Abstract:

The agrifood industry is one of the most economically relevant sectors. The Universitat Jaume I (UJI) of Castellón, Spain, is teaching the Bachelor’s Degree of Agrifood Engineering. The degree's aim is to equip students with the advanced knowledge, skills, and expertise to undertake technical and pro-duction management roles in the globally important agrifood sector. Ten professional profiles can be established for graduates in this degree. They range from those merely related to production to others involving information management, the environment and territorial organisation.

The degree is composed by different courses. One of them is the computer science course. It ad-dresses the necessary basic knowledge and competencies to produce graduate with the expertise and competencies required to select, deploy, control and manage computer technology and data in the agrifood sector.

The aim of this paper is to show the methodology and learning solutions used to teach the students how to use the information and communication technologies to improve competitiveness, productivity and sustainability in the agrofood sector. Paper shows the course objectives, the target competencies, the course contents, the assessments, and how the technology resources for e-learning are used to teach the subject.

Keywords:

Information and communication technologies, Methodology and learning solutions, Agrifood Engineering, Curriculum Design.