During the International week for VR in geosciences from 11/29/2021 to 12/3/2021 in the form of a virtual event, 3 days of collaborative immersive course sessions were organized by VR2Planets in order to demonstrate the potential of virtual reality tools for geosciences pedagogy. From this demonstration, videos were extracted by filming the students and professors physically present on the Nantes site. Videos were also extracted directly from the virtual reality software to present the immersive experience. This deliverable presents the different aspects of the virtual reality tool and the functionalities implemented to create relevant pedagogical activities for geosciences teaching on planetary bodies.
 
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In order to share knowledge and good practices, and to train students and researchers on the topic, Nantes LPG has organised a one-week intensive Thematic School on habitability in autumn 2022. Partners did participate to the lectures and students from the whole partnership have attended this event.
→This activity has been supported by the creation of teaching material on habitability by Nantes, assisted by all partners.
This report includes all teaching material relevant to the preparation of the thematic school, and the assessment including:
I - The specific programme designed by the Partnership to address the most recent challenges on habitability,
II - The pedagogical material relevant to the preparation, the dissemination and the educational recognition of the thematic school about habitability: online courses and tutorials. The courses will remain online on the GeoPlaNet websites and allow remote students and researchers to access a top-level overview on planetary habitability. NB: the videos are also available further down this page.
III - A list of pedagogical references designed to provide a strong background for participants prior to the event and reference for more in-depth study of themes.
IV - The assessment of student’s group work addressing the needs of educational recognition for students attending the school as part of their national education programmes

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• 3D model : During the Week on Habitability organised by Nantes Université in Nov-Dec 2022, students went on a field trip to observe a cliff : Falaise de la Pointe du Castelli, at Piriac-sur-Mer (Loire-Atlantique, France). Here is the model reconstruction.

his geological sequence represents an alternation of Paleozoic volcano-sedimentary rocks (light ochre) and darker levels with very fine quartz and organic carbon interpreted as phtanites

Photogrammetric model made with a Nikon D750 and Agisoft Metashape.
Shooting date: 29 November 2022. Contribution: S. Le Mouélic, B. Rondeau (credits LPG/CNRS) de la Pointe du Castelli, à Piriac-sur-Mer (Loire-Atlantique, France)
 

• The lectures have been recorded and are available in this section in the following order:

The goal of this Intellectual Output was to produce a web platform gathering information on requirements for application to MSc courses and on their program contents, in such a way as to help to promote master courses on astrophysics and planetary sciences at the partner institutions. There was also a special concern to present professional opportunities (in research and academia or business) after a MSc degree in these fields.

The platform was named geoplanet.space 
https://geoplanet.space/

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IO6: Digital Terrain Model Generation
This tutorial has been prepared by the University d’Annunzio in collaboration with the University of Padova and the whole consortium of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership GeoPlaNet. The context is the summer school on Planetary Geological Mapping and Field Analogues organized in the framework of the same partnership.
The aim is to describe the pipeline developed to generate Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) from planetary data. We select Mars as the target because of the amount of available datasets and the variety of geological landforms present on the planet. As the exemplary tool material, we select Context Camera (CTX) images, because this is a dataset that was not originally conceived for the 3D analysis purpose, hence it allows us to understand how to face potential issues. As the test area, we selected the Eberswalde crater, centered at 23.9W-33.25S, and in particular the central part of the crater, where the famous delta feature (Malin and Edgett, 2002; Bhattacharya et al., 2005; Pondrelli et al., 2008; Mangold et al., 2012) propagates into the basin floor. Here, the variety of morphologies and geometries of the landforms represent an ideal test area both for technical issues and scientific purposes. The overall procedure includes data selection, pre-processing, and finally DEM generation.
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IO7: Geological Mapping
The aim was to provide the conceptual framework necessary to plan and perform a planetary geological mapping project.
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IO8: Geological 3D Model

This work is the geological interpretation of a section of the Bletterbach gorge right slope (Aldino-Trentino Alto Adige). The section was reconstructed as a Digital Outcrop Model (DOM) by a photogrammetric acquisition carried out with a drone during the Predazzo session of the School on Planetary Geological mapping and Field Analogues
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IO9: Field Trip Guide
The aim of this IO was to realize a planetary-oriented field guide of the excursion that was carried on at the end of the mapping school. A planetary-oriented field-guide is meant to help the students to better understand the similarities-disparities between terrestrial and planetary settings and the potential/pitfalls of such comparison. This is a very important cultural topic in the planetary sciences.
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IO10: Field data Collection
The final aim of the Intellectual Output is to describe the pipeline to reconstruct 3D digital outcrops and make them available for further analysis in 3D and virtual reality (VR) environment. The overall procedure includes the data acquisition with mobile phones and drones and the reconstruction of 3D photogrammetric models of objects and outcropping rocks via Structure for Motion (SfM). The best products have been selected as deliverables freely available at the following repository: https://researchdata.cab.unipd.it/804/ . They are either indoor objects (rock samples, minerals, fossils) or digital outcrop models acquired in the field.

>> Download PDF document IO11: Teaching Material This document has been prepared by the University d’Annunzio in collaboration with the University of Padova and the whole consortium of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership GeoPlaNet-SP (ref. 2020-1-FR01-KA203-079773). The context is the summer school on Planetary Geological Mapping and Field Analogues organized in the framework of the same partnership. The teaching material is grouped, including lectures and some materials for exercises. >> Download PDF document Footage of the field part of the "School on Planetary Geological Mapping and Fields Analogs" in the Dolomites by the University of Padova:

During the TPM at Nantes Université, on June 16-17th, partners were asked to present their institution and their achievements in the Strategic Partnership project. You can download below their presentation.

> Presentation from University of Coimbra
> Presentation from University of Porto
> Presentation of VR2Planets
> Presentation of the IRSPS from University of Chieti-Pescara
> Presentation from University of Padova
> Presentation from University of Nantes

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Colleagues from the University of Porto have been setting up and conducting a survey on teaching and assessment methodologies in Planetary Geosciences and Astrophysics.
In a sanitary context that requires reflection on teaching practices and the development of the development of new teaching methods taking into account distance learning, the project aims at getting an overview of the practices at partners's institutions and exchange of good practices.

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Credits: ESA/JAXA/Damia Bouic/VR2Planets

This study has been conducted by the LPG of the Nantes Université, with the support of all 5 partners.

Objectives
This review aims at identifying:
→ the upcoming scientific challenges associated to planned space missions for the coming 10 years
→ the needed scientific expertise and skills of the future workers in Planetary Geosciences
→ the job opportunities and careers of the students trained in Planetary Geosciences

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