1. Outreach and Communication Tools
Training course: 7th – 11th November, 2011
Outreach and Communication Tools
Claudia Delgado, Training Coordinator
IOC Project Office for IODE, Oostende, Belgium

2. Outreach and Communication Tools Timetable

3. Outreach and Communication Tools Lecturers
Linda Pikula
Pauline Simpson
Roger Longhorn
Aditya Kakodkar (Project Office staff)
Mark Van Combrugge (Project Office staff)
Invited Lecturer
Dr Pamela Fletcher

4. Practical Information
Ferry boat: every 15 to 20 min
07:45 to 13:00 and 13:30 to 18:15
In case of bad weather: taxi
Fully sponsored students: hotel is paid for but no extras (telephone bills, mini-bar, pay-tv, etc). Ask for personal bill at check-out.
Payment of per diem:
Only with boarding passes and for those who have had extra costs for local tickets we need the original invoice.
Reimbursements follow the UNESCO guidelines
Monday morning [coffee-break]
Early return flights (before 10 am, saturday)
Hotel in Brussels (near airport or near railway station): use the hotel’s shuttle service to and from the airport
Check out, including luggage, from Hotel Bero on Friday morning [before coming to the PO]
Practical matters:
NO SMOKING
Water (waterfountains upstairs and downstairs);
Use the trash bins for trash [don’t leave trash randomly}; No glass in the trash bins;
Lunch and cofffee breaks downstairs: no glasses, etc can be taken up;
Respect meals schedules
toilets (upstairs and downstairs);
If you need something, please ask.

5. Practical Information
Computers:
administrator rights: installations are only allowed when requested by a lecturer;
All pc’s are protected and up to date: do not download any anti virusvirus or other software;
Whoever does install non authorised software and by doing so damages his/her computer, will have no computer;
In case there is need, course materials that are not available online on OceanTeacher Academy website will be made available at the end of the training course;
Printing possible using the printer(s) in the training room;
In case of any problem ask one of our IT staff;
Do not change any computer settings;
Do not keep and/or leave any personal files on the computers;

6. OceanTeacher website

7. How to Access OceanTeacher Courses?

8. OceanTeacher Courses

9. OceanTeacher Components (binary structure)
OceanTeacher Classroom
Courses on oceanographic data and information management.
based upon Moodle software
contains a collection of outlines, notes and links to miscellaneous documents in the Digital Library.
registration enables assistance by lecturers as well as communication with other students before, during and after the course.
OceanTeacher Digital Library
data and information management materials, including software (open source) , quality control and analysis strategies, and reference documents.
The wiki-style Digital Library is build upon the MediaWiki software.
The Ocean Teacher system is comprised of two components:
The OceanTeacher Digital Library contains a wide range of data management and information management materials, including software, quality control and analysis strategies, and reference documents. The wiki-style Digital Library is build upon the MediaWiki software
The OceanTeacher Classroom contains courses on oceanographic data and information management. The OT Classroom is based upon Moodle software and contains a collection of outlines, notes and links to miscellaneous documents in the OT Digital Library. Some Courses in the OT Classroom are available without registration whereas other courses require registering. Students participating in "live" courses organized at the IOC Project Office for IODE (or other locations) will need to register. This will enable assistance by lecturers as well as communication with other students before, during and after the course.

10. Ocean Teacher: ‘binary’ model
Classroom: Moodle
Digital Library: Mediawiki
Video contents:
Moodle is an open source course management, also known as learning managemet system
Allows creating online dynamic websites for students (both presencial and distance leraning)

11. OceanTeacher website
OceanTeacher content is freely and openly available, during and after the course
Registration is not mandatory *
OceanTeacher contents are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution
Registration and enrolling on OceanTeacher website
Go to the course webpage and
Create a New Account for yourself (Registration)
[follow the instructions carefully]
[If you have any difficulties with creating the account, for example the password change step, then please contact the system administrator for help: Mr. Adi Kakodkar at
Find the ENROLL button on the right hand menu of the course navigation, and enroll in the course. 
Once enrolled, full access to other Moodle features [eg forum, etc]

12. IODE