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VESTA-GIS Training Framework. Anders Östman University of Gävle, Sweden Anders.Ostman@hig.se. VESTA-GIS Training Framework. Course catalogue Links to external e-learning courses Courses on the VESTA-GIS e-learning platform. Training Catalogue.
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VESTA-GIS Training Framework Anders Östman University of Gävle, Sweden Anders.Ostman@hig.se VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop 2008-11-06
VESTA-GIS Training Framework • Course catalogue • Links to external e-learning courses • Courses on the VESTA-GIS e-learning platform VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop 2008-11-06
Training Catalogue • Metadata about courses and training packages stored in a database • Basic information • Course title, Language, Provider, Duration, Level, Delivery format, Keywords • Other searchable information • Course type, cost, certificate, intended audience • Course details • Location, didactic approach, fee, overview, training units, prerequisites etc • Based on MySQL DBMS (open source) • Multilingual support VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop 2008-11-06
Use cases for catalogue services • A potential trainee wants to find information about a course and how to enrol • A course provider enters metadata • A course provider assembles courses into a training package (training package builder) • Updating and cleaning by the database administrator VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop 2008-11-06
Time schedule • Survey of existing courses (Done) • More than 50 courses known • Specifications of metadata elements (Done) • Catalogue version 1.0 for internal testing by core partners • Inquiry for course metadata (December 2008) • Catalogue version 1.1 for entire partnership (search functions) in Q1 2009 VESTA-GIS/NatureSDIPlus workshop 2008-11-06