INTERACTIVE EDUCATION ON THE WEB- EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A COMPUTER ASSISTED TRAINING COURSE FOR REMOTE SENSING

The World Wide Web provides new opportunities, which can contribute to combining lectures and seminars with the newest trends in science and technology worldwide. Consequently, PCs or workstations with Internet access may also be used as prerequisites for offering an open access for lectures and courses not only to students but also to the interested public. This assumes the development of high quality training software, with attractive design, graphics, animations, audio and video components to stimulate student's motivation. Additionally a high level of interactivity is necessary to involve students in the learning process. The Technical University Berlin (TUB) has set up a computer based training system for remote sensing. Presently the tutorial focuses on fundamentals of remote sensing, discusses image acquisition by means of different sensor systems, and gives an introduction to basic preprocessing and interpretation steps. Functionality will be added continuously as required. This paper outlines ideas with regard to general guidelines for training objectives, interactive user control and guidance as well as design aspects. It gives an overview of the user interface and the topics already implemented. Presenting course examples, the paper reports on the TUB's experience in setting up teaching software.