Using online tools and repositories in University courses of Organic Agriculture and Agroecology

Abstract

In this paper, a survey on the use of ICT technologies for supporting university courses of Organic Agriculture and Agroecology is presented. The survey has been performed in the context of the European eContent Plus project Organic.Edunet. It has been focused in Europe and the questions used have been selected in order to identify mainly the opinion of educators and researchers of European Universities as regards the use of ICT in existing or new courses related to Organic Agriculture and Agroecology issues. The results of the survey have been used for the provision of a comprehensive set of educational tools including a data repository and are presented in this paper. The corresponding analysis and conclusions, as regards the use of ICT, Internet and the design and provision of electronic tools and online repositories for Oa and AE courses, are also presented and discussed in this paper.