A Educational Cd-rom on Remote Sensing and Geoprocessing Techniques for Biologists

The biologists searching for environmental understanding in geographical scale are gradually shifting to the use of remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques to better study the Earth. However, the rapid obsolescence of remote sensing teaching material, requires new methods and new languages to better achieve the coming students. Although theoretical material is absolutely necessary, there must be new ways of constructing the student learning. While at the graduate level, the beginners can choose your own area of interest avoiding further frustration, reaching rapidly their goals, and preparing themselves for further readings. The chosen examples cover natural and semi-natural environments, vegetation, water and human settlements occupation, ecosystem calibration, temporal analysis, environmental modelling, focusing a broad ecological approach. The diverse environment and ecological approach will stimulate the student for the use of remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques. The examples in the paper format will guarantee the appropriate preparation of the beginners for further studies. The availability of a fundaments text will guarantee continuous student preparation based on the best literature. The methods used in the CD-ROM elaboration which merge text, image, examples and video will hopefully hold the student’s attention more efficiently than if they were read a book. The hyperlink between examples texts and fundamentals text will help the student to organise their readings. To motivate and inform, at the same time, it is necessary achieve the best quality, regarding contents and navigation. The ecological subject must be up-to-date to attract student’s attention and must have enough information to satisfy third level students. The fundamentals content, both in remote sensing and in geoprocessing techniques, are explored using data projects, in a language appropriated to biologists.