eLearning Africa

Karel Charvat Czech Centre for Science and Society , Prague, Czech Republic NATURNET T HE W AY OF E DUCATION TO S USTAINABLE D EVELOPMENT

NaturNet plus

NaturNet plus transfers this methods and knowledge of NaturNet Redime to European regions and enterprises trough network of organizations in Europe dealing with Environmental Education (Czech Centre for Science and Society, Videsprojekti, Ligatne, REC Bulgaria, REC Romania, AliTerme, Srpa) .
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NaturNet plus components
NaturNet Portal as common workspace based on Web 2.0 components
NaturNet content
NaturNet best practices

NaturNet portal
NNR data server - open source solution
Search services
MapServer configuration tool
Geo-visualisation modules and interfaces
Web processing services - data analysis
eLearning platform
Wiki

28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference Web Portal - Components
Virtual Datapool
OGC based data server network (WMS/WFS)
NNR Data Server
Ext. Data Servers
Search Services
spatial
non spatial
Qualitative Reasoning Modelling eLearning Tools ILIAS/Moodle eXe Web Processing Services W e b C l i e n t s Map Config Search Services 2D Vis 3D Vis
Visualisation Moduls
2D / 3D
eLearning Client ILIAS/Moodle

28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference Web Portal – MapServer
Functionalities
MapServer configuration tool
Definition of map projects for data access and visualisation
Creation of web specific and individual data profiles for mobile applications
Flexible configuration of data profiles for the defined NaturNet themes

28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference Web Portal – Search Services Enabling spatial and non spatial search within defined NaturNet themes
Functionalities
Meta-data search (MICKA) Spatial and non Spatial search
Thesaurus
Catalogue

28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference Web Portal – Geo-Visualisation Visualisation of information in their spatial context using 2D and 3D techniques
Functionalities
Webmap-server based 2D visualisation - Based on open source WebGIS solution
Shockwave 3D-visualisation - Client based 3D-solution - Theme based GUI - Easy adaption to other themes due the usage of WMS interfaces
Interface to public platforms  Google Maps and Google Earth

28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference Web Portal – eLearning
E-learning modules:
Moodle/ - eLearning platform - Learning Management System (LMS)
eXe - lecture editor - Offline editor, user friendly interface - Integration of text, images, flash movies, videos - Multiple choice test, etc - Integration of NNR tools and multimedia content

28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference Mobile Application (I) Server Side Multimedia Content Web Feature Service Web Map Service Package Generator M-Learn ProjectConfig Internet Portal Internet 3. Data on demand (online scenario) 1. Download PDA App. (without data ) 2. Download Data Package for a specific m-learn project (slim package for online usage, big for offline usage)

New version of portal 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

BizBiz
BizBiz is a e-presentation and e-learning tool which provides
video tutoring,
synchronized slide presentation
web page demonstration,
whiteboard,
chat and other functionality.
This presentation will show you how to use it.
28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Requirments
To run BizBiz e-learning software following requirements need to be met
Modern Internet browser Firefox 2, Opera 8, IE 7, Chrome
Adobe flash player version 9 for video
Java runtime for lecturer to capture screen
Broadband internet connection
Screen resolution at least 1024x800 (1200x800 recomended)

Login
In the first page you have 3 choices
Register, if you don't have an account yet
Login with your existing account
Enter as a guest with a random nickname (guest_123 for example)

