Transcript Collaborative Working in UK Learning and Teaching Projects

Geo-spatial and Visualisation
L&T materials the e-MapScholar project
Barbara Morris
BCS 2002
University of Portsmouth
Project Aims and Duration
• e-MapScholar aims to produce a range of materials that
encourage and support the use of spatial data, including the
digital map data available from EDINA Digimap, in learning and
teaching
• These materials are:
– Teaching Case Studies
– Online learning materials
– Virtual Placement
• Duration of e-MapScholar: January 2001 to April 2003
The EDINA Digimap service
• Digimap is a web-based mapping service, offering access to
Ordnance Survey digital map data
• National service, serving 72 HE institutions
• Digimap offers an easy-to-use, map-based interface, allowing:
– creation of maps on-screen
– printing of high quality maps
– downloading of digital map data for use in GIS or graphics
packages
– advanced cartographic services e.g. combining of datasets,
changing scale
e-MapScholar - collaborative project
• Funded by JISC
• Led by EDINA
• Associate Partners: Dept of Geography, University of Edinburgh;
Dept of Geomatics, University of Newcastle; Institute of
Educational Technology, Open University
• Advisors and Associates from: LTSN Subject Centres GEES
and Built Environment; LTU at University of Aberdeen; Dept of
Information Science at City University; Netskills at University of
Newcastle; and Ordnance Survey
• Teaching colleagues from around the UK have been funded to
write case studies and online materials
e-MapScholar will provide ...
• A range of Teaching Case Studies in various subject disciplines
• Online learning materials in Working with Digital Map Data,
Integrating Spatial Data and Data Visualisation
• Online materials include interactive tools for use by students to
illustrate key concepts and perform some basic analytical tasks
• Managed via a Content Management System that allows
lecturers to customise materials through provision of discipline
and place specific examples
• Virtual Placement - subject of which is a wind farm development
in Wales
Current Status of Project
• A number of case studies to be released for general use soon
• Others to be added up to end of project
• Beta testing of online learning materials starts
November/December in 3/4 trial sites
• Beta testing of content management system to take place
January in 3/4 trial sites
• Virtual placement currently being trialled - more content to be
added
• Release of all project outputs to community May 2003
Teaching Case Studies ...
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Materials given to the class
Descriptions
Pedagogical details
Technical and support requirements
Evaluations by students and staff where possible
Reflection by author
10 funded by JISC
Further number funded by OS
In a variety of subject disciplines
Customisable online learning materials
 Learning materials are being developed as “learning objects”, at
unit and resource level
 A core set of units is being authored which teaching staff can
customise
 Teaching staff will be able to build learning resources for their
students from these learning units
 Teaching staff will be able to publish their customised units for
use by the community
Customisable tools
 Learning units contain interactive tools which are generic and
can be used in different learning materials
 Tools, and the content they display, are customisable by
teaching staff
 Tools and learning materials access maps and data from the
EDINA Digimap service in real-time
Other features
 Learning resources include self-assessment exercises
 The self-assessment exercises are customisable
 A glossary of commonly used words and phrases will be
accessible at any point
 Based around the IMS Learning Resource Meta-data
Information Model
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Learning Content Management System
 Manages the learning units and resources
 Enables the construction of customised learning units
and resources
 Allows the lecturer to publish his/her customised units
and resources to the community if s/he wishes
 Will provide search facilities
for the units and resources
at unit and resource level,
and also within the units and
resources themselves
Virtual Placement
• Innovative tool to support learning about real-world application
of digital geographic information in a work-place context
• First cut now developed - to be supplemented
• Available at end of project
• Subject is visual impact of wind turbines at Nant Carfan
development in Wales