Strategic Planning for Blended eLearningSandra Wills
The document discusses an evolutionary approach to strategic planning for eLearning at the University of Wollongong. It provides context on the university's multiple campuses and partnerships. It notes that while most Australian universities have general IT and teaching & learning plans, only 11% have separate published plans for IT in teaching and learning. The rest have embedded e-learning strategies in more general documents. The strategic planning process at UOW involved consultation, implementation of a new learning management system, implementing the strategic plan, and evaluation. The plan aimed to increase blended and multi-location subjects and active collaborative learning experiences using e-learning technologies by 2010.
Higher Education Technology Outlook in AfricaGreig Krull
Higher Education Technology Outlook in Africa. Presentation for Linking Student Satisfaction, Quality Assurance and Peer Review in Higher Education Conference, 13 March 2014.
Quality Considerations in eLearning in South Africa. Presentation at the eLearning Summit, Indaba Hotel, 16 October 2014. Looks the the quality review process and quality criteria.
Leeds MOOC presentation at eMOOC summit 2014Neil Morris
The document summarizes the key learnings from the University of Leeds' experience with its first MOOC on the FutureLearn platform. It found that MOOCs can: increase access to higher education globally by making high-quality educational resources available online; act as an effective recruitment tool by raising the university's international profile; and enhance blended learning for existing students by setting a standard for open educational resources. Over 5,000 learners from more than 100 countries enrolled in the first MOOC, and the majority of participants and staff agreed that MOOCs provide opportunities for flexible learning when combined with face-to-face instruction.
Blended Learning Essentials: getting started online courseNeil Morris
The document outlines a MOOC project funded by Ufi Charitable Trust that aims to enable members of the vocational education workforce to become professional digital practitioners. It seeks to engage teachers through a course focusing on quality teaching standards while helping prepare learners for work. The course syllabus, materials, activities and college partners are described, and accreditation through CMALT and mapping to professional standards frameworks are mentioned.
Open course for educators in irish higher educationSharon Flynn
This document summarizes an open online course for educators in Irish higher education to develop their personal and professional digital skills. The 6-week course is facilitated through an accredited program and open course platform. It is funded by the Irish Universities Association and Higher Education Authority to enhance digital teaching and learning. The course uses a self-paced model with live sessions, self-reflection on digital skills, exploring new skills, planning digital enhancements, and obtaining a digital badge upon completion.
This document summarizes a virtual exchange program that allows students to take online courses from leading universities around the world to enrich their portfolio without having to travel. Some key benefits outlined include accessing world-class instructors, studying flexibly online or in-person, gaining credits, and connecting with an international student community. So far over 700 students have enrolled across 40 courses in various fields. Feedback from students has been positive about the flexibility and learning useful career skills. Some challenges include differing operational approaches between institutions and ensuring scalability of administration as the program grows.
Strategic Planning for Blended eLearningSandra Wills
The document discusses an evolutionary approach to strategic planning for eLearning at the University of Wollongong. It provides context on the university's multiple campuses and partnerships. It notes that while most Australian universities have general IT and teaching & learning plans, only 11% have separate published plans for IT in teaching and learning. The rest have embedded e-learning strategies in more general documents. The strategic planning process at UOW involved consultation, implementation of a new learning management system, implementing the strategic plan, and evaluation. The plan aimed to increase blended and multi-location subjects and active collaborative learning experiences using e-learning technologies by 2010.
Higher Education Technology Outlook in AfricaGreig Krull
Higher Education Technology Outlook in Africa. Presentation for Linking Student Satisfaction, Quality Assurance and Peer Review in Higher Education Conference, 13 March 2014.
Quality Considerations in eLearning in South Africa. Presentation at the eLearning Summit, Indaba Hotel, 16 October 2014. Looks the the quality review process and quality criteria.
Leeds MOOC presentation at eMOOC summit 2014Neil Morris
The document summarizes the key learnings from the University of Leeds' experience with its first MOOC on the FutureLearn platform. It found that MOOCs can: increase access to higher education globally by making high-quality educational resources available online; act as an effective recruitment tool by raising the university's international profile; and enhance blended learning for existing students by setting a standard for open educational resources. Over 5,000 learners from more than 100 countries enrolled in the first MOOC, and the majority of participants and staff agreed that MOOCs provide opportunities for flexible learning when combined with face-to-face instruction.
Blended Learning Essentials: getting started online courseNeil Morris
The document outlines a MOOC project funded by Ufi Charitable Trust that aims to enable members of the vocational education workforce to become professional digital practitioners. It seeks to engage teachers through a course focusing on quality teaching standards while helping prepare learners for work. The course syllabus, materials, activities and college partners are described, and accreditation through CMALT and mapping to professional standards frameworks are mentioned.
Open course for educators in irish higher educationSharon Flynn
This document summarizes an open online course for educators in Irish higher education to develop their personal and professional digital skills. The 6-week course is facilitated through an accredited program and open course platform. It is funded by the Irish Universities Association and Higher Education Authority to enhance digital teaching and learning. The course uses a self-paced model with live sessions, self-reflection on digital skills, exploring new skills, planning digital enhancements, and obtaining a digital badge upon completion.
This document summarizes a virtual exchange program that allows students to take online courses from leading universities around the world to enrich their portfolio without having to travel. Some key benefits outlined include accessing world-class instructors, studying flexibly online or in-person, gaining credits, and connecting with an international student community. So far over 700 students have enrolled across 40 courses in various fields. Feedback from students has been positive about the flexibility and learning useful career skills. Some challenges include differing operational approaches between institutions and ensuring scalability of administration as the program grows.
OpenMOOCs: Using OER to Enhance Collaboration and Reduce CostsUna Daly
The Open Education Consortium pilots the power of openly licensed MOOCs to enhance collaboration and reduce costs.
