MEETINGS

Points discussed:

The coordinator prepared and shared with partners the project's handbook; project's main objectives, activities and timetable were once again shortly discussed

The platform will be available in English and all partner languages (Cro, Ro, Tur, It, Sl) and will be devided into following sections:

1.        Content – introduction of project+resources used

2.        Lectures (materials) – modules+quizzes+glossary of important terms+evaluation questionnaire

The course will be devoted to hydroponic as an innovative technique in agriculture and will include 10-12 participants; The course dates are 18 – 21.7. 2023, course venue is Viterbo, Italy

The hydroponic farming course will be divided into 3 parts: THEORY, APPLICATION TRAINING, STUDY VISITS

Liceul Tehnologic Nicolae Bălcescu, Srednja skola Dalj and Osmangazi Ilce Milli Egitim Mudurlugu presented some application solutions in their schools for the hydro application area (examples, estimated budget, space and setting up requirements). 

 Partners were hosted in Alexandria by LTNB school's representatives and introduced to the school's environment; also we visited the school's didactic farm.

This is a hydroponic farming course devoted to innovative technologies for the management of hydroponic crops and realized to create moments of training and comparison between producers, technicians, and professionals, useful for transferring the theoretical and practical application of the innovative technologies of cultivation and management of hydroponic cultivation systems in agriculture.

Participants acquired professional-level technical knowledge to set up hydroponics and prepare and manage nutrient solutions for fertigation.

The course included a detailed overview of the different types of hydroponic systems, from NFT systems to Deep Water Cultures. In addition, it takes you through a detailed out looking at system management, nutrient solution management, hydroponic variables, disease prevention, and control.

- Visit to Hamidiye Agriculture Vocational High School started with a presentation of students about their school. Students introduced their school. After presentation, teachers and students showed the hydroponic green house they prepared within the project. The other green houses and fields were visited.

Project partner GIULIA QUAGLIATA from UNITUS presented the training at Tuscia. There were 2 phases. The theoretical training and application training Modules. They explained each of them. Content of the modules were explained. The application training module teachers and students can learn how to prepare the nutrient of the plants. Italian version of the modules is ready. While translating, the text should be checked and the translation should stick on the context. 

Partners from agricultural schools will check the student version of the modules and give feedback if the modules level is appropriate or not.

- PETER VNUCKO from IZPI presented the working version of the platform. They will finalize the teachers part. It’s not open for public now. It is going to be public after the English version is ready. They will load it at the end of December. In the course there is the introduction part and a glossary for each modules. All the terms will be linked to the content. There is the link available for definitions of the terms. The questions of the modules are needed. Questions for students will be prepared by partners from Bilecik University 5 questions with at least 3 multiple choice answers per module. Questions for teachers will be prepared by Italy 5 questions per module. Certificate of completion will pop up when the user finishes and does 60% of the quiz questions.

• The host, Peter Vnucko welcomed all partners and introduced the host organization, its work, town of Nitra and once again the Agenda details

• E-learning platform - IZPI as the responsible partner for WP2 / Activity 3 - setting up the platform presented the interface and other features of the e-learning platform

• Platform offers a Teacher/Student version of modules which were developed and prepared by UNITUS Italy and BILECIK UNIVERSITESI Turkiye. Learning materials are structured as BOOKS/LESSONS; each Module is followed by a Quiz, Glossary and evaluation questionnaire; if the user scores at least 70% in the quizzes, an e-certificate can be issued by the system.

Pilot training sessions - it has been decided that after piloting phase, free access will be enabled for all users

• Educational content for the Moodle mobile application which students will be able to access has been discussed. Content from the e-learning platform can be used for the mobile app - Moodle app is available for both, Android and IOs

• Elective course on hydroponics: all lesson plans have been developed, translated and uploaded to GDrive. 

• 8 lesson plans have been developed by OMEM, LTNB and SsDalj ( M1 2 LPs, M2 2LPs, M3 1LP, M4 1LP, M5 1LP, M6 1 LP) for 16 hours of teaching. 

• CASEPOOL for students and on-duty teachers - the aim is to collect best practices examples from each partner country and exchange of experience among students and teachers. Every partner shall provide 3-4 good practice examples for each Module ( photos, videos, field trip reports, e - Twinning project activities and results) 

The hosts, Ivana Bertić Bulić and Lidija Jagodić (Srednja škola Dalj) welcomed all partners and introduced the host organization.

All intellectual outputs were reviewed:

-          IO1 e-learning platform 

-          IO2 Hydroponic elective course

-          IO3 Hydroponic Agriculture Case Pool

-          IO4 Mobile Application for Hydroponic Agriculture

All tasks are completed and all partners are pleased with the implementation of this innovative project for state pre- higher education.

    The 4th TPM ended with a Certificate of Attendance ceremony.

Besides, the host SS Dalj  organized a sightseeing tour of Erdut for the partners to enjoy the Croatian culture.