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1、Int.J.EngngEd.Vol.22,No.6,pp.1197±1210,20060949-149X/91$3.00+0.00PrintedinGreatBritain.#2006TEMPUSPublications.AVirtualCourseonAutomationofAgriculturalSystemsFRANCISCORODRIÂGUEZ,MANUELBERENGUELANDJOSEÂLUISGUZMAÂNUniversidaddeAlmerõÂa,AÂreadeIngenierõÂadeSis
2、temasyAutomaÂtica,Ctra.Sacramentos/n,04120,AlmerõÂa,Spain.Email:frrodrig@ual.esSEBASTIAÂNDORMIDOUniversidadNacionaldeEducacioÂnaDistancia,Dpto.deInformaÂticayAutomaÂtica,C/.JuandelRosal16,28040,Madrid,Spain.Newteachingmethodsandinnovativetechniqueshaverecen
3、tlyappearedthataimtoenhancestudents'motivationandimprovetheireducation.Thispaperdescribestheexperienceofdevelopingavirtualcourseonmodernautomationofagriculturalsystems.Itincludesbothclassicalteachingtoolsandnovelteachingmethods,takingadvantageofnewinformati
4、onandcommunicationtechnologies(ICT).ThecourseisbasedontheWebCTplatformandincludesinteractivetoolsandbothavirtualandaremotelaboratoryforgreenhouseclimatecontrolandfertirrigationteaching/learning.Keywords:ICT;WebCT;virtualcourse;agriculturalsystems;control;au
5、tomationINTRODUCTION(SectionVII:InformationSystems),theInterna-tionalSocietyforHorticulturalScience(WorkingAGRICULTUREhasbeenoneofthelesstechni-groupsinSensorsinHorticulture,GreenhousecallydevelopedsectorsasaresultofanumberofEnvironmentandClimateControlandM
6、odellingproblems,suchassocio-economiclimitationsPlantGrowth),theEuropeanSocietyofAgricul-(suchasdivisionofthelandintotinyfarms,littleturalEngineers(SpecialInterestgroupinAuto-capitalinvestmentandthelowvalueoftheendmation&EmergingTechnologiesandInformationpr
7、oducts),theseasonalcycleofthecropsandTechnologies)andTheSocietyofEngineeringincheaplow-skilledmanuallabour.Furthermore,itAgriculture,FoodAndBiologicalSystems(Infor-isinfluencedbythehugevarietyofcropsandmationandElectricalTechnologiesDivision).installations,
8、aswellasbyadverseandvariableMoreover,asocietydevotedexclusivelytotheorographicalandmeteorologicalconditions.applicationofthenewtechnologiesinagricultureNevertheless,thedevelopmentofutensils,toolswasfou