Lobby After log i n, you will be welcomed with a ”Lobby” screen which is the starting point in your quest for education. You can filter the lectures by dif f erent parameters ... By date when it happened or is planned to happen By date when it happened or is planned to happen By category subjects of Library of C ongress Tags given by the lecturer Status L ist of lectures is t he main element of the page Let u s create a new lecture... 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Lecture editor – basic information
LUMII
This screen is shown when you create a new lecture or edit an existing one. It is available for the lecturer (creator) and everyone to whom the permissions are given by the lecturer When you create a new lecture, at the start only Basic Information tab is available. To announce a lecture and to enable the other tabs, fill in the basic information and click Save. You can choose between 3 access modes: Public, with password, with invitation 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Lecture editor – additional info.
LUMII
These keywords are used to filter lectures in the ”Lobby” screen By checking this, each video broadcast will be recorded when it starts, without manually having to push the record button. You can override it later. Add corresponding categories to the lecture for filtering and meta data generation purposes. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Lecture editor – glossary
LUMII
You can add terms which have a need of deeper explanation in the glossary section 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Lecture editor – slides
LUMII
Presentation slide can be any image file, which the browser can display, and also a webpage. You can uppload many files at once, by using multiple file select with CTRL or SHIFT keys Slide order and composition can be changed. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Lecture editor – meta data
LUMII
Every lecture gets some meta data generated, which describe the contents and format of it. More meta data and languages can be specified manually. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Start lecture When the lecture is created, it is displayed in the ”Lobby” screen When you click on a lecture , a menu is shown based on your permissions (creator, guest) To allow others to participate (Enter) in a lecture, the lecturer has to start it first. Let u s do it... 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Overview of the main screen Presentation section, which consists of .. Main screen is the place where the lecture takes place. Its main blocks are ... Slide list Slide control and drawing tools Slide which is an image or an embedded webpage Video window Lecture control and chat You can exit b y going to lobby 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Slide tools In this slide presentation tools will be demonstrated to you. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Live sharing of lecturer's screen When a lecture has slides which are webpages that need to be shared between lecture participants, BizBiz provides a live sharing pos s ibility by capturing and transmitting screenshots. To activate screen capturing press ”Capture Screen”. Java runtime needs to be present and enabled on the lecturers computer. If asked to confirm security certificates, answer with ”Yes”. A window is displayed where you can set screen capture area and control capture status. It also shows how many data has allready been sent to the server in the form of images. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Live sharing of lecturer's screen You have to specify which area of the screen you want to capture. To do this click ”Select rectangle” In the opened window drag the mouse over the screenshot to move the black rectangle directly over the area that you want to share with others (probably slide section with a webpage) When the rectangle is in the right position close area selection window , leave ” Screen capture controller” window in background and continue with your presentation 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Webpage demonstration You can show webpages to lecture participants using BizBiz live sharing. When browsing the embedded Webpage, the drawing layer must be hidden Drawing tools automatically toggle drawing layer You can save final drawing together with the background page by making a screenshot Screenshot can be added to the slide list and also to the file list for later download. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

File sharing To upload files to the lecture click ”Upload” and choose at least one file. Then confirm the selection. To add descriptions for the files just edit the table cell by clicking in it and inputing some text 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Glossary
LUMII
You can add terms which have a need of deeper explanation in the glossary section by clicking the + icon. Then just fill the table cells 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Information about lecturer In the ”Lecturers” section you can see information about authors which was added in Lecture editor window, when creating the lecture. There can be more than one lecturer. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Chat
By default everybody can write messages in the chat.
Just write some text in the little input window and press ENTER
You can add a red background to your message by selecting ”Urgent” option

Permission setting
The l ecturer or any other person who has the right to ”Set permissions” can allow or deny doing certain things to other members of the lecture.
To do this click on the username in the M embers section . A specific action from the list can be either allowed or denied , for example, ”Broadcast video”. Allowed actions are displayed in bold.
Members who are bold by green are online , but those who are not - offline. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Asking for speech permissions Students can ask for permission to speak when they want to ask a question to the lecturer and want to be recorded for everybody else to be seen. Meanwhile the lecturer is noti fied about someone asking a question in the ”Questions” section. He has three choices: g rant permission to broadcast the video and sound, deny it, or ignore the query. If a permission to speak was granted , then the clock turns into a positive icon, and the video and audio broadcasting process is started (if need be, with some security confirmation from the webcam software) To do this they need to anounce their question by clicking the ”Question” button. After this a clock is displayed to indicate that the lecturer is deciding about this issue. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

