SMARTfarm learning hub : next generation technologies for agricultural education : final report.
In 2015–2016 there were 282,000 people employed in agriculture in Australia (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences [ABARES], 2017). Despite the recognition that the modern agricultural industry is complex and demanding, it still has one of the lowest proportion of wor...
| Institutions: | University of New England University of Tasmania Central Queensland University University of Sydney University of Southern Queensland University of Melbourne New Mexico State University |
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Australia. Dept of Education and Training (DET)
2019
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| Accés en línia: | https://ltr.edu.au/resources/ID15-4805_Gregory_FinalReport_2018_Copyedited_GF_14_March_2019_FINAL.pdf |
| Sumari: | In 2015–2016 there were 282,000 people employed in agriculture in Australia (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences [ABARES], 2017). Despite the recognition that the modern agricultural industry is complex and demanding, it still has one of the lowest proportion of workers with post-secondary qualifications across the economy (Senate Standing Committees on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2012). The SmartFarm Learning Hub project aimed to increase the employability of tertiary agricultural students by preparing them with the skills and knowledge for a successful career in an increasingly complex and highly technical industry. The SmartFarm Learning Hub is a collaboration between seven universities, both within Australia and the USA, namely the University of New England, University of Tasmania, Central Queensland University, University of Southern Queensland, The University of Melbourne, The University of Sydney, and New Mexico State University. Each of the partner universities has a SmartFarm with a diverse range of enterprises and environmental conditions represented, from the highly productive dairy systems in Tasmania to tropical beef production in Central Queensland and the arid rangelands of New Mexico (Trotter et al., 2016). Each university produced a learning module focused on inputting authentic farm data into an RITLS, which has been uploaded onto the project’s website, enabling students across the world to access and analyse data and outline the subsequent management decisions they would make to increase on-farm profitability, productivity, and sustainability. [Executive summary, ed] |
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| ISBN: | 9781760517427 (PDF) 9781760517410 (print ed) 9781760517434 (DOCX) 9781760517427 (PDF) 9781760517410 (print ed) 9781760517434 (DOCX) |
