Courses
QGIS Training Course
A course was developed to transfer and enhance technical skills in the use of GIS tools to support surveillance and disease response in both marine and freshwater environments. The course was designed by the GIS laboratory of IZSVe, the Statistics and GIS laboratory of IZS Teramo, and the Epidemiological Observatory of IZS Lazio and Tuscany. A first edition of the course was held in November 2023 in English at the International Centre for Veterinary Training and Information “F.Gramenzi” of IZS Abruzzo and Molise for the Cambodian beneficiaries (Fisheries Administration/Department of Aquaculture Development). A second edition of the course was held in English and French at Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno in Portici (NA) for the Tunisian and Moroccan beneficiaries (Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer and Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des produits Alimentaires) in March 2024. The e-learning version of the course will be made available through the WOAH channels.
E-learning module
These modules are scheduled to be delivered during the 18th and the 36th months of the project.
Contents
The e-modules contents may include, but not be limited to videos, podcasts, pdf, quizzes, interactive exercises, etc.
Technical specifications
The e-modules will be developed in English, and will have an overall duration of 1 hour each. They’ll be divided into units, with an introduction describing module contents and learning objectives for each one. Every e-module will have an entry test and a final assessment exercise as well as a learners’ guide with clear user instructions and recommendations. An index system will also be put into place to facilitate learners’ navigation through contents.
The development of e-learning modules will take into account two different possibilities: the first one will be the use of an authoring tool such as Articulate 360, having a SCORM file as output. The second one will be the direct set-up of two courses into IZSVe Moodle platform, using Moodle’s activities and resources (video contents, quizzes, H5P interactions, etc). IZSVe instructional designers and media producers will take care of all the resource development (videos, podcast, quizzes, etc.) and they’ll set-up these learning objects into Moodle as a whole working course. This second option will probably allow the maximum flexibility in terms of future updates, as well as completion tracking data obtainable. IZSVe can provide a course backup file to be restored into OIE e-learning platform, but this will depend on respective Moodle versions to avoid compatibility issues.