The Open Education Consortium (OEC) launched a pilot in 2014 to demonstrate the power of using openly licensed content in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) development to enable more and better collaboration while significantly reducing costs. Partnering with edX, OEC member institutions were given the opportunity to develop MOOCs on a leading technology platform that offers multiple options for learners. Using existing open courseware and other open educational resources (OER), members have launched MOOCs that offer learners high-quality learning experiences for free but with the option to earn a completion certificate for a modest fee.
Member institutions participating in the pilot include the National Chiao Tung University, Tufts University, University Polytechnic of Madrid, Open University’s TESS India project, Anne Arundel Community College, and the University of Hokkaido. They are offering a wide variety of courses that range from the technology of energy, introduction to helicopters, corporate social responsibility, teacher education, introduction to business, and the effects of radiation.
Panelists from the MOOC development team at University of Hokkaido, TU Delft, and the Open Education Consortium will share best practices for developing and running openly licensed MOOCs. Lesson learned about developing MOOCs with OER and strategies for enhancing student engagement will be shared.
The Open Education Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact on global education. We seek to instill openness as a feature of education around the world, allowing greatly expanded access to education while providing a shared body of knowledge upon which innovative and effective approaches to today’s social problems can be built.
EdX, a not-for-profit enterprise founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012, was created for students and institutions that seek to transform themselves through cutting-edge technologies, innovative pedagogy, and rigorous courses. Through our institutional partners, the xConsortium, along with other leading global members, we present the best of higher education online, offering opportunity to anyone who wants to achieve, thrive, and grow.
Advisory Group Meeting Fairview Hotel, Nairobi 21 & 22nd May, 2009PiLNAfrica
This presentation to the Advisory Group discusses key problems experienced in higher education in Africa. It further highlights how OER's can assist in alleviating some of the problems as well as OER Africa's proposed activities in this regard.
The document discusses the Le@rning project, which aims to improve education through technology. It involves developing a Knowledge Sharing Platform (KSP) that is intended to be a virtual learning community and resource for students. The KSP will provide educational content, online mentoring support, and tools for collaboration between teachers and students. The goals are to expand learning opportunities, empower students, and better engage disadvantaged students through personalized learning plans and virtual support.
Introducing OER Africa: Building African Higher Education capacity through op...PiLNAfrica
OER Africa is a new project established to promote the development and use of open educational resources (OER) in African higher education. It aims to build capacity in African universities by providing educators with low-cost access to educational materials and tools through collaboration. OER Africa will establish networks of African educators to collaboratively develop, share, and adapt OER. Its goals are to enhance institutional capacity, advocate for supportive policies, and establish an online platform to facilitate African collaboration on OER development and sharing.
Deploying OER to meet Higher Education needs in Africa, (23rd ICDE World Conf...PiLNAfrica
African higher education institutions seriously structurally under-funded for the core function they are expected to discharge. Therefore, corresponding paucity of institutional and individual capacity to teach in many domains of higher education. Too few learning resources for learners and lecturers in African universities, and many of those available are too expensive to be purchased by universities or students.
The document outlines the Berta Project, which aims to (1) collate open educational resources (OERs) relevant for training teacher educators in quality online and distance education (ODeL) in Africa, (2) organize the OERs into a course format to empower teacher educators to adapt the resources for their contexts, and (3) develop the resource in consultation with stakeholders. The project methodology involves finding appropriate OERs, integrating them into a program organized into 4 thematic modules on program design, assessment, student support, and using ICT tools, and getting feedback from stakeholders through webinars and conferences. The final version will be published under a Creative Commons license for open use.
OER Africa: Maximising the Potential of OER for Sustainable Higher Education...PiLNAfrica
This presentation provides an overview of OERAfrica, their aims and understanding of the role of OERs in Africa, with particular reference to higher education on the content.
KU Leuven practices at different levels:
- At the micro course level, courses like "The Great War and Modern Philosophy" and programs like ALPACAS.
- At the meso institute level, KU Leuven launched a learning lab call to transform courses using blended learning approaches.
- The ALPACAS program aims to establish active learning across first year programs. It will transform 4 courses per semester with formative tests. A project manager will ensure activities are aligned and study loads adjusted based on learning analytics and student evaluations.
Reducing Costs for ICT Majors with the California Affordability Textbook Act ...Una Daly
California community colleges may apply for up to $50,000 to promote use of open educational resources (OER) to replace expensive textbooks and lower costs for students. The Textbook Affordability Act of 2015 (AB 798) makes funds available for faculty and staff professional development and technology support to create awareness and promote adoption of OER.
The California Open Online Library (COOL4ed) was established to select open textbooks for the 50 highest enrolled college courses. It also contains faculty peer reviews and syllabi and sample activities used by faculty adopters.
Come to this session to learn how colleges can apply by June 30, 2016. COOL4ed and other open, online repositories will be demonstrated to find high-quality openly licensed materials for ICT courses.
Una Daly, Director of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources.
The presentation outlines TU Delft's strategic plan for open science and open education. It discusses establishing an open science program with projects on open access, an open publishing platform, FAIR data and software, and cross-cutting themes. The goals for open education are to be a frontrunner, gain recognition for teachers, innovate education, keep it accessible and affordable, and contribute to sustainable development goals. Next steps include hiring dedicated staff to implement the strategic plan.
The document discusses the potential for MOOCs to support the new 2016-2019 strategy of TESSA, a program that produces open educational resources for teachers. It describes a MOOC that was run for teacher educators in India that had over 10,000 participants from 135 countries. The MOOC helped address limitations in traditional teacher education by modeling learner-centered pedagogy and reflecting classroom realities. It also discusses how a MOOC tailored for African countries could help achieve the new TESSA strategy goals by providing culturally relevant content for teacher educators through online and face-to-face support.
- Open Nottingham is the University of Nottingham's initiative to make educational resources openly available online through their U-Now open courseware website.
- It aims to promote open learning and the publication, discovery, and reuse of open educational resources (OERs). Over 1,500 credits of content have been made openly available through U-Now.
