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

1. FORESTUR WEBSITE

2 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

3 FORESTUR WEBSITE WEBSITE CONTENT:  PROJECT PRESENTATION  LINK TO THE TRAINING PLATFORM  OTHER INTERESTING LINKS

4 WEBSITE’S CONTENT PROJECT PRESENTATION This part will contain the following sections:  PARTNER’S WEBSITES (INFORMATION,...)  PROJECT STAGES (WP)  ACTIVITIES  DOCUMENTS (REPORTS,...)

5 WEBSITE’S CONTENT OTHER INTERESTING LINKS  NEWS (PRESS AND JOURNALS)  RELATED WEBSITES (OFFICIAL BODIES, AUTHORITIES, ETC.)  AVAILABLE RESOURCES  INFORMATION SOURCES

6 CHOOSING THE WEBSITE WE NEED TO CHOOSE THE ENVIRONMENT We have some requests We need to obtain some results

7 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

8 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)

9 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

10 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 NOTIFICACIONS EVENT CALENDAR

11 WHY JOOMLA? OTHER IMPORTANT REASON OUR EXPERIENCE USING THIS CMS IN ANOTHER EUROPEAN PROJECTS: – EQUAL – DIME - – VALORISATION - – ICT – SUSTOUR -

12 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….

13 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

15 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

16 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 MOODLEMOODLE

17 MOODLE MODULAR OBJECT-ORIENTED DYNAMIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MAIN FEATURES FORUMS CONTENTS MANAGING (RESOURCES) QUIZZES WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF QUESTIONS BLOGS WIKIS DATABASE ACTIVITIES SURVEYS CHAT GLOSSARIES PEER ASSESSMENT MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT

18 MOODLE PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH THE 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

19 MOODLE MOODLE DEMOSTRATION

20 PLANNING WEBSITE TEST FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY OPERATIONAL FROM FEBRAURY ON-LINE TRAINING PLATFORM TEST FROM MARCH TO JUNE OPERATIONAL FROM JULY WE WILL TRY TO BRING THE COMPLETION DATE FORWARD

21 MAILING LIST Mailing list with all the partners Mailing list with the core partners (FCVRE, Florida, Europrofessional, Pixel and CIDAf)

22 DISCUSSION WE NEED IDEAS FOR: Colours for the website Logo Suggestions & ideas regarding the appearance of the website