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Celebrating the Open Access Week 2021
Open Science represents a new approach to the scientific process based on cooperative work and new ways of diffusing knowledge by using digital technologies and new collaborative tools. Open Science is an umbrella term that involves various attempts to remove the...
Training on mobile data collection and QGIS for data visualization and mapping to Sokoine University students
Blog by Ernest Mauya and Msilikale Msilanga The increasing availability of Geospatial technologies and open data is making a global impact on Natural Resources Management and Conservation. With local talents, these can be turned into smart and impactful solutions in...
Finnish organization’s planning workshop – the importance of contact meetings to improve collaboration and develop common ways of working
The GeoICT4e project team has almost 60 experts from Finland and Tanzania – of which around twenty experts are from Finland. Tanzanian experts have been able to organize some local meetings between their own teams, and to collaborate with each other. Small teams of...
GeoICT4e experts delve into local e-learning and challenge -based learning solutions in Tanzania
During the end of August and first days of September 2021, the GeoICT4e -project experts were finally able to meet face-to-face in Tanzania and dwell on better to local e-learning and challenge-based learning solutions. GeoICT4e experts Niina Käyhkö, Antero Järvi and...
DigiCampus Training for GeoICT4e and Resilience Academy experts
On 8th and 9th June 2021, GeoICT4e and Resilience Academy in collaboration arranged a training to University experts from UDSM, ARU, SUA, SUZA, MoCU, UTU, NOVIA, and TURKU UAS to provide skills on developing e-learning content utilizing Digicampus. The training was...
MiniMOOCs and other E-learning mateials as a resource to Challenge Campaigns
Currently the GeoICT4e experts are designing miniMOOCs related to knowledge and handling of digital geospatial data, sustainable development, climate change, innovations, and entrepreneurship, which are also the themes included in our pedagogical approach,...
Kick-off to Multicompetence Learning and GeoICT4e Ways to Work
A two-days’ event for GeoICT4e experts GeoICT4e project is implemented by eight universities from Finland and Tanzania. Altogether, we comprise a team of 51 experts, who have different knowledge, skills, experience, networks and personalities. Getting to know and...
GeoICT4e project gets started
GeoICT4e -Social innovations in Geo-ICT education at Tanzanian Higher Education Instutions for improved employability project has got funding of 1 923 365 euros from HEI ICI programme for the time period of 4 years, starting from 1 September 2020 and continuing to 31...
Application for GeoICT4e successfully submitted
While the GeoICT project is gradually ending, we have submitted a new HEI-ICI proposal “GeoICT4e” – e referring to employment – for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Our new project initiative builds on the success of the previous two HEI ICl-projects between...
Geo-ICT pilot courses running in Tanzania
The Tanzanian partner universities have reviewed and developed several curricula and courses as part of the Geo-ICT project. We aim to collect feedback from the students of each partner university regarding at least one course during 2019, to be able to measure the...
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