Affiliation:
1. Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2. Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainef Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Abstract
This paper discusses the background and presents the results of the first in Ukraine advanced training course for educators in Remote Sensing, “Fundamentals of Remote Sensing: History and Practice”, organized by the Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory of the National Center, “Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”. The Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is a system of extracurricular education committed to the development and implementation of science education techniques. Currently, the Academy has more than 250,000 students working in 64 scientific areas. In 2018, the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine received the status of Category 2 Science Education Center under the auspices of UNESCO and joined the network of Copernicus Academies. The Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has been promoting the application of satellite imagery in education for over ten years. One of the outputs of this activity is the advanced training course for educators. This paper describes the online training course that was held in spring 2021. The course was open to all interested teachers. 21 educators from 11 Oblasts of Ukraine have completed the training course. The majority of the course participants were teachers of Geography. Environmental science, biology, chemistry, physics, and computer science experts have also participated in the training course. In addition, the course participants included four associate professors and two professors from higher educational institutions, and one PhD in Geography. From a gender perspective, 66.6 % of the registered course participants were female and 33.3 % — male. The effectiveness of the course was evaluated based on the participants’ responses collected in two surveys and a concluding interview. The paper describes the stages of special course organization, topics, and tools used in the lectures and case studies, including an overview of the data sources, such as EO Browser, ArcGIS Online, and Google Earth, etc. The paper presents a detailed description of one of the hands-on case studies of water bodies in EO Browser.
Publisher
Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Environmental Engineering
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