- Support includes a dedicated Open Learning Support Officer, learning technology support staff, and workshops to promote OER discovery and reuse.
- Impact studies show that OERs from Open Nottingham have been reused by academics and students to reduce costs and support learning. International students in China have also used U-Now resources to supplement their studies.
Using NBC News Videos in Blackboard Learn to Enliven Instruction and Increase...ekunnen
We will demonstrate how Grand Rapids Community College uses the NBC News Blackboard Building Block in Blackboard Learn to access NBC News Archives on Demand and bring relevant, engaging multimedia content into the classroom.
TU Delft Brightspace Matrix as Instructor ToolD2L Barry
2019 D2L Connection: Dublin Edition
4th annual European D2L Connection; a professional learning opportunity for educators, corporate training professionals, and D2L employees.
Wednesday-Thursday, October 9-10, 2019 at O’Reilly Hall, University College Dublin (UCD)
Track 1 (Course Design): TU Delft Brightspace Matrix as Instructor Tool, Margie Grob, Learning Developer, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Collaboration & Learning Environment to enable to be a university leader in e...Willem van Valkenburg
This document summarizes the TU Delft's project to migrate from Blackboard to Brightspace. It discusses (1) the context and goals of TU Delft, (2) how the project was set up with interdependent teams, (3) their change and implementation strategy of involving faculty and a two-stage migration, (4) lessons learned about ensuring education is the focus, governance, and support, and (5) their plans for education innovation now that the foundation is in place.
The document summarizes the open education strategy of universities in Hokkaido, Japan. It discusses developing open educational resources (OER) using a 3 step process: 1) develop OER for their own university, 2) reuse OER for on-campus and distance learning, and 3) create open MOOCs by reusing OER. It also describes forming a consortium of universities in Hokkaido to share liberal arts courses through distance learning and an OER repository. Evaluation found positive feedback and increased student outcomes from using OER, flipped classrooms, and learning analytics, though challenges remain in reducing costs and ensuring sustainability.
The document summarizes the activities of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) for 2012-2013. CEMCA's vision is to promote media-enabled learning for development in Commonwealth Asia. Its mission is to assist governments and institutions expand learning through open, distance, and technology-enhanced education using multiple media. Key initiatives included open schooling, teacher education, higher education, technical and vocational skills development, community media/health, e-learning, and promoting gender inclusion. CEMCA conducted various capacity building workshops, developed online courses, conducted research studies, and created communications platforms to advance these sectors and support open educational resources.
This presentation was provided by Teri Gallaway of LOUIS (The Louisiana Library Network) during a NISO Training Thursday, Discovery & Assessment of OER Materials, held on April 27, 2017
The document discusses the Japan Open Courseware Consortium (JOCW). It provides statistics on JOCW's membership, which includes 23 universities, 4 non-profits, and 16 companies. Data is presented from JOCW opinion polls regarding awareness and usage of open courseware in Japan. Key challenges identified include globalizing content by translating materials, managing intellectual property issues, and improving sustainability and awareness of open courseware in Japan. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of international collaboration to advance open courseware.
Youngsup Kim, board member of the OCW Consortium and Igor Lesko, membership services coordinator present on the future of OCW at the Asia OCW Meeting in Taipei.
OpenMOOCs: Using OER to Enhance Collaboration and Reduce CostsUna Daly
The Open Education Consortium pilots the power of openly licensed MOOCs to enhance collaboration and reduce costs.
The Open Education Consortium (OEC) launched a pilot in 2014 to demonstrate the power of using openly licensed content in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) development to enable more and better collaboration while significantly reducing costs. Partnering with edX, OEC member institutions were given the opportunity to develop MOOCs on a leading technology platform that offers multiple options for learners. Using existing open courseware and other open educational resources (OER), members have launched MOOCs that offer learners high-quality learning experiences for free but with the option to earn a completion certificate for a modest fee.
Member institutions participating in the pilot include the National Chiao Tung University, Tufts University, University Polytechnic of Madrid, Open University’s TESS India project, Anne Arundel Community College, and the University of Hokkaido. They are offering a wide variety of courses that range from the technology of energy, introduction to helicopters, corporate social responsibility, teacher education, introduction to business, and the effects of radiation.
Panelists from the MOOC development team at University of Hokkaido, TU Delft, and the Open Education Consortium will share best practices for developing and running openly licensed MOOCs. Lesson learned about developing MOOCs with OER and strategies for enhancing student engagement will be shared.
The Open Education Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact on global education. We seek to instill openness as a feature of education around the world, allowing greatly expanded access to education while providing a shared body of knowledge upon which innovative and effective approaches to today’s social problems can be built.
EdX, a not-for-profit enterprise founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012, was created for students and institutions that seek to transform themselves through cutting-edge technologies, innovative pedagogy, and rigorous courses. Through our institutional partners, the xConsortium, along with other leading global members, we present the best of higher education online, offering opportunity to anyone who wants to achieve, thrive, and grow.
Advisory Group Meeting Fairview Hotel, Nairobi 21 & 22nd May, 2009PiLNAfrica
This presentation to the Advisory Group discusses key problems experienced in higher education in Africa. It further highlights how OER's can assist in alleviating some of the problems as well as OER Africa's proposed activities in this regard.
The document discusses the Le@rning project, which aims to improve education through technology. It involves developing a Knowledge Sharing Platform (KSP) that is intended to be a virtual learning community and resource for students. The KSP will provide educational content, online mentoring support, and tools for collaboration between teachers and students. The goals are to expand learning opportunities, empower students, and better engage disadvantaged students through personalized learning plans and virtual support.
Introducing OER Africa: Building African Higher Education capacity through op...PiLNAfrica
OER Africa is a new project established to promote the development and use of open educational resources (OER) in African higher education. It aims to build capacity in African universities by providing educators with low-cost access to educational materials and tools through collaboration. OER Africa will establish networks of African educators to collaboratively develop, share, and adapt OER. Its goals are to enhance institutional capacity, advocate for supportive policies, and establish an online platform to facilitate African collaboration on OER development and sharing.