End of lecture After a lecture has ended, to make shure none enters it again the lecturer has to end it by clicking ”End” in the lecture control menu in ”Lobby”. When the lecture is over, in order to guarantee that nobody enters it once again, the lecturer can do some preperations (cutting, shortening), to make the lecture ready for archive. Then e verybody can then replay the lecture. Let us click ”Replay”... 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

Lecture replay A player is shown which plays all the events (video, slide transitions, drawings, chat) in the same order and timing as they happened in the real lecture. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference BizBiz e-learning software

NaturNet content
Sustainable development policy consequences
iEIA
OpenStreetMap
Rural tourism

3 Pillars Concept of SD After Nuttle, T., Salles, P., Bredeweg, B., 2005 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

5 Dimensions Concept 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference Technological Dimension PKA Barz (after J.H. Spangenberg, 2002)

Continual Improvement As A Process Of Sustainable Development SD Process 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Health, Climate Change Damages & Thresholds (biophysical and sustainability) Targets Human activity Prevention, Adaptation Strategies: Policies & measures: economic instruments, technologies, Land use *Scenarios * Externalities *Cost-effectiveness analysis *Cost-benefit analysis Innovation & implementation Governance Structuring the Sustainable Development strategy 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT INNOVATIVE METHODS and TOOLS • Integrated framework of an. (Env., Econ., Social) • Micro, macro • Global regional local • Foresight • Participatory methods Capacity building EXTERNALITIES THRESHOLDS of SUSTAINABILITY MULTIFUNCTIONALITIES S.D. STRATEGY TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS POLICIES and MEASURES - Environment technologies - Economic Instruments - Land-use practices Governance 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Sustainability Impact Assessment
* A major “grip” for the EU Sustainable Development Strategy
* Applied at the beginning of the policy definition, specially to all major policies.
* “Member States should carry out impact assessments where they use the right of initiative for new legislation. They should also be encouraged to define standards for consultation and impact assessment”
* A driving force for the Sustainability research

European needs and P olicy Framework 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference Assessing impacts of policy on regional development Policy framework Tools needed for Land cover assessment, Land cover change ESDP, ESPON European Needs Strategy on integrated coastal zone management ICZM Land cover change along coastal zones Strategic environ. assessment of transport networks Transport Policy Pressure on protected Areas , Fragmentation of habitats Implementation of the biodiversity convention UNCBD Land use change, habitat fragmentation , pressure on designated areas

Concept 28th May, 2010
Based on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)  impact rating for ecosystem stability and changes to nature's services
Decision-makers consider environmental impacts before deciding whether to proceed with new projects
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Concept
NNR goes beyond EIA and introduces a tool that not only looks at the environmental - but also at the economic and social impacts = integrated EIA

NNR tools eXe offline lecture editor Thesaurus Catalogue Service Data Management Schockwave 3D UMN Mapserver Mobile device WPS HTML-Web Site SCORM 1.2 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

28th May, 2010 iEIA Introduction The Sustainability Parameters Definition of the parameter, Functions of the parameter, Direct Impacts, Indirect Impacts, Legislation, Current Issues Find and Manage Information Search for Information using MICKA Refine the Search with Thesaurus Data Acquisition/Verification (Mobile Component) Data Management with MapMan Create GIS Projects with MapMan Didactic design 1 2 3 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

28th May, 2010 Analysis and Assessment Impact rating with the Conflict Matrix Data Visualisation Data Exploring Data Analysis / Processing Information Extraction Assessment of Results Didactic design 4 5 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Conflict matrix: Environment 28th May, 2010 Didactic design Knockout criterion: high Sensitivity and high Impact is rated ! 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Modules 28th May, 2010 Air Quality Hydrology Noise & Vibrations Landscape & Visibility Soil & Geomorphology Nature Conservation Biodiversity Land use 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Example 1 28th May, 2010 Assessing the impact on the level of biodiversity potentially caused by a railway crossing a forest area Used Tool: Map Server & WPS (classification) GIS data: Landsat ETM 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Example 2 28th May, 2010 Pixel based classification of remote sensing data classifies each single pixel separately in the image. The distribution of classes in the classified image indicates the diversity and mix of tree species. Forest in TK Forest in Landsat Classified Landsat image 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Example 3 28th May, 2010 Assessing the impact on the Amenity of the Landscape caused by a wind generator with a height of 100 m Used Tool: Map Server & WPS (Visibility Analysis) GIS data: Elevation Data, urban area 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Impact rating 28th May, 2010 Impact rating in Conflict Matrix 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Using Geospatial Data, Services and Tools
OpenStreetMap as basic data sets
Data and services freely available trough metaschool.cz portal
On line OSM data modification and updating
Using free software Janitor for data collection
Own data publishing on Web using Metaschool portal

