Communication tools in e-learning : experiences in academic geomatic education
Mansberger, Reinfried et al.
At the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), the Insti-tute of Surveying, Remote Sensing and Land Information (IVFL) offers education in geomat-ics (surveying) for more than fifteen study programs on bachelor and master degree. Seven years ago e-learning was introduced at the institute to meet the challenges of the high number of lectures and the huge number of students. The paper investigates the possibilities of com-munication within an e-learning platform. Based on two lectures at IVFL with different char-acteristics it describes the practical realization of e-communication between teachers and stu-dents. An analysis of available communication tools within the course management system moodle is given, based on the experiences of two staff members of IVFL and of the head of the BOKU e-Learning Centre as well as based on the results of a survey amongst students. Conclusions concerning communication in e-learning-systems for providing academic educa-tion are outlined in the final part.
Event: Sharing Good Practices : E-learning in Surveying, Geo-information Science and Land Administration
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