Deploying OER to meet Higher Education needs in Africa, (23rd ICDE World Conf...PiLNAfrica
African higher education institutions seriously structurally under-funded for the core function they are expected to discharge. Therefore, corresponding paucity of institutional and individual capacity to teach in many domains of higher education. Too few learning resources for learners and lecturers in African universities, and many of those available are too expensive to be purchased by universities or students.
The document outlines the Berta Project, which aims to (1) collate open educational resources (OERs) relevant for training teacher educators in quality online and distance education (ODeL) in Africa, (2) organize the OERs into a course format to empower teacher educators to adapt the resources for their contexts, and (3) develop the resource in consultation with stakeholders. The project methodology involves finding appropriate OERs, integrating them into a program organized into 4 thematic modules on program design, assessment, student support, and using ICT tools, and getting feedback from stakeholders through webinars and conferences. The final version will be published under a Creative Commons license for open use.
OER Africa: Maximising the Potential of OER for Sustainable Higher Education...PiLNAfrica
This presentation provides an overview of OERAfrica, their aims and understanding of the role of OERs in Africa, with particular reference to higher education on the content.
KU Leuven practices at different levels:
- At the micro course level, courses like "The Great War and Modern Philosophy" and programs like ALPACAS.
- At the meso institute level, KU Leuven launched a learning lab call to transform courses using blended learning approaches.
- The ALPACAS program aims to establish active learning across first year programs. It will transform 4 courses per semester with formative tests. A project manager will ensure activities are aligned and study loads adjusted based on learning analytics and student evaluations.
Reducing Costs for ICT Majors with the California Affordability Textbook Act ...Una Daly
California community colleges may apply for up to $50,000 to promote use of open educational resources (OER) to replace expensive textbooks and lower costs for students. The Textbook Affordability Act of 2015 (AB 798) makes funds available for faculty and staff professional development and technology support to create awareness and promote adoption of OER.
The California Open Online Library (COOL4ed) was established to select open textbooks for the 50 highest enrolled college courses. It also contains faculty peer reviews and syllabi and sample activities used by faculty adopters.
Come to this session to learn how colleges can apply by June 30, 2016. COOL4ed and other open, online repositories will be demonstrated to find high-quality openly licensed materials for ICT courses.
Una Daly, Director of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources.
The presentation outlines TU Delft's strategic plan for open science and open education. It discusses establishing an open science program with projects on open access, an open publishing platform, FAIR data and software, and cross-cutting themes. The goals for open education are to be a frontrunner, gain recognition for teachers, innovate education, keep it accessible and affordable, and contribute to sustainable development goals. Next steps include hiring dedicated staff to implement the strategic plan.
The document discusses the potential for MOOCs to support the new 2016-2019 strategy of TESSA, a program that produces open educational resources for teachers. It describes a MOOC that was run for teacher educators in India that had over 10,000 participants from 135 countries. The MOOC helped address limitations in traditional teacher education by modeling learner-centered pedagogy and reflecting classroom realities. It also discusses how a MOOC tailored for African countries could help achieve the new TESSA strategy goals by providing culturally relevant content for teacher educators through online and face-to-face support.
- Open Nottingham is the University of Nottingham's initiative to make educational resources openly available online through their U-Now open courseware website.
- It aims to promote open learning and the publication, discovery, and reuse of open educational resources (OERs). Over 1,500 credits of content have been made openly available through U-Now.
- Support includes a dedicated Open Learning Support Officer, learning technology support staff, and workshops to promote OER discovery and reuse.
- Impact studies show that OERs from Open Nottingham have been reused by academics and students to reduce costs and support learning. International students in China have also used U-Now resources to supplement their studies.
Using NBC News Videos in Blackboard Learn to Enliven Instruction and Increase...ekunnen
We will demonstrate how Grand Rapids Community College uses the NBC News Blackboard Building Block in Blackboard Learn to access NBC News Archives on Demand and bring relevant, engaging multimedia content into the classroom.
TU Delft Brightspace Matrix as Instructor ToolD2L Barry
2019 D2L Connection: Dublin Edition
4th annual European D2L Connection; a professional learning opportunity for educators, corporate training professionals, and D2L employees.
Wednesday-Thursday, October 9-10, 2019 at O’Reilly Hall, University College Dublin (UCD)
Track 1 (Course Design): TU Delft Brightspace Matrix as Instructor Tool, Margie Grob, Learning Developer, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Collaboration & Learning Environment to enable to be a university leader in e...Willem van Valkenburg
This document summarizes the TU Delft's project to migrate from Blackboard to Brightspace. It discusses (1) the context and goals of TU Delft, (2) how the project was set up with interdependent teams, (3) their change and implementation strategy of involving faculty and a two-stage migration, (4) lessons learned about ensuring education is the focus, governance, and support, and (5) their plans for education innovation now that the foundation is in place.
The document summarizes the open education strategy of universities in Hokkaido, Japan. It discusses developing open educational resources (OER) using a 3 step process: 1) develop OER for their own university, 2) reuse OER for on-campus and distance learning, and 3) create open MOOCs by reusing OER. It also describes forming a consortium of universities in Hokkaido to share liberal arts courses through distance learning and an OER repository. Evaluation found positive feedback and increased student outcomes from using OER, flipped classrooms, and learning analytics, though challenges remain in reducing costs and ensuring sustainability.
The document summarizes the activities of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) for 2012-2013. CEMCA's vision is to promote media-enabled learning for development in Commonwealth Asia. Its mission is to assist governments and institutions expand learning through open, distance, and technology-enhanced education using multiple media. Key initiatives included open schooling, teacher education, higher education, technical and vocational skills development, community media/health, e-learning, and promoting gender inclusion. CEMCA conducted various capacity building workshops, developed online courses, conducted research studies, and created communications platforms to advance these sectors and support open educational resources.
