Designing an interactive environment to share education materials and resources. Application to the Geomatics Hub at UniLaSalle Beauvais

Réjanne Le Bivic (1) , Sébastien Ottavi (2) , Pierre Saulet (2) , Pauline Louis (3) , Arnaud Coutu (1)

1 B2R - Bassins - Réservoirs - Ressources - U2R UPJV-UNIL 7511
2 UniLaSalle
3 GEGENAA - Groupe d'Étude sur les Géomatériaux et Environnements Naturels, Anthropiques et Archéologiques - EA 3795

Teaching is a process requiring a logical and progressive frame, which is formalized in the pedagogic curriculum. Selecting, arranging, and framing the content is necessary to enhance the learning experience (Deng, 2011). The making of a curriculum implies the creation of materials that can be numerous. These pedagogic resources can be of different kinds: course materials, exercise instructions, or help tools. Using technology to provide easier access to these resources to students through an online platform is a great way to perpetuate these materials and ease the work of teachers (Nachmias et al., 2008). Furthermore, the development of such online media permits a valorization of the pedagogic resources and their innovations (Mahajan, 2010). It is a step towards an open science approach to teaching geomatics which goes further than actual textbooks (Bell et al., 2018). The focus of this paper is on the online platform created by the Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle Beauvais for Geographic Information System (GIS) courses, known as the Geomatics Hub. The general public has access to over 75% of the content on this platform for free, while the remaining content is only available to students. 54 answers were collected from a survey to collect the experience of students on this online tool. 87% declared that this platform allows better access to pedagogic resources while 89% indicated that its organization is clear and logical. The Geomatics hub is also a way to display the results of projects led by either teachers or students. The use of an innovative solution with digital open access has a reach that is not limited to the students. The display of the education tools produced by UniLaSalle Beauvais for GIS can be noticed by companies, potential partners, or former students.

Mots clés: Innovation diffusion; open science; e-Learning; Educational innovation

Domaines: Modélisation et simulation; Optimisation et contrôle [math.OC]; Génie des procédés

Réjanne Le Bivic, Sébastien Ottavi, Pierre Saulet, Pauline Louis, Arnaud Coutu. Designing an interactive environment to share education materials and resources. Application to the Geomatics Hub at UniLaSalle Beauvais. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 52, Elsevier, pp.3483-3488, 2023, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, ⟨10.1016/B978-0-443-15274-0.50556-4⟩. ⟨hal-04559667⟩