GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation. Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il...

GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation.

Associazione Italiana per

l'Informatica ed il Calcolo

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The GIS certification endorsed by the

ECDL Foundation : how to support the

capacity building for SDIs.

http://www.ecdlgis.com




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Some NON trivial questions ?

• How many users are able to use effectively GI, GIS , SDI ?

• How to check /to certificate the ability ?• Is it our interest to develop usable systems?• Which are the most relevant braking forces

in GIS and SDI ?• How much we spend for the ITC (GIS)

illiteracy ?

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GIS certification : specialized ICT European certification programs

The European certification programs in the ICT sector. The STANDARD:

• Analysis based on the labor market demands

• Jointly developed by teams of experts

• Different levels of certification (basic user, professional, specialized)

• Standard system :

- Syllabus (requested competences)

- Question and Test Base –QTB- (tests)




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ECDL and ICDL around the world

• Currently available in 138 countries, in Europe, China,

Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, Chile, etc.

• Translated into 32 languages

• 4.5 mil. registered students

• 2.0 mil. certificated (October 2004)

• 300,000 tests each month




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Licenseer of ECDL Foundation Greece :ECDL Hellas

Albania : ECDL Hellas • Czech Rep. : Ceska Spolecnost pro kybernetiku ainformatiku

(CSKI), Praha • Hungary : John von Neumann Computer Institute, Budapest • Romania : ECDL Romania , Bucharest • Bulgaria : ECDL Bulgaria , Sofia • Croatia : Croatian Information Technology Society - ECDL

CROATIA , Zagreb • Bosnia & Herzegovina : Asocijacija Informaticara U Bosni I

Hercegovini , Sarajevo • Serbia : JISA - Jedinstveni Informaticki Savez Srbije , Beograd

• Israel : ICDL Israel , Tel-Aviv




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The workforce in Italy in the ICT sector (*)

ICT PRODUCTS AND ICT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDERSSERVICES PROVIDERS 580.000580.000

ICT FUNCTIONS IN USERS ICT FUNCTIONS IN USERS COMPANYCOMPANY 389.000389.000

Professionals(1,375 mil.)

HEAVY USERSHEAVY USERS 2.525.0002.525.000

GENERIC USERSGENERIC USERS 6.700.0006.700.000

Users (9,225 mil.)

NO USERSNO USERS11.332.00011.332.000

Total Total workforceworkforce21.932.00021.932.000

NET WORKERSNET WORKERS 406.000406.000

(*) 2002




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GIS certification – Endorsed by the ECDL Foundation

System of certifications of competences about

the professional knowledge related to the basics of the computer science and its components used in the GI&GIS field.

Levels : Base (endorsed)

Advanced

Professional




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GIS certification : candidates and users

• They who wish to demonstrate to have a robust knowledge of basic principles governing the GI techniques and their basic use through a specific software.

• They who wish to have evidence that the GIS users

have certificated basic competences.




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GIS certification Base syllabus

STANDARD : it follows the structure of the European certification programs syllabus in the ICT sector




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It is organized in 3 Modules

• Module 1: Cartography.

• Categories : 6 • Knowledge areas : 18 (e.g. reference

systems, coordinates, geometry, Italian cartography, EU cartography, digital cartography , metadata , etc.)

• Knowledge items : 36• Tests : about 120




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• Module 2: GIS

• Categories : 5

• Knowledge areas : 12 (e.g. basic concepts, scale, modeling the reality, topology, spatial analysis, classification, etc.)

• Knowledge items : 40

• Tests : about 120




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• Module 3: Use of a GIS software.

• Requires the candidate to demonstrate the ability to use a GIS

software.

• Developed in conjunction with ESRI and Intergraph.

• The candidate shall be able to accomplish everyday tasks

associated with basic use of GIS commands.

• The module is using the homogeneity of knowledge areas and

items necessary to drive a GIS software respecting the

peculiarity of the commands.

• It may run in open source sw ( e.g. QGIS, etc.)




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Certification features

• Quality check, transparency, standard

(syllabus), certificated test center,

continuous checking (e.g. audit, etc.)

• Anonymous tests evaluation

• Vendor neutrality (tests are independent,

commands depend on sw.)

• Multilanguage




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GIS certification : who is involved • AICA• Not-for-profit organization, founded in 1961• Founder of IT certifications in Italy • Italian chapter of ECDL Foundation

• LABSITA • Others involved:• Politecnico di Torino , Politecnico di Milano• University of Bologna , University of Siena• ESRI Italia and Intergraph Italia ,• ESRI and Intergraph corporation• CEMAGREF, France• UPSAM Spain• University of West Hungary• University of the Federal Armed Forces, Germany• Van Hall Instituut, Netherlands• University of Utrecht• Coastal and Marine Resources Centre, ERI, University College Cork, Ireland




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References

• The ECDL Foundation has analyzed the project

and has given the endorsement

• In EU the subject has been explored also within

AGILE, EUGISES and EC GI&GIS conferences

(Kemp, Toppen, and others);

• EU projects have addressed and explored the

issue, some are still running (HUMBOLDT,

VESTA-GIS).

• Some educational and training activities are

related (Unigis, National initiatives, etc.)




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EU perspective

• ECDL-GIS as a facilitator for INSPIRE data and principles diffusion and better using

• ECDL-GIS as a common reference layer for EU GI• ECDL-GIS for facilitating professional mobility and

vocational training • ECDL-GIS as basis for building scientific knowledge (e.g.

courses, etc.) and specialized skills (e.g. sw training)→VESTA-GIS “endorsment” as a specific facilitator for

INSPIRE data handling and sharing.

Basic knowledge is only the start for vocational training, higher education and professional specialization




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LabSITA www.labsita.org

Ecdl (www.ecdl.com)

Mauro [email protected]

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