This presentation was provided by Teri Gallaway of LOUIS (The Louisiana Library Network) during a NISO Training Thursday, Discovery & Assessment of OER Materials, held on April 27, 2017
The document discusses the Japan Open Courseware Consortium (JOCW). It provides statistics on JOCW's membership, which includes 23 universities, 4 non-profits, and 16 companies. Data is presented from JOCW opinion polls regarding awareness and usage of open courseware in Japan. Key challenges identified include globalizing content by translating materials, managing intellectual property issues, and improving sustainability and awareness of open courseware in Japan. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of international collaboration to advance open courseware.
Youngsup Kim, board member of the OCW Consortium and Igor Lesko, membership services coordinator present on the future of OCW at the Asia OCW Meeting in Taipei.
The document discusses Castalia Co.'s vision for online education through their social learning platform called iUniv. iUniv aims to create a worldwide learning community by combining open educational resources with a social learning system called Fusen that allows users to manage content, take notes, discover new content, and share knowledge. The presentation provides an overview of iUniv's features and concludes by inviting attendees to sign up for the closed beta or collaborate with Castalia Co. on future projects.
- Videolectures.net is a website that provides open access to over 10,000 video lectures from various academic institutions and events.
- It is run by the Jozef Stefan Institute, which does research in artificial intelligence including machine learning, data mining, and computational linguistics.
- The presentation discusses using this research to enhance videolectures.net with personalized recommendations, automatic transcripts, enriched metadata, and analytics of visitor behavior.
This document discusses open education and why it is important given shifting global realities. It notes that the global population is growing yet current education capacity is insufficient to meet present and future demand. It also discusses that resources and learning support can now come from anywhere due to technology and globalization. However, education remains expensive and ICT infrastructure is uneven. Open education aims to improve access to high quality education through open educational resources that are free to use and can be changed.
This document discusses using e-learning to support medical education and healthcare delivery at secondary hospitals in rural India. It outlines CMC Mission Hospitals' existing e-learning linkage and a needs assessment survey that found secondary hospitals have the infrastructure to access e-learning resources. The document proposes developing e-learning projects to provide clinical resources, guidelines, and networking opportunities to isolated hospitals. It envisions selecting some medical students from local communities and having them do part of their training at primary and secondary sites, with technology platforms and mentors supporting distributed education.
The document discusses research initiatives in Pakistan to improve access to education through open educational resources and mobile/adaptive learning. It outlines challenges in Pakistan's education system and initiatives including developing mobile learning courses, contextualized open educational content, and an intelligent adaptive tutoring system. The system would provide individualized instruction tailored to each student's learning style and needs, incorporating different pedagogical strategies, pacing, content presentation, and assessment types. The goal is to improve teaching and learning outcomes.
The document summarizes a talk given by Joseph Hardin from the University of Michigan about open courseware creation in higher education. It discusses surveys conducted of faculty and students at UMichigan in 2008 and 2009 regarding familiarity with and willingness to contribute to open courseware. The results showed higher willingness among graduate student instructors and lower familiarity overall, especially among tenure-track faculty. Future work aims to study other types of open educational activities and expand the surveys to more institutions.
The document summarizes information about the Thai Nguyen University Learning Resource Center in Vietnam. It was established in 1994 as one of the regional, multidisciplinary universities of Vietnam. The LRC has over 54 staff members and houses a collection of over 28,000 books, 50,000 textbooks, and access to 6 databases containing academic articles, ebooks, lectures and theses. It provides modern facilities for students including 400 computers, an auditorium, multimedia classrooms, and quiet study areas. In 2009, over 962,000 people accessed the LRC website and 287,000 visited the facilities.
This document discusses open licensing of educational resources. It describes various Creative Commons licenses and their permissions and restrictions. It notes issues with inconsistent licensing across platforms for some open courseware. It argues that a CC-BY license is preferable as it allows unlimited adaptations and is widely compatible, though requires attribution. It calls for establishing guidelines for open courseware consortiums on licensing and opening the debate on openness.
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and open policy. It notes that over 500 million creative works are openly licensed. It argues that when the marginal cost of sharing creative works is zero, educators have an ethical obligation to share and governments should require publicly funded resources be openly licensed to maximize return on investment. The Open Policy Network supports the creation, adoption, and implementation of open policies worldwide by mapping the open policy space, identifying opportunities, communicating value, and curating exemplars.
The document discusses barriers to the uptake of open educational resources (OERs) due to perceptions of lack of quality assurance and regulation. It describes how the UK Higher Education Academy funded over £13 million in 3 phases of projects through 115 institutions to work with professional, statutory, and regulatory bodies (PSRBs) to promote OERs. The goals were to change policies to embed open practices, use existing OERs, and promote resources through professional networks. Several participating organizations saw increased understanding and awareness of open practices that could lead to culture changes. Lessons included the need for better copyright and licensing policies and identifying authors to assure quality.
Presentation by the OCW Consortium to the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries. Describes the OER and OCW movements and their relation to the values and work of university libraries.
The document discusses KNEXT and the OCW Backpack. KNEXT is a learning recognition program that assesses experiential and self-directed learning from sources like open courseware. The OCW Backpack is a free digital tool that allows users to track their learning from open educational resources, collaborate with others, and share their profiles. Future enhancements may allow users' learning portfolios to be assessed for credit through KNEXT and compiled into an Educational Passport for credit transfer.
This document discusses the challenges teachers face when creating open educational resources (OERs). It notes that creating high-quality OERs requires a significant investment of teachers' time. While technology could help address this issue, it also introduces new constraints. The document proposes two approaches to reduce the time cost for teachers: developing time-saving technologies and using crowdsourcing approaches to engage learners in enriching OER content through activities like proposing alternative quiz questions.
