Body of Knowledge for the Earth Observation and Geoinformation Sector – a Basis for Innovative Skills Development
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: With new Earth Observation (EO) and Geoinformation (GI) data sources increasingly becoming available, evermore new skills for data collection, processing, analysis and application are required. They are needed not only from scientists, but also from practitioners working in businesses, public and private EO*GI and related sectors. Aligning the continuously evolving skill sets demanded by the market and existing academic and vocational training programmes is not an easy task. Training programmes should be grounded in real needs of the sector and its labour market. To do this, it is necessary to identify the knowledge and skills needed, and map their interconnectivity in specific frameworks, which can later be used for the definition of new curricula or job-oriented learning paths. This paper presents a framework for the EO*GI sector, based on a Body of Knowledge (BoK), by creating a complete set of concepts with a semantic structure underneath that supports academia and industry. Creating and updating the BoK is supported by an editing tool, the Living Textbook and by experts in the EO*GI domain, who contributes to the BoK’s enrichment.
Institutions: Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Universitat Jaume I, KU Leuven, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, University of Salzburg, Spatial Services GmbH (Austria), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), University of Tasmania, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Basilicata
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3080238265