Voluntary initiatives OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world.
The maps are created using data from portable GPS devices, aerial photography, other free sources or simply from local knowledge. Both rendered images and the vector graphics are available for download under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence
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Licencing
OpenStreetMap data is published under an open content license, with the intention of promoting free use and re-distribution of the data (both commercial and non-commercial). The license used is currently the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 licence, however legal investigation work and community consultation is under-way to re-license the project under the Open Database License (ODbL) from Open Data Commons (ODC) which is more suitable for a map dataset

Voluntary initiatives OpenStreetMap 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference 28th May, 2010

Problems with OSM in other software 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

What we can do
Publish OSM as WMS from portal
Transform data model to be possible use in different desktops
Use On line tools for editing of OSM in form easy acceptable for users

Using portal 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

REGEO
Geo-multimedia information system benefits for:
Nature reserves
Travel agencies
Visitors and tourists
Local enterprises
Local administration

Rural Tourism Many rural areas: disadvantages of marginal agronomic areas. To compensate this: Eco-tourism development as one major source of income. It can start to be main economic activity in region. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Rural Tourism Sporting activities: biking, hiking, skiing, water sports, mountaineering, … Recreational activities: agro-tourism, sight-seeing tours, events, concerts, … Information services: history, nature, weather forecast, restricted areas, … Tourist services: accommodation, restaurants, transport, rental services, guiding tours, health service, … Presentation of region: regional specialities, tours, shops, events, … Educational activities 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Rural Tourism
Possible role of rural tourism:
Profit from tourists for small farmers and local enterprises
Important role in the regional development
New market for agrarian and other regional products
Presentation of region specifics
Possible risks:
Environment protection
Differences from other kinds of tourism (smaller budget, non-commercial activities)

Rural Tourism
Important:
Information system for rural tourism has to offer a complex program of tourist services and activities.
It has to be based on new information technologies:
Building of new ICT infrastructure
Using of wireless communication
Data collection using GIS methods
Advanced visualization techniques
Planning tools (trip planning, holiday planning)

Rural Tourism
Co-operation in the region:
Using of tools not only for tourist system, but also for administration and education
Close co-operation with nature reserves, local enterprises, forest management, precision farming activities etc.
Co-operation in European space:
Single European rural tourism marketplace
Co-ordination of developing and research of IS
Interoperability
Legislative support

Best practicies
GeoGame
Tourist portal
Flood protection

WHAT IS IT? The GeoGame is GIS application for a common web-site visitor, who wants to check his/her knowledge. The GeoGame gives you the opportunity to show your knowledge internet-wide. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

names of the games simple description number of photos number of playing difficulty 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

name and description object on the picture Estimated and correct location simple and total results 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

results ranks today´s and total Play again or stop? 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Management of records (photo,description, categorisation) Management of games (new games, editing current games) Management of authors (name, contact, copyrights) 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Examples - Posazavi tourist portal 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Examples - Posazavi tourist portal
http://tourist.posazavi.com/cz/mapvylet.asp

The main objective is to present extended functionality of existing regional Flood Portal - online available spatial analysis possibilities
For the communication between the mapping application (client) and GRASS GIS, OGC Web Processing Service protocol was used (implemented by PyWPS on the server-side).
T he functionality was made by using GRASS GIS module s: r. lake … for flooding r.drain … for runoff r.water.outlet … for catchement r.los … for visibility
Main Objective 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

