Contribution for Rural Development through Training in Organic Farming

• Autor(a) principal: Guiné, Raquel
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Costa, Daniela, Correia, Paula, Castro, Moisés, Guerra, Luís, Costa, Cristina Amaro Da
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/2946
• topic: Mobile learning; organic farming; rural development; survey

The aim of this work was to characterize a potential target group of people interested in participating into a training program in organic farming in the context of mobile-learning. The information sought addressed in particular, but not exclusively, possible contents, formats and forms of evaluation that will contribute to define the course objectives and curriculum, as well as to ensure that the course meets the needs of the learners and their preferences. The sample was selected among different European countries. The questionnaires were delivered electronically for answering on-line and in the end 135 consented valid questionnaires were obtained. The results allowed characterizing the target group and identifying their training needs and preferences towards m- learning formats, giving valuable tools to design the training offer