{"id":704,"date":"2025-11-20T16:24:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athens2026.earsel.org\/?page_id=704"},"modified":"2026-11-03T09:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:38:57","slug":"eo-education-training-user-uptake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/?page_id=704","title":{"rendered":"From EO Skills to EO Competencies: Rethinking Education and Training inthe Age of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scope<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earth Observation (EO) education is changing rapidly. Satellite data are easier to access,<br>cloud-based processing environments and open-source tools are becoming widely available,<br>and digital resources have created new opportunities for teaching and training. At the same<br>time, the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) is influencing how EO data are accessed,<br>analysed and interpreted. This raises an important question for EO education: What<br>knowledge and skills will learners need in the future?<br>AI-supported and increasingly automated workflows can already assist with data discovery,<br>image interpretation, classification, programming and analysis. As these tools become part<br>of everyday EO practice, education cannot focus solely on teaching particular software<br>packages or processing workflows. Learners also need a sound understanding of EO and<br>geospatial concepts and the ability to question results, choose appropriate data and<br>methods, recognise uncertainties and limitations, and use AI-supported tools critically and<br>responsibly.<br>This session addresses how EO education and training can respond to these developments.<br>We invite contributions on emerging competency requirements, curriculum development,<br>new teaching and learning approaches, assessment, and experiences with different learning<br>environments. Contributions addressing different educational levels and target groups are<br>welcome, ranging from schools and universities to professional training and lifelong<br>learning.<br>A particular focus is on approaches that encourage learners to go beyond following<br>predefined processing steps. How can EO education enable learners to formulate their own<br>questions, make informed choices about data and methods, assess the quality and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">limitations of their results, and connect EO-derived information to real-world problems and<br>decisions?<br>The session brings together experiences and perspectives from schools, universities,<br>research organisations, space agencies, public institutions and the private sector. It provides<br>a forum to discuss what EO education should look like as technologies, methods and<br>professional practices continue to evolve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>List of topics:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Educational concepts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best-practice examples<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capacity development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching applications and tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstration of Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User Uptake and User Engagement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Organizers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Dr. Andreas Rienow \u2013 Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, <a href=\"mailto:andreas.rienow@rub.de\">andreas.rienow@rub.de<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Robert Eckhardt \u2013 EO College e.V., Germany, <a href=\"mailto:robert@eo-college.org\">robert@eo-college.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scope Earth Observation (EO) education is changing rapidly. Satellite data are easier to access,cloud-based processing environments and open-source tools are becoming widely available,and digital resources have created new opportunities for teaching and training. At the sametime, the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) is influencing how EO data are accessed,analysed and interpreted. This raises an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-704","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"SymAth27","author_link":"https:\/\/symposium.earsel.org\/46th-symposium-Turin\/?author=3"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Scope Earth Observation (EO) education is changing rapidly. Satellite data are easier to access,cloud-based processing environments and open-source tools are becoming widely available,and digital resources have created new opportunities for teaching and training. At the sametime, the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) is influencing how EO data are accessed,analysed and interpreted. 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