This document discusses co-designing using inclusive design practices. It defines disability as a mismatch between learner needs and the educational environment rather than a personal trait. Accessibility is the ability of the learning environment to adjust to all learners through flexible design. Co-design is described as collaborative, responsive, and iterative rather than a fixed process. An example of personalized interfaces and tools for authoring inclusive content are demonstrated. The benefits of considering edge cases and supporting a diversity of learners are discussed.
The StartUp project aims to foster entrepreneurship through open educational resources (OER) and personalized learning paths. It will develop an OER gateway that will assess users' entrepreneurial skills and provide curated OERs to address skills gaps. The gateway will include authoring and rating systems to support sharing and improving OER quality. The project brings together partners from several European countries and will involve testing the OER gateway with a growing community of educators and learners.
The document discusses creating and delivering digital audio courses in a flexible learning environment. It emphasizes enhancing learning through varied audio content and activities. Flexible design considerations include allowing flexibility in timing, content, and delivery methods to improve accessibility and cater to diverse learners. The document also addresses using open educational resources and collaborative projects to foster learning communities.
Chisholm Institute presentation - Neil MorrisNeil Morris
Blended learning and digital technologies for the VET sector
Professor Neil Morris
T: @NeilMorrisDT
Presentation at Chisholm Institute, Melbourne, June 2022
This document summarizes a study on the adoption of open educational resources (OER) by students at the University of Delhi in India. Key findings from a student survey include:
1) Most students were unaware of the OER content available on the university website. Those who were aware primarily learned about it from Wikipedia or faculty advice.
2) While students saw benefits like reduced costs and increased accessibility, many had reservations about using technology for learning or switching from traditional methods. Infrastructure issues at some colleges also hindered OER use.
3) When presented with sample OER materials from the university, students found them useful and of high quality but had mixed opinions on features like multimedia and assessments.
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Curriculum and Instructional Design for Online and Distance Learning Environm...Nicola Marae Allain, PhD
The Center for Distance Learning (CDL) at the State University of New York offers online courses and degree programs to over 100,000 students annually. CDL uses a team-based approach to course design that incorporates best practices in online pedagogy and visual instructional methods. Courses are developed using a rigorous approval process and focus on active, collaborative learning through case studies, simulations, and library resources to promote deep learning.
A presentation to the staff of the University of South Africa as part of a Benchmarking Activity around Technology Enhanced Learning, using the ACODE Benchmarks. Conducted for the Institute for Open and Distance Learning (IODL)
The document discusses Roehampton University's strategic imperatives and drivers to promote the use of technology in learning, teaching, and assessment. It aims to create supportive and inspiring learning environments, both online and in-person, and ensure all educational materials are accessible online. This will help meet student and market demands, enhance the learning experience, and increase efficiency. Specific technologies mentioned that are used or will be used include interactive whiteboards, audience response systems, video/audio recording, the StudyZone online platform, eResources, digitization of resources, mobile technologies, Web 2.0 tools, Moodle, Mahara, and cloud computing.
Digital Transformation Strategies at organizational level for universitiesDiana Andone
Presentation as keynote speaker by Dr. Diana Andone at the CONFERENCE DIGITALIZATION OF UNIVERSITIES on April 12, 2023
ONLINE https://university-conf.com/Digitalization_of_universities/ . With the topic Digital Transformation Strategies at organizational level for universities, the presentation included the European University Association report on Strategy and Organisational Culture (2022) adn teh Politehnica University of Timisoara experience.
OER refers to open educational resources which include full courses, course materials, and other learning content that can be freely accessed and used online. MIT's OpenCourseWare initiative is an example of an institutional OER program that makes course materials from over 1,900 courses freely available on the web. Educators use OER in a variety of ways like reusing content, adapting course syllabi, and combining OER materials with other resources. There are benefits to creating OER like lowering costs for students and fostering pedagogical innovation through customizable learning materials.
The University of Pavia implemented a pilot e-learning project called Kiro-Maieuta at the Faculty of Pharmacy to enhance traditional classroom learning with web-based activities. The project's goals were to improve teaching quality, promote interaction between students and teachers, and integrate online and in-person learning. It created an online portal with learning materials, self-assessments, exercises and access to open repositories. Over 1,600 files were made available. Usage was monitored and tutoring was provided to students needing assistance. The university aims to evaluate the project and potentially expand the model to other faculties.
The University of Pavia implemented a pilot e-learning project called Kiro-Maieuta at the Faculty of Pharmacy to enhance traditional classroom learning with web-based activities. The project's goals were to improve teaching quality, promote interaction between students and teachers, and integrate online and in-person learning. It created an online portal with learning materials, self-assessments, exercises and access to open repositories. Over 1,600 files were made available. Usage was monitored and tutoring was provided to students needing assistance. The university aims to evaluate the project and potentially expand the model to other faculties.
Capacity building to address Innovation - Some Examples from the University o...M I Santally
Some activities at the University of Mauritius to address capacity building for innovation. The case study focuses on the centre for innovative and lifelong learning which was set up in 2014. It also highlights issues that public institutions face to collaborate with private sector in a context where the legislations surrounding conflicts of interests are quite restrictive.
Pathways to Learning: International Collaboration Under Covid-19Robert Farrow
The Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) (UNESCO) emphasizes in its key aims the importance of (i) “developing the capacity of all key education stakeholders to create, access, re-use, re-purpose, adapt, and redistribute OER, as well as to use and apply open licenses in a manner consistent with national copyright legislation and international obligations” and (ii) “fostering and facilitating international cooperation [by] supporting international cooperation between stakeholders”.
Both these aspects were present in a recent open education research collaboration between The African Council for Distance Education and The Open University (UK). Pathways to Learning: new approaches in higher education (OpenLearn) hosted two free professional development programmes for university lecturers, instructional designers, technical and professional staff, managers, and heads of department who share responsibility for providing quality distance and online learning.
