based on TEL standards
Promoting open access and re-use of resources
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5. agri-moodle components
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6. agri-moodle development
A work in progress
First version by end of this month
Demo (test version):
http://83.212.96.219/agrimoodle/
agri-moodle hub:
http://www.agrimoodle.org
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8. Metadata
Data about data:
description of data
Promote re-use, sharing
& interoperability of learning resources
Facilitated by Standards
LOM: Learning Object Metadata
IEEE 1484.12.1-2002 Standard for Learning Object Metadata
(started by IEEE Learning Tech. Standardisations Committee)
adapted & supported by EU (CEN)
http://www.cen-ltso.net/main.aspx?put=211
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9. LOM is complex...
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10. Why should I care about metadata?
Metadata are like #hash-tags in twitter
Like keywords for Google
Your resources will only be found if you provide
good descriptions
Well-known resources have good descriptions
Some excellent resources lost due to bad
descriptions
Let your resources work for you:
connect with new colleagues & interested people!
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11. LOM in (agri-)moodle
agri-moodle brings LOM directly into Moodle!
agri-moodle hides all the complexity
several fields completed auto-magically
facilitated completion, e.g. autocomplete
easy link to existing vocabularies & ontologies
carefully selected list of elements:
mandatory
recommended
... in conformance to the Organic.Edunet LOM AP
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12. agri-moodle LOM elements (1/2)
Element Description Type
1.2 Title Name given to this LO Automatically
1.3 Language The language(s) used within this LO Automatically
1.4 Description Automatically get information from Moodle, but also it Automatically
would be nice to translate to English! (enrich)
1.5 Keyword Autocomplete support, link to AgroVOC
1.6 Coverage Geography or region to which this LO applies. Closed list
2.3 Contribute Details about creator of LO, of LOM, translations, etc. Manual
3.4 Language Language(s) of the LOM entry
6.1 Cost Whether use of this learning object requires payment Closed list
6.2 Copyright & Automatically by the system Automatically
Other Restrictions
6.3 Description CC options Closed list
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13. agri-moodle LOM elements (2/2)
Recommended Educational metadata
Element Description Type
5.2 Learning Resource Type application / assessment / broadcast /case study / course closed-list
/ demonstration / ...
5.3 Interactivity Level very low / low / medium / high / very high closed-list
5.4 Semantic Density very low / low / medium / high / very high closed-list
5.5 Intended End User Role author / counsellor / learner / manager / parent / teacher closed-list
/ other
5.6 Context pre-school / compulsory education / ... closed-list
5.7 Typical Age Range free text, e.g. “10-12”, “7-U” free text
5.8 Difficulty very easy / easy / medium / difficult / very difficult closed-list
5.9 Typical Learning Time free text free text
5.10 Description free text free text
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