期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2004
卷号：XXXV Part B6
页码：106-110
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：The broadening interest in spatial information is rapidly raising the demand for sound but nevertheless flexible education in Geographic Information Systems & Technology (GIST). The Swiss Virtual Campus Project GITTA (Geographic Information Technology Training Alliance) aims at providing modular web-based learning material for GIST education in Switzerland. This paper presents the strategies and technologies which have been developed to achieve this goal. The GITTA consortium unites the majority of institutes from Swiss Universities und Universities of Applied Sciences teaching GIST. It encompasses members from three different language regions and from different application domains. The development of homogeneous content and the creation of consistent and sustainable learning material in such a heterogeneous environment posed some major challenges and required that special attention was directed to the didactical model and the underlying technology. It was decided to develop a didactically sound content structure based on XML. The GITTA XML structure combines and extends existing e-Learning concepts and standards. The use of XML technology for modelling the didactical framework of GITTA allows the enforcement of the content model through XML validation tools. All the decentrally developed learning materials are stored on one central server using the publishing framework Cocoon (The Apache Cocoon Project). XML transformations enable the on-the- fly transformation of the GITTA contents to different presentation formats. Through the consequent use of XML technology it is ensured that the learning material is sustainable and that it can easily be adapted to different layouts and to future usage scenarios. A number of GITTA modules are now operational in up to four different languages, which demonstrates the viability of the chosen approach
关键词：GIS; Education; Learning; Teaching; Technology; Web based; Platforms; P roject
