Course Summary:
This online resource provides has been co-designed by the NSW Department of Education and CQUniversity Australia for the NSW Stage 5 Agriculture Syllabus. It incorporates content from the Agriculture and Food Technologies and the Digital Technologies contexts. The course investigates the use of GPS data to improve management of animal welfare.
There are seven (7) modules in this resource:
- Design your own research trial
- Collect your own livestock tracking data and create your own paddock boundary files
- Cleaning GPS data
- Importing data layers in ArcGIS
- Paddock utilisation
- Elevation
- Soil.
Learning Outcomes:
The Syllabus Outcomes addressed relate to NSW Stage 5 Agriculture are:
- AG5-7: explains and evaluates the impact of management decisions on animal production enterprises
- AG5-9: evaluates management practices in terms of profitability, technology, sustainability, social issues and ethics
- AG5-11: designs, undertakes, analyses and evaluates experiments and investigates problems in agricultural contexts
- AG5-12: collects and analyses agricultural data and communicates results using a range of technologies.
Assessment: None
Fee: Free
Duration: 10 hours
Intakes: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Course Enquiries: agritech@cqu.edu.au or CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au