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GITTA Open Content for GIS Education

Learn about GITTA, an online GIS course. Explore lessons, eLML markup language, output options, and benefits of using GITTA content. Join the consortium to access resources under Creative Commons license. Translate lessons to your native language. Contact Joël Fisler for more information.

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GITTA Open Content for GIS Education

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  1. GITTA: Open Content Material For GIS Education Joël Fisler - GITTA Coordinator www.gitta.info

  2. Content • The GITTA Project • Content covered by GITTA • Open access to GITTA lessons • eLML: eLesson Markup Language • eLML: Output options • Why use GITTA lessons?

  3. The GITTA Project GITTA is a modular online course in GIST (Geographic Information Science & Technology) • Consortium of 10 GIST teaching institutes • Institutions cover 75% of Swiss GIS students • Realized 2001-2004, Maintenance 2005-2006 • In total 50 lessons and 10 case studies

  4. GITTA: The content

  5. Attribution: It has to be visible that GITTA is the „author“ Share Alike: Updated lessons distributed only under CC lic. Commercial use not allowed GITTA defined these rules! The GITTA consortium would like to share the e-learning lessons with other universities or schools. Therefore the content is published under the Creative Commons license. Opening the content under the Creative Commons lic.

  6. eLML: eLesson Markup Lang. • Lesson starts with entry & goals and ends with a summary (optional in unit) • Self-assessments are optional on both levels • Content stored in learning objects (clarify, look act) • Both glossary and bibliography are validated via the XML schema • Metadata only for tutors

  7. eLML: Output options • XHTML 1.0 with personal layout • No XML knowledge needed (CSS/HTML) • PDF (Formatting Obj.) • IMS Content Package and SCORM supported • LaTeX in preparation

  8. Why use GITTA lessons? • You dont have to create your own lessons • Using eLML you can create personal layout • By using and updating the GITTA lessons you can contribute to keep the quality of the lessons high • We are looking for partners wanting to translate existing GITTA lessons into their native language (Polish?)

  9. Contact address Questions?Comments?Discussion? Joël Fisler University of Zurich Multimedia and E-Learning Services (MELS) Winterthurerstrasse 197 8057 Zürich +41 44 635 5252 joel.fisler@id.unizh.ch http://www.gitta.info http://www.elml.ch

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