PBL in Geodesy and Geomatics: examples

Using PBL and active learning techniques is crucial in an up-to date learning environment, since they provides the ability for students to be immersed into pseudo-real world scenarios, thus encouraging them to take more responsibility for their own learning and apply their knowledge at successively higher levels, which are some of the aims of higher education (lifelong learning). 

This is one of the reasons why the GEOWEB Project (Modernising geodesy education in Western Balkan  with focus on competences and learning outcomes, funded by the European Union's Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 2: Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education, 2015-2018) encouraged the Balkan partner universities to implement PBL in their curriculum.

As a result, 6 PBL scenarios related to Geomatics, Geodesy and Geography (at BSc and MSc level) have been developed and used at these Universities. You can download them from the table below. Enjoy!

Table 1. Examples of how to use Problem Based Learning at BSc and MSc level in Geodesy & Geomatics (GEOWEB project)

Course	Level	Semester	ECTS (PBL/Total)	Prepared by	Scenario and temporal organization
State Survey	BSc in Geodesy and geoinformatics	6th	2/5	University of Sarajevo	Example 1
Locational factors in Industry: Problem Handouts	BSc in Geography	5th	2/5	University of Tirana	Example 2
GIS programming	MSc in Geodesy	3rd	2/3	University of Belgrade	Example 3
Geoportals and geospatial services	MSc in Geoinformatics	1st	6/6	University of Novi Sad	Example 4
Advanced GNSS and applications	MSc in in Geodesy	2nd	6/6	Polytechnic University of Tirana	Example 5
GIS and remote   sensing	MSc in Geographical Basics of Spatial planning	2nd	2/6	University of Tuzla	Example 6

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