7th I.S.L.E meeting: WP8 Dissemination

7th Project Meeting

June 10-14, 2013, Varna, Bulgaria

Innovation in the teaching of Sustainable development In Life sciences in Europe

WP8Update on project dissemination

activities

Dr. Vassilis ProtonotariosAgricultural Biotechnologist

Agro-Know Technologies, Greece

Dr. Andreas DrakosICT ResearcherAgro-Know Technologies, Greece

dissemination tools

website: www.isle-project.eu

• Revised version is up and running!

• Quick access to social networking tools of ISLE

• Updated with news & events about ISLE

website: features (1/2)• Public deliverables are found under “Project

Outcomes” http://www.isle-project.eu/index.php/en/project-outcomes

• ISLE Newsletters can be found under “Press Material”

http://www.isle-project.eu/index.php/en/press-material

website: features (2/2)• Useful links are found under “Web links” http://www.isle-project.eu/index.php/en/links

• Feeds from Social Networking tools can be found at the bottom of the page

Web 2.0 tools• https://www.facebook.com/groups/islenetwork• Really active, 84 members

Facebook group

• https://www.facebook.com/ISLENetwork• Replaces FB group -> 125 likes so far!

Facebook page

• @ISLENetwork• Tweets about news, events, related retweets

Twitter account

Web 2.0 tools• http://www.flickr.com/photos/islenetwork• Re-organized, more space available

Flickr photo stream

• http://fr.linkedin.com/pub/isle-network/32/889/224 • Professional networking, mainly with other initiatives

LinkedIn account

• Maintained by AgroSup team• Additional ISLE photo hosting

Picasa photo stream

Numbers related to dissemination tools

Some numbers about dissemination

2,264 people

reached

Some numbers about dissemination

Activity in the ISLE web site

Web 2.0 tools

• Additional tools:

– Youtube: ISLE Channel with relevant videoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/islenetwork

– Delicious: Interesting bookmarks collected in one place: http://delicious.com/islenetwork

additional tools

I.S.L.E. Workspace

• Based on e-groupware (commercial solution)

• URL: http://www.agroknow.gr/egroupware

• Login info: your email part before @ (e.g. name@domain.com) as username & password

VOA3R platform: http://voa3r.cc.uah.es

• VOA3R: Virtual Open Access Agriculture & Aquaculture Repository

• Used for– Networking researchers working in the same or

relevant fields– Providing access to open access scholarly content

• I.S.L.E. community/group already existing!

dissemination material

I.S.L.E. Brochure

• Developed by AgroSup Dijon team / revised

• Useful for dissemination purposes

• Printed a limited number of copies

• Digital file available in Workspace (WP8 folder)

I.S.L.E. Poster

• Developed by Agro-Know team

• Significant contribution by Agro-Sup Dijon!

• Printed a copy for each project partner

• Digital file available in Workspace (WP8 folder) for further prints

I.S.L.E. Newsletters

• Developed by Agro-Know team

• Five (5) issues published so far

• They are expected to reach a wide network of stakeholders through each ISLE partner

• Digital files available through ISLE website and ISLE Workspace (WP8 folder)

Events

• Green Ideas 2013: – 28-30/6/2013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece– http://greenideasproject.org/

– Detailed info: http://wiki.agroknow.gr/agroknow/index.php/Green_Ideas_2013

Green Ideas 2013• Main objectives of the event:

– How can we make aromatic/medicinal plants a sustainable business venture?

– How might we create educational activities using the inquiry-based model of learning?

– How might we use tools and technologies to utilize existing digital content coming from the NHMC for aromatic and medicinal plants and herbs in Crete?

Your contribution

How can you contribute to ISLE’s dissemination?

• Do you use Facebook?– Post news in the project’s page

• Do you use Twitter?– Please add @ISLENetwork in your sustainability-

related tweets

How can you contribute to ISLE’s dissemination?

• Do you use Flickr?– Add the tag “ISLENetwork” to all ISLE related

photos

• Do you use Linkedin?– Add ISLE Network in your circles

How can you contribute to ISLE’s dissemination?

• Did you attend/present at an event related to Sustainable Development?– Please let us (AK) know of the details of the event;

please also share some brochures!– We will circulate an email w/template soon for the

reporting of dissemination activities• Do you have colleagues working with SD?

– Let them know about the network, send them the newsletters etc.

Just remember

We don’t create the news… we just publish them!

Sustainability

What happens after the project ends?

ISLE Association

ISLE 2 proposal

Individual Partners

1. ISLE Association• Aims to promote the work and outcomes of

the ISLE project• Will involve various stakeholders

• To be further analyzed in the next session

2. ISLE 2 Proposal• Aims to continue the work of ISLE, based on

the latter’s outcomes• The core consortium will remain the same• Results on the status of the proposal to be

published in June 2013

3. Individual Partners / Stakeholders• To use and re-use the outcomes of the ISLE

project• Keep in touch with ISLE / ISLE 2 partners• Support all SD-related activities in each

country/institution

What happens after the project ends?• Web 2.0 tools will be kept alive and updated by

– ISLE Association– ISLE 2 partners– Stakeholders in SD

• Project’s outcomes will be publicly available

What happens after the project ends?

1. ISLE Website: Will be used by the ISLE 2 project– Transfer of website to ISLE Association

2. ISLE Social Networking tools– To be updated by ISLE 2 / ISLE Association /

Stakeholders

What happens after the project ends?

3. ISLE Project outcomes: – Best practices compendium– Innovation practices compendium– Quality Certification Labels– ISLELearn MOODLE platform

To be used even after the end of the project

The role of individual partners

• Each partner could / should decide individually how to contribute to the sustainability of ISLE outcomes and tools

– Depending on specificities and potential of each institution

– Not always in the context of the ISLE / ISLE 2 projects

The role of individual partners• An email will be sent to each ISLE partner

shortly for

– Collecting feedback on dissemination activities– Collecting information on the sustainability actions

of each partner/institution

The role of individual partners• 1st draft of the ISLE deliverable D8.7 “Post-

Project Dissemination Strategy” is prepared

• It is expected to be circulated to the ISLE project partners within the next weeks

For more information:WP8 (Dissemination) Leader

Agro-Know Technologies, Greece[drakos@agroknow.gr]

I.S.L.E. Learning Curriculum