Jp0042 digimap for colleges connect more jisc scotland june 2015

Anne Robertson, EDINA

Digimap for CollegesA new online mapping service for the FE sector

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Session outline

» Why another Digimap?

» Service design

» Support materials

» Service features

» What people are saying

» Use within a vocational college

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Connect more with Jisc Scotland, Napier Uni

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Extending the product line to bridge the gap…

OS, Historic, Geology, Marine, Environment online mapping + data download for use in GIS/CAD requiring individual user registration

OS online mapping for colleges + GCSE & A level curriculum and vocational course materials available campus wide

OS and historic online mapping for schools + Key Stage 1 - 4 curriculum materials

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Result – an online mapping service designed for the sector

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Key features

» Online mapping service

» Ordnance Survey digital map products for all of GB

» Variety of zoom levels inc OS MasterMap, building footprints

» Annotate maps with text, markers, areas, photos, graphs

» Measure distances, areas, buffer points and lines

» Save annotations

» Create maps as pdf and jpg for printing and insert

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Key features

» Whole of college resource – vocational and cross curricular

» Not just for Geographers! Starting point for presentation of many types of information & use of ICT in learning

» Browser based, no software installation, no data management

» Most popular current browsers Chrome, IE, Safari, Firefox

» Smartboards, desktop pcs, laptops

» Touch enabled – Safari on iPads

» Easy campus IP access, click Start and you’re off!04/06/2015


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Learning resources

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How to videos

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Annotating to present their own information

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Example annotations

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Example annotations

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Example annotations

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Example annotations

Figure 6: Land Use Map - Dunlop

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Example annotations

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Example annotations

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Example annotations

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Students using maps to present information

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And even for your college use too

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What people are saying

Happy users‘We added a direct link (and banner) to Digimap on the Public Services Course in our VLE. In addition we promoted the resource to all relevant teaching staff and offered training as required (we haven’t had to do any training as Digimap is very intuitive).

They appear to be delighted with the service. I believe they are using the maps for outdoor expedition/orienteering related activities.’

Graeme Hodge, eLearning Resource Manager, North East Surrey College of Technology, 22 January 2015

I know that our public services staff have been using it, I think they were making maps for expeditions with their students. Our Geography staff also use it, we even have a chilcare assessor who has used it with her students to check amenities close to their placements.

Melanie Cook, Gower College Swansea, 20 February 201504/06/2015


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David ScottHead of Learning Centres and Financial SupportKirklees College» 20,000 students

» 13 curriculum areas

» Vocational no A’ level’s

» 10% of courses include on-line (FELTAG) module

» Construction department, early adopters

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Examples of usage

» We can get them to upload a 'suitable' site for their proposed development and we can get them to consider things like site constraints, access, services in the road to be avoided, planning traffic routes while the work is in progress, information to be supplied to the Planning Authority (Block Plans, Location Plans etc.)

» Students can also see the orientation of buildings relative to North South so important these days when allowing for solar gain

» By looking at maps they can also consider whether the area has been well planned in their view or if they can deduce compelling reasons why the layouts are as they are

» They can also try and think why certain plots have been left vacant (access, geology, mining, heavily wooded)

» They can also be used to explain the use of grid references as part of surveying

When students are doing a project we teach them about the impact of the construction work on surrounding areas for instance:

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Benefits to students and the future

Benefits» Digital literacy

» Relevant to course work

» Take the resource back in to industry and the work place

» Interesting content for on-line learning encouraging student take up of blended sessions with regard to FELTAG

The Future» Targeted promotion to other curriculum

areas (e.g. land based and travel and tourism)

» Use cross-college as an example of best practice re: FELTAG and blended learning

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Improving the spatial literacy of tomorrow’s workforce

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Join the growing user base

» Simple subscription process for instant campus access

» Subscribe via Jisc Collections Catalogue

» Receive email from Edina help desk once set up

» 189 already subscribed, incl 11 in Scotland

North East Scotland College

Forth Valley College

Glasgow Kelvin

Ayrshire College

City of Glasgow

West College Scotland

Borders College

Glasgow Clyde

West Lothian College

Edinburgh College

Fife College

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Find out more…

Thank you!

Anne RobertsonGeodata Services Manager, EDINAEmail: [email protected]: digimapforcolleges.edina.ac.uk

Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND

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