New ways of teaching geomatics courses in forestry: Online delivery
Author(s) -
Brigitte Leblon,
Armand LaRocque,
Glen A Jordan,
M. Gil
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the forestry chronicle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1499-9315
pISSN - 0015-7546
DOI - 10.5558/tfc84523-4
Subject(s) - geomatics , the internet , computer science , interpretation (philosophy) , multimedia , remote sensing , key (lock) , world wide web , geography , computer security , programming language
Lectures and supervised laboratory sessions are the classical methods of teaching geomatics (GISscience, photo-interpretation and remote sensing) courses. This paper describes a new teaching method that uses multimedia and Internet technology in offering self-paced, web-based courses. Advantages and disadvantages of each method are presented. Key words: teaching, remote sensing, GISscience, photo-interpretation Internet, multimedia.
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