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Explore the Tsunami Project's multidisciplinary approach to online education focused on Tsunami, Health, Scientific Aspects, and International Aid. Utilize valuable resources and educational tools to enhance distance learning and disaster preparedness.
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Forgetting the Tsunami:Preventing this via online education Presented by Dr. Jon Baggaley Richard Giroday
The Tsunami Project • One focus • Four complimentary topics • Four unique team approaches • Four unique educational resources
Development Overview http://giroday.thewebworks.bc.ca/MDDE/MDDE615/tsunamiprojectbrainstorm.htm
The MDDE615 Challenge • Teams of three • Strengths and Weaknesses • Specified Topic • Communication challenges • Short Time Frame • Jan. 17th – groups identified • Feb. 7th – proposal due • Feb. 21st – Prototype due • Mar. 4th – Evaluation
Group C – Tsunami, Health:Development Overview http://giroday.thewebworks.bc.ca/MDDE/MDDE615/healthbrainstorm.htm
Critical Challenge • Narrowing the focus • Niche • Target Audience • Educational Value • Meet expectation criteria
Criteria • Educational – in a formal sense, or of public interest in a broad informative sense. • Original • Technically competent – clean html code, value added features
Four valued resources • Educational Issues • Scientific Aspects • Health Issues • International Aid
Educational Issues – Group ADarren Cannell, Lynette Carmichael, Suzanne McCullagh • Goal – to aid distance educators, in their Tsunami teachings. • Three key categories: • educational tools – lesson plans, teaching aids, etc • overview of current educational reconstruction efforts • Searchable databank of online Tsunami-related resources.
Scientific Aspects – Group BLori Johnston, Celynn Klemenchuk, Ferdinand Krauss • Scientific Explanation • Plate Tectonics • Wave Physics • Human History • Biosphere Impact • Prediction Systems • Visual Site Map
Health Issues – Group CRichard Giroday, Anita Dumont, Margaret Werdermann • Two target audiences • Survivors, Travellers • Tsunami Health Issues • Compendium of disease characteristics • Traveling to the affected regions • Warnings,Preparation, Survival • Media/Search Engine Research • Accessibility Issues • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
International Aid – Group DPrisca Campbell, Maisaa Tubail, Joanna Wiebe • Better Aid • Find compatible disaster recovery organizations and form alliances to stretch resources or to address community needs that your organization cannot. • Faith based • United Nations Organizations • Red Cross • Non-sectarian groups
The Tsunami Project: Research and Development Issues in International Online Delivery • Technical consolidation and amalgamation of the four web sites onto one server. • Maintain the uniqueness, integrity, and look/feel of each of the four sites. • Evaluation/comparison of accessibility of different online techniques in urban and remote parts of Asia • Search Engines as measurement tools for research.