Innovation on Remote Sensing Education and Learning (IRSEL)

The objective is to develop a Learning Management System for remote sensing education for two Asian countries: China and Thailand. The Asian partners have experience in the discipline, and they are contributing to the content development as full partners. The developed training material supports education at BSc and MSc levels either as part of regular courses or as independent short courses.

The specific objectives are the following:

1. To ensure researchers and academic staff in RS and geospatial sciences for studies integrated into world-wide sustainability academia (research) community;
2. To strengthen and integrate RS and geospatial science into Multi-Inter-Trans-Cross- Disciplinary sustainability studies and research of Socio-Ecological Systems;
3. To enhance the role of Asian institutions in socio-ecological systems studies and researches for the benefit of the Asian region;
4. To promote internationalisation on the relevant knowledge areas;
5. To enhance international cooperation between EU and Asian universities and research institutions

The LMS hosts 20 newly developed modules on remote sensing. Ten of them are addressing basic techniques; the other ones are addressing advanced application topics. Building the material into the curricula of the four participating universities will, by the time, enhance the practical use of remote sensing on a wide range of applications serving the labour market and society.

The LMS serves the practical applicability of remote sensing data for a wide range of disciplines, including environmental protection, agriculture, forestry, fishery, physical sciences, engineering, transport services and security services. The LMS aims to foster the uptake of remote sensing applications to boost the benefits that space technology brings to society and economy. The project objective is in line with the EU space strategy.

A consortium of eight partners implements IRSEL:

• Óbuda University, Hungary (ÓU)
• University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Austria (BOKU)
• Jagellonian University, Poland (JU)
• University of Twente, the Netherlands (ITC)
• Fujian Normal University, China (FNU)
• Yunnan Normal University, China (YNNU)
• Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (AIT)
• Khon Kaen University, Thailand (KKU)

ITC participates in many aspects of the project. We develop two application modules:

Module 15: Application of Remote Sensing in Water Management

Module 16: Ocean/Sea and Coastal Monitoring

Furthermore, we implemented the prototype of the LMS on our server, and ITC is the leader of WP7 on “Quality assurance and evaluation”.

Global impact

Resource security

The world on which we live provides a fascinating palette of vital resources and services. How can people use these resources in a responsible way? ITC, as a knowledge partner, supports society in answering this question, through scientific research and collaboration with data providers and users of geoinformation.

Show more