ERASMUS+ Project Li4LaM

Land Information for Land Management (Li4LaM)

ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE
Project Duration: 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025

Sustainable management of the resource “Land” requires up-to date and detailed geoinformation for decision-makers. Well-educated land administration (LA) professionals are providing this information for the tasks of land management by using satellite images, photogrammetry, and geoinformation technologies (GIS).

Li4LaM aims to improve knowledge, skills and competences of LA students on collecting, interpreting, and analysing geodata. Li4LaM develops and provides state-of-the-art teaching and learning materials for in total 12 existing modules of LA relevant study programs offered at four Ethiopian universities. For each of the Ethiopian partner universities also one new module (5 ECTS) is developed tailored to the specific needs of land management in their region, and one module (10 ECTS) is elaborated for Lifelong-Learning (LLL) courses aiming to upskill local LA experts.For all modules, learning and teaching material is prepared for being delivered as online courses as well as for on-site courses. European partners will use selected parts of the material.

For the four ETH partner institutions, a LLL strategy is developed and a handbook for quality assurance and accreditation processes for LLL is elaborated.

Ethiopian universities have a severe lack of textbooks. Li4LaM will bridge this gap as teaching and learning material is provided in an electronic format, enabling a broader access for Ethiopian students. Teaching videos, animations, recorded lectures, pdf-textbooks, etc. can be downloaded from Learning Management Systems, which are implemented by Li4LaM for all Ethiopian project partners. 

Li4LaM will enhance pedagogic and didactical skills as well as the competence to develop state-of-the art teaching and learning material for all project partners in general and for the Ethiopian partners in particular. European project members benefited from the pandemic situation of the last two years, as the pandemic forced them to adopt distance-learning techniques.

Project Partners:
Technische Universität Wien (TUW), Debre Markos University (DMU), Bahir Dar University (BDU), Addis Ababa University (AAU), Woldia University (WU)

BOKU-Staff involved:
Thomas BAUER, Emma IZQUIERDO-VERDIGUIER, Reinfried MANSBERGER, (Geomatic); Christina PAULUS, Vladana VIDRIC, (LifeLongLearning); Gernot STOEGLEHNER, Walter SEHER, (Spatial Planning)

Activities completed or in progress (Status: November 14, 2024)

• WP1 - Project Management
  • Kick-Off-Meeting at Technische Universität Wien (May 10, 2023)
  • Project Meeting 2 at Addis Ababa University (October 28, 2024)
  • Elaboration of Project Hand-Book
  • Elaboration of Mid-Term Report
• WP2 - Module and Course Planning
  • Identication as-is-situation
  • Elaboration of Conceptual Framework for lectures
• WP3 - Human Resource Development
  • Workshop and training on pedagogical and didactical topics at BOKU University Vienna (May 12-13, 2023)
  • Workshop and training on developing innovative learning and teaching material at University of Agriculture Krakow (February 12-17, 2024)
  • Workshop and training on selected professional topics of Remote Sensing - scheduled at Addis Ababa University (October 27-31, 2024)
• WP4 - Elaboration of Teaching and Learning Material
  • Content update for 12 existing modules and contente development for 4 new modules - in progress
• WP5 - Implementation of Teaching and Learning Environment
  • Conceptualising of servers, UAV and online-teaching facilities
  • Purchase of servers, UAV and online-teaching facilities - in progress
• WP7 - Life Long Learning for Upskilling and Open Educational Pathways
  • Elaboration of a validation strategy - draft available
• WP8 - Quality Assurance and Evaluation
  • Development of a Quality Management Plan
  • Evaluation activities - continously in progress
• WP9 - Dissemination and Public Relation Activities
  • Development and maintenance of project website
  • Production of PR materials
    • Rollup
    • Poster
    • High visibility waistcoats for UAV pilots
    • Caps
  • Communication in social and professional media
    • Facebook site

Future (planned) activities (Status: November 14, 2024)

• WP1 - Project Management
  • Project Meeting 3 at University Ljubljana - (scheduled May 6-7, 2025)
  • Project Meeting 4 at Debre Markos University (or in case of travel restrictions to Amhara region) at Addis Ababa University - (scheduled November, 2025)
  • Project administration - (ongoing)
  • Elaboration of Final Report
  • Project Meeting 2 at Addis Ababa University (scheduled end of October 2024)
• WP4 - Elaboration of Teaching and Learning Material
  • Content elaboration for 4 LLL modules (based on modules to be new developed; one module per Ethiopian university)
• WP5 - Implementation of Teaching and Learning Environment
  • Implementation of teaching and learning environment at DMU, BDU, AAU and WU
• WP6 -Pilots and Roll-Out of Modules
  • Pilot courses (to be delivered for a sample of contents of each lecture)
  • Delivery of updated modules and new modules to students
  • Maintainance of teaching and learning materials and environment
• WP7 - Life Long Learning for Upskilling and Open Educational Pathways
  • Development of the validation process of non and informal learning
  • Adaption of teaching and learning materials for LLL program
• WP8 - Quality Assurance and Evaluation
  • Evaluation activities - (ongoing)
  • Quality Assessment of learning&teaching material and course delivery
• WP9 - Dissemination and Public Relation Activities
  • Development and maintenance of project website - (ongoing)
  • Communication in social and professional media - (ongoing)
  • Dissemination seminars at Ethiopian partner universities (DMU, BDU, AAU, WU)

Workshop at BOKU

Workshop at UAK

Workshop at AAU