The course is intended as a distance (online) learning course, using the principles of distance learning and based on students' self-study desires, using the study courses offered on the online platforms. The aim of the course is to provide students with the opportunity to supplement their knowledge in the field of IT, according to their own justified needs, professional and research interests. The tasks are to acquire or supplement knowledge on IT field, according to the orientation and theme of the study program, a significant topic or problem that is not included in the list of courses of the study program (study plan). Language of course teaching: English, Latvian.
Course responsible lecturer Māris Vītiņš
Results Knowledge: 1. Acquired new knowledge about the topic or range of problems of IT. 2. Understands the information resources necessary for the implementation of professional development. Skills: 3. Works with the methods acquired in the online course, solving a range of problems in geoscience. 4. Uses information sources and data websites appropriate to the field of IT. 5. Organizes work process in cooperation with IT specialists, creating an overview of independent work organization. Competence: 6. Evaluates the knowledge acquired in the online course on the topic in field of IT and applies it according to the profession of geoinformatics engineer.
