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Valero, CCorresponding AuthorKrus, AAuthorBarreiro, PAuthorDiezma, BAuthorGarrido-Izard, MAuthorHernandez, NAuthorCorrea, E CAuthorRamirez, J JAuthorMunoz, BAuthorMoya, AAuthorLleo, LAuthor

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October 24, 2022
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Teaching precision farming and entrepreneurship for European students: Sparkle online course

Publicated to: PRECISION AGRICULTURE'21. 811-817 - 2021-01-01 (), DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-916-9_97

Authors:

Valero, C; Krus, A; Barreiro, P; Diezma, B; Garrido-Izard, M; Hernandez, N; Moreda, G; Correa, E C; Ramirez, J J; Munoz, B; Moya, A; Lleo, L; Marques Da Silva, J R; Correia, M; Goncalves, A C; Sousa, A; Baptista, F; Serrano, J; Silva, L L; Fitas da Cruz, V; Ribeiro, A; Karouta, J; Andujar, D; Bengochea-Guevara, J M; Guadagni, A; Pascucci, U; Perez-Ruiz, M; Martinez, J; Diaz, M; Vieri, M; De Pascale, V; Lombardo, S; Sarri, D; Lisci, R; Bournaris, T; Loizou, E; Nastis, S; Partalidou, M; Lazaridou, D; Paltaki, A; Michailidis, A; Apreda, R; Gabelloni, D; Brugnoli, D; Coimbra, J; Tome, N; Puleo, F; Pulignani, G
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Affiliations

AgroSAP, C Diseno 8, Seville 41927, Spain - Author
Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Dept Agr Econ, Univ Campus, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece - Author
CSIC UPM, Ctr Automat & Robot, Madrid 28500, Spain - Author
ErreQuadro Srl, Pisa, Italy - Author
Marchessi Mazzei, Castellina In Chianti, SI, Italy - Author
Quinta Cholda, Azinhaga, Portugal - Author
Univ Evora, MED Mediterranean Inst Agr Environm & Dev, Evora, Portugal - Author
Univ Firenze, Dept Agr Food Environm & Forest, Piazzale Cascine 15, I-50144 Florence, Italy - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSIAAB, LPF TRAGRALIA, Av Pta Hierro 2, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
ValueDo Srl, Via Filippo Corridoni 91, I-50134 Florence, Italy - Author
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Abstract

Within the framework of the European project named 'SPARKLE, an online course was created after studying educational needs on precision agriculture (PA), state of the art of technologies and a prospective study of the commercial sector. Five educational and research institutions, high-tech farms and enterprises specializing in technology transfer created the syllabus of the course and the platform contents. The course was designed to provide 30 h of student dedication, via online presentations, documents and videos for each topic. A free pilot course started in April 2020 and 385 students from Italy, Portugal, Greece & Spain enrolled. To trace performance and acquisition of competences, questionnaires were completed by students for each topic and a final overall test. Students' opinions about the course were also registered using anonymous polls, and results evaluated, to be able to enhance the Sparkle course for subsequent editions. Students also took part in a business model competition, to solve real challenges proposed by farms, related to the use of these technologies.
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Keywords

CompetencesE-learningEducationFree course

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From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 2.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Greece; Italy; Portugal.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (VALERO UBIERNA, CONSTANTINO) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been VALERO UBIERNA, CONSTANTINO.

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Awards linked to the item

This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union: SPARKLE is a Knowledge Alliance Project (588241-EPP-1-2017-1-IT-EPPKA2-KA)
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