WHAT IS WHAT
Flood Portal of Liberec Region what it is
maps and data
technical outlines
Technologies server: PyWPS, Grass GIS, UMN Mapserv client: HS-RS DHTML Mapping client
PyWPS demonstration
FLOOD PORTAL An obligatory document for flood commission s management The obligation to have prepared Flood Plan arises from Water Law (254/2001 Sb.) for all level of local governments. Liberec Region Flood Plan had to be ratified by Liberec Region Council (in April 2004) and had to correspond with superior Flood Plan of Czech Republic (acquired in September 2004) ON-LINE AVAILABLE AT http:// flood .kraj-lbc.cz
DATA AND MAPS – BACKGROUND DATASETS
ZABAGED (Fundamental Base of Geographic Data) 1 : 10 000 , The Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre , Updated 2009
Ortophotomap 20 cm per pixel , Geodis 2006
Digital model of terrain , Geodis 2005
Administrative boundaries and addresses points , Czech Statistical Office, 2009 ….
DATA AND MAPS – THEMATIC DATASETS
Flood warning profiles (level A, B, C)
Water level recorders
Drainage areas and water basins
Endangered objects
Dangerous objects
Civil protection facilities (evacuation facilities , emergency water supply , decontamination services , emergency survival facilities )
Sirens
FLOOD P ORTAL GENERAL OUTLINES Maximum of simplicity for using (simplification of control, reduction of unused part of content, highlighting of important parts…) Publicity for obtaining broad base of users (flood p ortal is presented to all mayors of Liberec Region, to all teachers of civil education in Region, to all environment workers from municipalities every year ) Connection into other relevant systems (Czech Republic Flood Plan, IS of Crisis management … )
FLOOD P ORTAL TECHNICAL OUTLINES
- possibility to create on-line overview maps and time series
- shared common work place (discussion forum)
online alarm messages from Integrated Warning Service by CHMI are accepted (by XML files)
online transport services of Czech Central Transport Information Centre are i ntegrated
( income status online traffic closures, traffic accidents and road meteorological services for the region )
- export flood commissions data base into central system of Czech Republic Flood Plan (by XML file)
- RSS-channel was set

OGC Web Processing Service OGC’s Web Processing Service is defining the way, geoprocessing operations should be offered over networks using Web Services. Can be con fi gured to o ff er any sort of GIS functionality to clients across a network. Data can be stored on the server, sent with the request or stored on remote servers (WCS, WFS, . . . ) The GIS functionality is referred as process Scope: To move the geospatial calculations from client to server 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Py WPS Implementation of OGC Web Processing Service 0.4.0 Only interface between Internet and used programs GRASS GIS , R, GDAL/OGR, PROJ.4, . . . Free Software, GNU/GPL . Supported by Help Service - Remote Sensing PyWPS has been developed with support of DBU (Deutsche Bundestifftung Umwelt). http://pywps.wald.intevation.org 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference

Py WPS demo on Flood Portal of Liberec Region 1. Spatial analysis - CATCHMENT / BASIN Calculation of the catchment area for a given point. To achieve meaningful results it is necessary to enter a point on Thalweg. The result is the area from which water flows to the specified point 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference The calculated data can be downloaded in GeoTIFF format

Py WPS demo on Flood Portal of Liberec Region 2. Spatial analysis - RUNOFF Calculate fluid drain path from the specified location. The calculation can be used as a quick graphical representation of risk in case of leakage flows hazardous liquids. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference The calculated data can be downloaded like GML

Py WPS demo on Flood Portal of Liberec Region 3. Spatial analysis - FLOODING Calculate the area submerged for a given height of water at a specified point. 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference The calculated data can be downloaded in GeoTIFF format

Py WPS demo on Flood Portal of Liberec Region 4. Spatial analysis - VISIBILITY Calculation of the visibility analysis. Result of calculating is the area, visible from the place the observer stands 28th May, 2010 5th eLearning Africa 2010 Conference The calculated data can be downloaded in GeoTIFF format

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