Virtual Academy developments in GIS Bela Markus Department of Geoinformatics US CSLM Hungary Bela Markus Department of Geoinformatics US CSLM Hungary

Contents Needs 4 OLLO 4 DLG 4 PRONET 4 UNIPHORM 4 Approaches 4 Experiences 4 Conclusions 4 Invitation FIG Commission 3 - Annual Meeting & Seminar October 1999, Budapest, Hungary 2nd European GIS Education Seminar September 2000, Budapest, Hungary

GIx DATA REAL WORLD INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE DECISION GIScience GIServices GIEngineering GIManagement

Problems CRITICAL MASS

Target

Tailor made CPD

Alone?

Projects in co-operation

UNIGIS

MoARD DLM - STRATEGY DATA WAREHOUSE LAND INFORMATION SERVICES SELF SUPPORTING IMAGE GLOBALIZATION

Open Learning for Land Offices

OLLO partners HUNGARY - CSLM, DLM, UV UK - UeL BELGIUM - KUL

Quality assurance

OLLO - Flexible learning 4 INDIVIDUAL COURSES 4 SPECIALISATIONS 4 OLLO INTRODUCTORY … BSc 4 OLLO - CONTINUING COURSE 4 OLLO MSc - TUB

IT changes in land Offices Intranet Internet

E-commerce

ALUMNI forum

OLLO NK - an OLLO by-product 4 EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL CADASTRE PROGRAM

Dissemination

IN CO-OPERATION WITH 4 ITC, ENSCHEDE, NL 4 TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BUDAPEST 4 EOTVOS LORAND UNIVERSITY 4 GEOMETRIA SYSTEMS HOUSE DLG - course for DB developers

INCO COPERNICUS

PRONET partners NETHERLANDS GREECE POLAND SLOVENIA

PRONET CCE

UNIPHORM - Project Goals 4 To produce web-based distance learning Service for OpenGIS Training for Professional Technical Personnel

Target 4 public administration (local governments, utilities etc.), 4 regional planning, decision makers, 4 GIS companies

UNIPHORM characteristics  a web based service for delivery of materials, student support and interaction, based on latest web technology  dissemination of best practice and a forum for students, academics, vendors  a continuous professional development programme  multi-lingual presentation and support  conformance with EU data standards  links to established EU projects

UNIPHORM Partners

Competitive Analysis 4 Strengths  UNIGIS network - virtual university in distance education in GIS  GISIG - WELL GIS, BEST GIS  network of PHARE Study Centres 4 Weaknesses  differences between countries in use of GI  conflicts of interests between developers and providers

Course Description 4 ideas of Open Systems and interoperability 4 providing the ability to navigate the world of Geographic Information, to understand the complex information about Open GIS 4 the skills to use Open GIS software, specifically Geomedia and Sirius 7 which are provided with the course 4 background concepts and knowledge on the technical issues surrounding Open GIS, such as spatial referencing, metadata, standards and databases 4 case studies developed in H and RO around real data sets and real applications

Technology New technology is used 4 Microsoft PowerPoint 4 Mindman 4 HTML

Presentation in HTML 4 PowerPoint and Word are used to provide both lecture materials and class notes 4 The level consists of a slide or screen, typically with some text and a small number of bullet points, together with notes and the associated resources

Organization of learning materials

Resources 4 Resources are files accessible through hyperlinks from the branches of the mindmap, held locally or on the web.

Delivery 4 Course delivery will be by a number of mechanisms which will be complementary. 4 The main materials will be delivered by paper based modules which will include notes on each of the course topics and a number of literature resources. This will be supplemented by digital resources available on CD and over the WWW. 4 The course length is 8-18 weeks started with an introductory workshop, followed by an equivalent of 100-hour distance learning, finished by a 4-day training

CD

Glossary

PRONET CCE - QUIZ

Knowledge Pool

Adapted from Paul Barnan’s initial design of the Internet (Source: “Where Wizards Stay Up Late”) Central Decentralized Networked DE Study Centre Generations

Partnership in Europe

Partnership in Hungary EDUCATION RESEARCH APPLICATION

Conclusions 4 The basic principles are communication, cooperation and coordination between teachers, trainers, industry and students. 4 Open distance education is more appropriate than traditional approaches. 4 Distance education is always a team effort to which the actors are to be trained. 4 The management should build many feedbacks into the couseware development project life-cycle. 4 The most important factors in course delivery are openness and flexibility. 4 There is an urgent need for credit transfer system.

Invitation FIG Commission 3 Annual Meeting & Seminar October 1999, Budapest, Hungary 2nd European GIS Education Seminar 7-10 September 2000, Budapest, Hungary