1. AgroLT Workshop, HAICTA’08, Athens, 19 September 2008 1 Learning Technology Standards for Agriculture and Rural Development Workshop of the HAICTA’08 conference Workshop chairs: Nikos Manouselis, Greece Gauri Salokhe, Italy Cleo Sgouropoulou, Greece Constantina Costopoulou, Greece

2. AgroLT Workshop, HAICTA’08, Athens, 19 September 2008 2 Why? interoperability – –essential to realize an open infrastructure for learning – –can put a wide diversity of tools and content in hands of learners and tutors in agricultural education – –learning technology (LT) specifications & standards not widely adopted/implemented – –important to identify, collect & report experience from large-scale implementations of LT specifications & standards in the agricultural domain

3. AgroLT Workshop, HAICTA’08, Athens, 19 September 2008 3 Who? researchers and implementers working on design & development of technology-enhanced learning systems/services – –supporting needs of agricultural and rural communities

4. AgroLT Workshop, HAICTA’08, Athens, 19 September 2008 4 Aim of session serve as a discussion forum – –present results of ongoing work – –exchange experience – –establish liaisons between groups working on related subjects overall – –outline the rich potential of the agricultural domain as an application field for LT standards

5. AgroLT Workshop, HAICTA’08, Athens, 19 September 2008 5 Outline 1 invited speaker 6 paper presentations 3 system demos