KeyToNature Workshop: New approach in nature education

Tartu, 2009-09-29

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K2N Interim workshop (2009-09-29) is followed by the 2nd Annual Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting and the 2nd Project Review performed by the EU external reviewers.

1 TARGET AUDIENCES

The interim workshop "New approach in nature education" is a public educational one-day event open to any interested party, stakeholder, education professional, nature conservation professional and amateur. K2N Consortium members are strongly expected to participate in the morning session (working language: English) while afternoon session is mainly targeted on the local related public (working language: Estonian). A new interactive tool, eFlora of Estonia which is currently under construction in dense cooperation with the University of Trieste, University of Tartu and Estonian University of Life Sciences will be officially presented.

The KeyToNature Annual Meeting and the EU Technical Review Meeting is a 3-days meeting restricted solely to the Consortium participants and delegates, the European Commission Project Officer, the two selected EU Technical Reviewers and any keynote speaker/expert invited by the Project Steering Committee (if appropriate).

3 DETAILED AGENDA

MORNING SESSION (in English, moderated by Christian Kittl, Evolaris Next Level, Austria)
10.00–10.30 Registration
10.30–10.40 Official opening – Prof. Peeter BURK (University of Tartu, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology)
10.40–10.50 Raymond HUDSON (EC, Luxembourg) Message from the European Commission
10.50–11.10 Prof. Pier Luigi NIMIS (University of Trieste, Italy) "KeyToNature: new e-ways to discover biodiversity"
11.10–11.30 Marina FERRER (Botanical Garden of Madrid, Sain) “Interactive tools based on Flora Iberica”
11.30–12.00 Bob PRESS (Natural History Museum London , Great Britain) “Tools from the Natural History Museum”
12.00–12.30 Coffee break
12.30–12.50 Stefano MARTELLOS (University of Trieste, Italy) "Digital identification keys and user-generated content"
12.50–13.10 Sonia HETZNER (Friedrich Alexander University FIM Neues Lernen, Germany) & Tiina RANDLANE (University of Tartu, Estonia) “Feedback from the users of KeyTo Nature tools”
13.10–15.00 Lunch - for K2N partners in Cafe-bar "Neljas Aste" Lossi Street 17

AFTERNOON SESSION (in Estonian, moderated by Prof. Kalevi Kull, University of Tartu)
15.00–15.30 Margus PEDASTE (University of Tartu, Pedagogicum) "Learning in digital era"
15.30–15.50 Tiina RANDLANE (University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences) "A survey of KeyToNature interactive keys in Estonian"
15.50–16.10 Feedback from local teachers
16.10–16.30 Coffee break
16.30–16.45 OFFICIAL PRESENTATION OF eFLORA OF ESTONIA
16.45–17.05 Andres SAAG (University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences) "Practical guidelines for using eFlora of Estonia"
17.05–17.20 Malle LEHT (Estonian University of Earth Sciences) "Do the identification keys waiste information?"
17.20–18.00 Celebration

4 VENUE INFORMATION

Interim workshop on 29 September 2009 will take place in the White Hall of the Museum of Tartu University History (Lossi 25, Tartu). Additional information about the Museum: http://www.ut.ee/ajaloomuuseum/museum.html

5 CONTACT AND FURTHER INFORMATION

Dr. Tiina Randlane
Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences
University of Tartu
Lai Street 38 TARTU 51005
Estonia
tiina.randlane@ut.ee
+372 7 376 232 (office), +372 5295 135 (mobile)