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Experiences with vocational training on Geographical Information from VSB-TU Ostrava

Experiences with vocational training on Geographical Information from VSB-TU Ostrava. Ji ri Hor a k, Bronislava Horakova, Jan Ruzicka VSB-TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA INSTITUTE OF GEOINFORMATICS. What is the role of vocational training in the Czech republic?. 3 important factors:

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Experiences with vocational training on Geographical Information from VSB-TU Ostrava

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  1. Experiences with vocational training on Geographical Information from VSB-TU Ostrava Jiri Horak, Bronislava Horakova, Jan Ruzicka VSB-TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA INSTITUTE OF GEOINFORMATICS VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg

  2. What is the role of vocational training in the Czech republic? • 3 important factors: • The role of tertiary institutions (universities) • The demand (namely public administration) • missing or insufficient system of certification

  3. The mission of tertiary institutions • vocational training and its position in the tertiary education is currently broadly discussed (White paper of tertiary education) • System changes of tertiary education in last 15 years were radical (changes of management style, financial conditions, establishing private universities, Bologne process and implementation of 3-level education model + credits, establishing of „high schools“, etc) • Positive changes, but: • Almost all tertiary institutions declare a „university“ type of education (with important part of research) and no tertiary institutions fully oriented to vocational education (professional oriented) exist. No „colleges“, no „technological institutes“, only „technical universities“. • Evaluation of university performance is till now based on the number of undergraduates and publication activities; missing evaluation for vocational training • The changes of the mission are envisaged 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg

  4. Demand of public administration • New law about a civil service: the professional carreer requires a long-life education • New construction law: urban planning based on almost 200 various features. Processing possible only in GIS. • Growth of courses oriented to public administration officers (accredited by Ministry of Interior) 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 4

  5. Missing systems of certification for the level of training • Different courses and training, provided by various organisations (firms, universities, associations etc.) • Difficult to compare, difficult to evaluate the level • Such courses are not accepted by universities as a official part of tertiary education 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 5

  6. Important features of VT • Form: • e-Learning or • combination of stationary and distant (e-learning) • precise time schedules for stationary education • selected topics reflecting current industry/society needs, • well prepared speakers, understanding user requirements and expectations • appropriate practical examples, • ability to select appropriate procedures for teaching and training (e.g. preference of more „robust“ techniques). 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 6

  7. What is offered by the Institute of Geoinformatics? • 3 main forms of vocational education: • stationary courses („modules“ of VESTA GIS) • stationary seminars • Internet-based (e-Learning) courses. • Currently less distinguished - requirements to prolong the effect of the seminar/course with training materials on web (mainly training examples, case studies) • Language – currently only Czech • Collaboration: • CAGI (Czech Association for Geoinformation), • other Czech universities (Czech Technical University in Prague, Palacky University in Olomouc, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen) 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 7

  8. E-Learning courses • Build according e-learning principles (modularity, summaries, highlights, control questions, examples) • With fees • 4 months • provided by the university center for distant education • Issued 2003, updated • Low interest • 3 courses: • Geoinformation technologies (introduction to GIS, spatial analysis, remote sensing, GNSS) • Global Positioning Systems • Spatial Data on Internet (web mapping, web application) 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 8

  9. Courses for regional authorities • Officers of regional authorities • June 23-25, 2008: • Network Analyst and Spatial Analyst (ArcGIS 9.2) – 14 • Mashups – 11 • Mobile Geoinformation Technologies – 11 • Lectures, training • Approx. 1 day • Administration support by CAGI • certificates 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 9

  10. Seminars • usually deal with some „hot topic“ of geoinformatics, reflecting in short-term presentation, training and discussion • Standalone or accompanying a conference • Symposium GIS Ostrava (every end of January) • Duration usually 3 hours • 10-15 participants 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 10

  11. GIS Ostrava 2008 • Google Earth and KML • Geostatistical Modelling in ArcGIS • Web 2.0 alias how to mixed „MapMashups“ • GeoNetwork OpenSource – the tool for metadata administration • Network Analysis in GIS • GDAL/OGR – leader in OpenSource (ArteGIS Ltd.) • XML in Cartography (University of West Bohemia) • and ArcData (local ESRI provider) seminars. 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 11

  12. GIS Ostrava 2007 • Interoperability for the level of geodata and metadata • Object Orientation and GIS (CTU) • GRASS GIS & QGIS: wingrass (CTU) • GIS in Crisis Management (Masaryk University in Brno) • Development of 3D models of objects and integration to GIS (using ArcGIS and SketchUp Google) • PostGIS • XML in Cartography (University of West Bohemia) 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 12

  13. Seminars for labour offices • Long-running collaboration with MSA and labour offices • since 2002 support of spatial analysis and mapping • Seminars: • Statistical maps and map composition for labour market • Analysis and predictions of labour market indicators • Case studies of spatial analysis for labour market • GIS application for labour offices • Transport accessibility of employers • The most frequent scheme: • Morning - presentations, lectures, explanation • Afternoon – training 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 13

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  15. Participants? • public sector (regional authorities, former districts authorities, labour offices and less frequently other institutions), • the participation from business sector is still low. 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg 15

  16. Conclusion • wide spectrum of different modules • Some may be difficult to share - probably different duties and conditions of labour offices • Preferable topics: • Web mapping, web spatial services, • Mapmashups, • Interpolation (including geostatistical modelling), • Open Source, • Transport accessibility, network analysis • Mobile Geoinformation Technologies 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg

  17. Thank you for your attention.jiri.horak@vsb.cz 1.7.2008 VESTA GIS WORKSHOP – Salzburg

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