The evaluation of the Pathways to Learning project provides a great touchstone for reflecting on the kinds of agile, open collaboration that can build international capacity for OER projects and the communities that sustain them.
The document discusses the objectives and activities of the Working Group on Distance Education and Open Learning (WGDEOL). It notes the rapid increase in student enrollment in Africa and the corresponding shortage of teachers. WGDEOL aims to help address this issue through coordinating open and distance learning initiatives across the continent to enhance access, equity and quality of teacher training. It outlines a multi-phase plan to develop open online courses for teacher professional development, train master teachers, and establish an online forum for ongoing collaboration.
Opening teaching and learning through OER and OEP - presentation at "The Belt and Road' International Community for OER at Open Education Learning week. Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University
University of Nairobi, Open Access InitiativesCIARD Movement
The document discusses open access initiatives at the University of Nairobi. It outlines that the university has taken steps to promote open access through its institutional repository and open access publishing. This includes developing an open access policy, digital repository, and open journal system. The repository currently hosts over 80,000 documents and sees increasing usage. Challenges to open access at the university include lack of awareness, resistance from researchers, issues of sustainability and infrastructure, and copyright concerns. Overcoming these challenges will require ongoing training, advocacy, and support from leadership to fully realize the benefits of open access.
Pathways to Learning: Open Collaboration to Support the Online Pivot Robert Farrow
This presentation reports results of a recent open education research collaboration between The African Council for Distance Education and The Open University (UK). Pathways to Learning: new approaches in higher education (OpenLearn, 2020a) hosted two free professional development programmes for university lecturers, instructional designers, professional staff, and managers who share responsibility for providing quality distance and online learning.
• A Teacher Educator programme, Skills for 21st Century Learning and Teaching (OpenLearn, 2020b)
• A Tertiary Educator programme, Take Your Teaching Online (OpenLearn, 2020c)
The courses ran over six weeks between 13th July and 20th August, 2020, and was contextualized by a rapid rollout of online learning during the Coronavirus pandemic. The programmes combined a course of study using OER materials with supplementary activities including a total of 12 webinars and interactive events alongside use of new platforms created by The Open University’s Institute of Educational Technology: nQuire (Herodotou et al., 2018) and Our Journey (Coughlan et al., 2019).
Key findings:
• The pandemic led to a substantial shift in teaching across Africa and a requirement to better understand and gain experience of online learning. Change is likely to persist post-pandemic, although infrastructure and cultural barriers are reported.
• The project surveys, interviews and the data generated through interactions that occurred in the programmes explores challenges and opportunities for online and blended learning across the African continent and globally.
• The evaluation data provides evidence that the programmes led to important understanding of course design and confidence in online facilitation for a large majority of those who took part in them.
• There is evidence that the programmes built confidence, particularly through the experiences of these educators themselves learning online with well-designed materials, and engaging with platforms and experts.
• There is evidence that each of the elements and activities were appreciated by some learners. The open courses were seen as most useful alongside some webinars. Community events and forums added substantial value to these.
• The flexibility offered in the programmes led to different behaviours. Many aimed to complete all the available activities despite time pressures and other barriers. Some were unable to attend live events so recordings were appreciated.
• Given the courses were free to join and many educators faced barriers and pressures, retention figures were very positive with around 66% of those who took part in the first week completing the rest of these programmes.
• Assessment, Open Educational Resources (OER), and understanding of technologies that can be used for online learning and learning design were areas that learners reported as being particularly valuable.
The document summarizes key findings from a study on factors that influence the effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to support learning in English school boards in Quebec. It identifies six key factors, including student engagement, stakeholder support, teachers' technical skills, leadership, infrastructure, and professional development. Recommendations are made at the operational and strategic levels to address these factors and ensure ICT is used to support educational goals.
Presentation Of Dfl Plan 2003 Compatabilitysusanmellis
This document proposes a course to teach digital audio skills for creating open educational resources. It would introduce educational audio resources and tools for recording, editing, and designing audio for instructional materials. The course aims to promote flexible and collaborative learning through a universal instructional design that allows diverse participation and learner-generated content. Assessment would evaluate capabilities with open educational resources and developing content collaboratively.
Presentation on UCT MOOCs project to the University of Western Cape's School of Public Health workshop (Emerging models in Public Health education) , 20 May 2015
Integrating ICT in TVET for Effective Technology Enabled LearningGreig Krull
Integrating ICT in TVET for Effective Technology Enabled Learning Presentation at the ICT and FET Partnership Conference, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, 18-19 March 2013.
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This document discusses moving beyond open educational resources (OER) to broader open education strategies. It defines OER and reviews studies showing OER are of similar or better quality than traditional resources and have similar or better learning outcomes. The document advocates for integrating OER into ongoing course design rather than as a special project. It discusses open pedagogy, policy support for open education, and creating global change through alignment and planting seeds for an open future. The goal is to reconsider approaches to teaching and learning through open education.
The document discusses challenges facing higher education and the potential for disruption from open education models. It argues that while open educational resources can help reduce costs, they also enable alternative models of education to emerge based around free content and new forms of recognition outside traditional degrees. The document advocates for a future where universities provide credentials based on demonstrated competencies rather than time spent in classes, and where learning from open resources and professional experience can be formally recognized.
This document summarizes a study on faculty use of open educational resources (OER) at community and technical colleges in Washington state. The study found that faculty use OER in various ways, from supplementing courses to replacing commercial textbooks. Faculty reported that OER allows them to save students money, enhance instruction, and increase pedagogical freedom. However, faculty also face challenges like lack of time, uncertainty about OER, and difficulties finding appropriate materials. The study recommends that colleges provide more support for faculty as they adopt and adapt OER in their courses.
The document discusses licensing issues for TU Delft's MOOCs. It proposes that while course contents can be openly licensed, supporting the learning experience through services and teaching efforts is more difficult to license openly. It presents a model distinguishing between educational resources, services, and teaching efforts. It concludes contents can be shared openly, but licensing the learning experience is more complex, creating a paradox for reusability. The next steps are continuing the open mission while offering top MOOCs to new areas, maintaining high open standards, and combining MOOCs with open educational resources.
