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  • General Information and Announcement

    Course name: “ICT tools for Smart Indoor Farming” (2 ECTS)." Intensive teaching.

    Teaching will be held onsite in Otaniemi Campus of Aalto University on week #24 (10-14 June 2024). Language of instruction will be English. Content will be lectured in an intensive fashion, covering four hours of lectures per day, from 14:00 to 18:00 hs in Finland (8:00-13:00 in Argentina). Group work will be held in the mornings, from 9:00 to 12:30 hs in Finland (no group work in Argentina). 

    First teaching session on Mon. 10.6.2024 at 9:00 am Finland (onsite) - 8:00 am Argentina (remotely)

    Teaching Activities: Lectures (20 hours); Group work (12 hours); Learning diaries (14 hours); Quizzes (8 hours).

    Assessment: Quizzes, Learning diaries, and Group Work presentations. 

    Grading scale: Pass/Fail.

    Responsible teachers (Aalto University, Finland):

    • Dr. Alexis Dowhuszko (alexis.dowhuszko@aalto.fi)
    • Prof. Risto Wichman (risto.wichman@aalto.fi)
    • Dr. Polina Ovsiannikova (polina.ovsiannikova@aalto.fi)

    Responsible teachers (National University of Cordoba, Argentina):

    • Prof. Maria Cecilia Valentinuzzi (mcvalentinuzzi@agro.unc.edu.ar)
    • Prof. Horacio Mendoza (horacio.mendoza@unc.edu.ar)
    • Prof. Sandra Kopp (sankopp@agro.unc.edu.ar)

    Mandatory course program (ALL participants Argentina & Finland)

    Course program (morning)

    Teaching modules

    Three discussion panels with international experts (hybrid participation)

    Optional course program (remote participants Argentina & Finland)

    Course program morning (onsite Finland).-

    This course takes part under the scope of the CITY-FARM project (No. 13/116/2022), which received funding from the Team Finland Knowledge (TFK) program of the Finnish National Agency for Education (FINE), aiming at strengthening collaboration in education between Finland and Latin American countries.