Needs analysis and user profiles: Spain

Needs analysis and user profiles: Spain Contact: mbarajas@ub.edu

Profile of users: Rural Multigrade Teachers Like to use the computer and the Internet for: Communication Finding information Learning at home Creating their own content • Prefer to study at home or at work • Interested in training in all subjects except business classes • Interested in collaborative learning in open communities • Dislike the idea of learning without instructors and technology • Negative answer to using mobile Internet devices • Not interested in material or supervisions in English General opinion is that the Internet is very important for almost all aspects: to fulfil learning and education needs, for the daily life of the community, for the promotion of their culture, language and tourism in their region, etc. A greater presence of computers and the Internet would improve students’ results and motivation, and would also increase the communities’ informal learning.

Profile of users: Rural Multigrade Teachers Technologies used: Internet and mobile phone, Learning methodologies used: self-learning and self-training, especially via Internet Users’ ICT perception Facilitator of the work with heterogeneous groups Possibility for play-oriented learning Shortage of infrastructures Users’ educational goals: Improve and deepen in the use of educational software Learn how to use applications that let them create content according to needs Create didactic resources using ICT Work in a cooperative way Community’s education and learning needs: ICT training courses for all levels and age groups Better seizing on leisure time through collaboration networks and others

ZER Baridà-Batllia (Catalunya) Net of rural schools that take part in Rural Wings

A Coruña (in Galician A Coruña, in Spanish La Coruña, historically in English Corunna) is a province of extreme northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the province of Lugo to the east and Pontevedra to the south, and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Bay of Biscay to the north. The province's population was 1,126,064 in 2002. It has an area of 7,876 km². The population density is approximately 142.97/km². Its capital is the city of A Coruña, which contains slightly more than one-fifth (243,349) of the population of the province. Other major cities in the province include the capital of the autonomous community, Santiago de Compostela, with a population 92,919, and Ferrol, population 77,859. Santiago de Compostela (2004 pop. 92,298) is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia. The city's cathedral is the destination of the important medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St James (in Spanish the Camino de Santiago), which is still walked today. The prevailing wind from the Atlantic and the surrounding mountains combine to give Santiago some of Europe's highest rainfall: about 66 inches annually.

TEO The municipality of Teo has 14,071 inhabitants spread in sixteen different villages and hamlets. It is located very near to Santiago de Compostela, between the villages of Padrón and Vedra along the river Ulla. Its main economic activity is agriculture. The landscape along the river Ulla is very characteristic. It is a typical rural Galician area comprised of great pines and oaks. The main crops in the area are corn and vines. In fact, the Ribeiro denomination of wines comes from the vines planted in the riverside of the Rio Ulla. Another characteristic crop of the area is the famous Pimientos de Padrón (Padron peppers), also subjected to a quality mark. Scattered through the area we can see beautiful Pazos, typical Galician manor houses, and Orreos, classical constructions for storing the grain and food.

Cerdanya is a comarca (county) in the north of Catalonia in the central part of the Pyrenees mountains, bordering with Andorra and France. It’s main economic activities are stockbreeding and mountain sports turism (hicking, skiing, climbing…) Prats i Sansor (1,124 m.) is a municipality with 180 inhabitants with an area of 6 km2. It is divided in two villages: Capdevila and El Barri. It is the smallest municipality in the county. It spreads along the left side of the river Segre, between the villages of Bellver and Alp. Catalonia The Autonomous Community of Catalonia, known informally as Catalonia, is today one of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Its territory corresponds to most of the historic territory of the former Principality of Catalonia. The autonomous community of Catalonia covers an area of 31,950 km² with an official population of 6.8 million (2004). Immigrants represent 6.8% of the total population.

Muñás Muñás is a parish of the municipality of Valdés with an area of 29.18 km2. It has 602 inhabitants, 254 of them living in the village. The population density of the parish is 20.6 inhabitants per km2. Muñás is 23,5 km away from Luarca. Valdés Valdés is a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. The total population of the municipality is 16,073 inhabitants with a density of 45.4 inhabitants per km2. They are distributed in 15 parishes scattered in an area of 351 km2. Asturias The Principality of Asturias (Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies or Asturies) is an autonomous community within the kingdom of Spain. It is situated on the north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea (Mar Cantábrico, the Spanish name for the Bay of Biscay)

Pas Miera Luena Situated in the foothills of the Escudo pass, this mountainous area rises to altitudes above 1,000 metres and provides incredible panoramic views. Luena is bathed by the waters of La Magdalena, a tributary of the river Pas, and is adjacent to the province of Burgos. The landscape is covered in grassy meadows which are the mainstay of the area's main economic activity: stockbreeding. Cantabria Cantabria, in the north of Spain, covers an area of 5,289 square kilometres between the mountains of the Cordillera Cantabrica and the Cantabrian Sea.Its boundaries are defined by: the Cantabrian Sea in the north, the Principality of Asturias in the west, Palencia and Burgos (Castilla And León) in the south and Vizcaya (part of the self-governing region of the Basque Country) in the east.

Ariño Ariño is a municipality located in the comarca of Andorra, Teruel province. It is situated in the confluence of the rivers Martín and Escuriza, at the foot of Sierra de Arcos. It comprises an area of 82.10 km2 with a population of 976 inhabitants. Besides the main village (900 inhabitants) there is a small miners village near the road. Mining activity is very important while agricultural activity is reduced to olive tree crops. Teruel Teruel (Aragonese: Tergüel) is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Aragon. It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Zaragoza. The capital is Teruel. The area of the province is 14,809 km². Its population is 138,686 (2003), of whom about a quarter live in the capital, and its population density is 9.36/km². It contains 236 municipalities, of which more than half are villages of under 200 people. Aragon (Spanish and Aragonese: Aragón; Catalan: Aragó) is an autonomous community of north-eastern Spain. Its official name in Spanish is the "Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón." It has an area of 47,719 km² with a population of 1,217,514 (2003).

Alt Penedès is a comarca (county) in Catalonia that comprises 27 municipalities. Its capital is Vilafranca del Penedès (pop. 33,381) Castellet i La Gornal (pop. 1,562) is a municipality of this county. Nine villages and three residence areas form the municipality in an extension of 46.84 km2. The artificial lake of Foix, located in the centre of the municipality, allows the creation of a singular environment with characteristic fauna and flora. Catalonia The Autonomous Community of Catalonia, known informally as Catalonia, is today one of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Its territory corresponds to most of the historic territory of the former Principality of Catalonia. The autonomous community of Catalonia covers an area of 31,950 km² with an official population of 6.8 million (2004). Immigrants represent 6.8% of the total population.

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Needs analysis and user profiles: Spain