FORESTUR ICT Presentation. Project website and On-line training platform. Valencia, November 2006.

FORESTUR

ICT Presentation. Project website and

On-line training platform.

Valencia, November 2006

1. FORESTUR WEBSITE

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FORESTUR WEBSITE

WEB OBJECTIVES:· DISSEMINATION OF THE PROJECT· VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PROJECT

WEB POTENTIAL USERS: PARTNERS (EXPERTS, TRAINERS...) TOURIST PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE

PROJECT TOURIST PROFESSIONALS LOCAL, REGIONAL & NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN

TOURISM AND TRAINING PUBLIC IN GENERAL

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FORESTUR WEBSITE

WEBSITE CONTENT:

PROJECT PRESENTATION

LINK TO THE TRAINING PLATFORM

OTHER INTERESTING LINKS

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WEBSITE’S CONTENT

PROJECT PRESENTATION

This part will contain the following sections:

PARTNER’S WEBSITES (INFORMATION,...) PROJECT STAGES (WP) ACTIVITIES DOCUMENTS (REPORTS,...)

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WEBSITE’S CONTENT

OTHER INTERESTING LINKS NEWS (PRESS AND JOURNALS) RELATED WEBSITES (OFFICIAL BODIES,

AUTHORITIES, ETC.) AVAILABLE RESOURCES INFORMATION SOURCES

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CHOOSING THE WEBSITE

WE NEED TO CHOOSE THE ENVIRONMENT

We have some requests

We need to obtain some results

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CHOOSING THE WEBSITE

STATIC WEB vs. DYNAMIC WEB

A DYNAMIC WEB WILL PROVIDES US WITH:

•DATABASE ACCESS•CHANGES•LANGUAGE OPTIONS•TO HAVE A DYNAMIC SITE WITH CAPACITY TO GROW

WE NEED A DYNAMIC WEBSITE

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CHOOSING THE WEBSITE

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE?

FLORIDA’S IT TEAM WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE DESIGN AND STRUCTURE BUT WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK FOR THE WEBSITE CONTENT

• PARTNERS (NATIONAL CO-ORDINATORS, EXPERTS, TRAINERS, ZONE COORDINATORS)

WE ALSO NEED A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE WEBSITE (CMS)

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CHOOSING THE WEBSITE

THE CMS

WE WILL BE A COMMUNITY

THEN WE NEED A COMMUNITY

FREE SOFTWARE /OPEN SOURCE:

THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF FREE CMS SOFTWARE

WE WILL USE JOOMLA

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WHY JOOMLA?

JOOMLA FEATURES

• OPEN SOURCE• STANDARD COMPLIANT METHODS (PHP, CSS, TEC..)• STABLE DATABASE (MYSQL)• LAMP SITE (LINUX + APACHE + MYSQL + PHP)• ACTIVE COMMUNITY• CUSTOMIZABLE USER PROFILE• FORUMS• WEBLOGS• E-MAIL NOTIFICACIONS• EVENT CALENDAR

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WHY JOOMLA?

OTHER IMPORTANT REASON• OUR EXPERIENCE USING THIS CMS IN

ANOTHER EUROPEAN PROJECTS: – EQUAL – DIME

- http://www.dime-equal.com

– VALORISATION

- http://valorisation.florida-uni.es

– ICT – SUSTOUR

- http://www.ictsustour.com

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WEBSITE DEMONSTRATION

ICT-SUSTOUR WEBSITE DEMONSTRATION

• PROJECT INFORMATION• PROJECT STAGES / PLANNIG• MEMBERS• WORKING DOCUMENTS• OUTPUTS• ACTIVITIES - MEETINGS• NEWS• LINKS• MULTILANGUAGE• USERS SEND NEWS AND LINKS• RESTRICTED ACCESS• AND MORE POSSIBILITIES….

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WEBSITE DEMONSTRATION

WE NEED YOUR COLLABORATION:

• MAIN LANGUAGE: ENGLISH• SECONDARY LANGUAGES: THE LANGUAGES OF

THE PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES• HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS:

– ALL THE REPORTS / NEWS / LINKS, ETC. MUST BE IN ENGLISH, AFTER THAT, ONE PERSON IN EACH COUNTRY WILL TRANSLATE THE CONTENT TO HIS/HER OWN LANGUAGE

– CONCERNING THE MENU STRUCTURE & OPTIONS: FLORIDA WILL SEND A LIST OF WORDS IN ORDER TO BE TRANSLATED BY YOU IN YOUR LANGUAGES AND THEN, RETURN THEM TO FLORIDA. FLORIDA’S IT TEAM WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE INSERTION OF THESE ITEMS ONTO THE WEBSITE

2. ON-LINE TRAINING PLATFORM

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ON-LINE TRAINING PLATFORM

FEATURES – SOME IDEAS

•PLATFORM TO CARRY OUT THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES

•MEETING PLACE TO SHARE INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS AND OPINIONS

•FORUMS•THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINIG ACTIVITIES WILL

BE CARRIED OUT IN ENGLISH

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CHOOSING AN ON-LINE PLATFORM

WE NEED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO OUR WEBSITE

• FREE SOFTWARE / OPEN SOURCE• STANDARD COMPLIANT METHODS (PHP, CSS, TEC..)• STABLE DATABASE (MYSQL)• LAMP SITE (LINUX + APACHE + MYSQL + PHP)• ACTIVE COMMUNITY• CUSTOMIZABLE USER PROFILE

WE USE MOODLE

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MOODLE

MODULAR OBJECT-ORIENTED DYNAMIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENTMAIN FEATURES

• FORUMS• CONTENTS MANAGING (RESOURCES)• QUIZZES WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF QUESTIONS• BLOGS• WIKIS• DATABASE ACTIVITIES SURVEYS • CHAT• GLOSSARIES• PEER ASSESSMENT• MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT

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MOODLE

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHTHE STATED PHILOSOPHY OF MOODLE INCLUDES A CONSTRUCTIVIST AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST APPROACH TO EDUCATION, EMPHASISING THAT LEARNERS (AND NO JUST TEACHERS) CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MANY WAYS

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MOODLE

MOODLE DEMOSTRATION

http://aulablog.com/

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PLANNING

WEBSITETEST FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARYOPERATIONAL FROM FEBRAURY

ON-LINE TRAINING PLATFORMTEST FROM MARCH TO JUNEOPERATIONAL FROM JULY

WE WILL TRY TO BRING THE COMPLETION DATE FORWARD

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MAILING LIST

forestur@florida-uni.es

Mailing list with all the partners

foresturcore@florida-uni.es

Mailing list with the core partners (FCVRE, Florida, Europrofessional, Pixel and CIDAf)

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DISCUSSION

WE NEED IDEAS FOR:Colours for the websiteLogoSuggestions & ideas regarding the

appearance of the website