An e-Tutor and a virtual laboratory for satellite image processing and analysis

Many countries are producing high quality remotely sensed images from spaceborne sensors mounted on Earth orbiting satellites. One of the handicaps in the spread of this technology among endusers is lack of trained manpower and sometimes lack of resources for teaching and imparting training in this area. In this paper, a system developed to address this gap is described where an e-Tutor combined with a virtual laboratory offer educational content, demonstrations and exercises, case studies, self-assessment quizzes and questions, instructor's resources and lastly a self-contained virtual laboratory for hands-on sessions. The content is easily adequate for one semester intensive course on digital image processing for remote sensing or two semesters if covered at a leisurely pace.