The document discusses educators' experiences with implementing open textbooks. It aims to understand the potential barriers faced by educators and institutions. Through interviews, several themes emerged: educators became interested in open textbooks through various means, including OER practices and the philosophy of openness; they were motivated by concerns for students and academic culture; and they faced issues around copyright knowledge, quality of resources, and support for selecting and implementing open textbooks.
This document provides an overview of TU Delft's open and online education initiatives. It discusses why universities participate in open education, including expanding access to knowledge, strengthening teaching and learning, and supporting innovation. It outlines TU Delft's open education portfolio, including open courseware, MOOCs, and online distance education programs. The document addresses concerns about open education and provides counterarguments. It also provides guidance on organizing open education initiatives, including identifying needed expertise, champions, and support structures. Exercises encourage attendees to relate open education to their own institution's mission and identify potential advocates.
This document provides an introduction to open educational resources (OER) presented by Robert Schuwer, a lector at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. It defines OER as digital learning materials that are freely available under open licenses allowing users five rights: reuse, rework, remix, redistribute, and retain. It outlines the benefits of OER including personalized learning and cost savings. It also discusses challenges to introducing OER such as findability, quality assurance, and developing sustainable business models. The presentation concludes with contact information for Robert Schuwer.
The document outlines the steps to publish open educational resources (OER) which include determining materials to publish openly, choosing an open license, reworking materials, clearing copyrights, adding metadata, and publishing. It provides tips at each step such as looking for expert support, collaborating with colleagues, and using tools from Creative Commons and other sites to decide on licenses and find open resources. The overall goal is to make educational materials more accessible and reusable through opening them with appropriate licenses and metadata.
Collaborating across borders: OER use and open educational practices within the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (OE Global 2015)
Este documento describe una arquitectura de aprendizaje abierto que permite la creación y compartición de contenido educativo entre estudiantes y educadores. La arquitectura integra recursos de aprendizaje modulares y herramientas de colaboración para apoyar modelos participativos y comunitarios de aprendizaje.
Adala Atieno is affiliated with the African Virtual University in Nairobi, Kenya. The document provides the name and affiliation of an individual based in Nairobi, Kenya working with the African Virtual University.
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) strategies and best practices that contribute to success in open access initiatives in higher education. It outlines some key OER initiatives at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) including All UNAM Online, which makes all of UNAM's public domain content available under an open access policy. The document emphasizes collaboration and sharing of experiences, lessons learned, and best practices to improve the quantity and quality of OER available in Spanish.
This document summarizes research on developing web-based learning resources to supplement existing printed materials for an undergraduate translation program. It describes analyzing existing materials, designing new online resources covering translation theories and strategies using instructional design models. Evaluation found the new resources helped students understand concepts and learn independently, though some technical terms required more support. The research concludes that traditional printed materials should be supplemented with online resources to create new open and distance learning environments for students.
This document discusses open intellectual property rights and licensing for open educational resources (OER) repositories in Latin America. It reports on two studies in Brazil that found licensing for OER is often unclear or confusing, with many users unsure of what they can and cannot do with resources. The document advocates creating better technical guidance and alignment across initiative levels to support a middle ground approach and clarify licensing for OER.
The document discusses the Open Library at Athabasca University, which supports open access and open educational resources. It provides an overview of the open library concept, how it promotes information literacy and benefits the academy. It also describes how the site was developed with a flexible structure and extensive tagging, and the current database that feeds open content back to the library site, such as open access, free, and hybrid materials.
This document summarizes interviews conducted with 13 community college faculty members from 11 colleges about their experiences adopting open textbooks. The key findings include: (1) Faculty were motivated to adopt open textbooks to make education more affordable and accessible for students and to allow for customization; (2) Faculty found open textbooks through OER pilots, colleagues, or independent searching; (3) Adopting open textbooks had little impact on curriculum but allowed for expanded instructional materials and more faculty collaboration; (4) Students' outcomes were at least as good and retention improved for some students who appreciated reduced costs, though some still wanted print copies; (5) Campus support for OER was mixed, with some bookstore and library support. OER
This document outlines a holistic vision for creating accessible MOOC services for people with disabilities. It discusses analyzing critical factors for building accessibility requirements and addressing barriers. Standards like IMS Access for All can enrich user profiles to define needs and preferences for adapting interfaces and resources. User experience guidelines and a user-centered design model should also be considered to center the learner experience. The goal is an intelligent system that recommends accessible MOOCs matching a user's profile and functional diversity needs.
This document discusses open education and personal learning through the lens of open educational resources (OERs). It argues that OERs should be viewed as parts of a conversation, with knowledge being constructed through interactions between individuals and communities. The document outlines how OERs can be deconstructed and represented to support student authoring and networked, task-focused learning. It provides several case studies of OER systems that facilitate informal, user-generated content and tracking of personal learning records.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
How to Build a Module in Odoo 17 Using the Scaffold MethodCeline George
Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
In this slide, we'll explore how to set up warehouses and locations in Odoo 17 Inventory. This will help us manage our stock effectively, track inventory levels, and streamline warehouse operations.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
How to Manage Your Lost Opportunities in Odoo 17 CRMCeline George
Odoo 17 CRM allows us to track why we lose sales opportunities with "Lost Reasons." This helps analyze our sales process and identify areas for improvement. Here's how to configure lost reasons in Odoo 17 CRM
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
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How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
8. Participating Institutions Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) Senegal Université d’Antananarivo Madagascar Amoud University, EAU, UoH Somalia University of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe University of Zambia Zambia Universidade Pedagogica Mozambique Jimma University Ethiopia Open University of Tanzania Tanzania Kyambogo University Uganda University of Nairobi Kenya Institution Country
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