Developments in the E Glasshouse

Firstly, a Happy New Year to everyone, and hopefully you all had a good Christmas as well.

This year we will be updating the blog on a far more regular basis to keep you across the developments at Chisholm as they occur. 

We have a range of courses and training opportunities planned for 2012 that will give both the local and wider industry some great training opportunities on an E learning platform.

This will see us further developing a web site that will refine the initial E learning project that we established in 2011. The site will include the initial features such as a live stream to the glasshouse web cam, as well as a live stream to the climate graph generated by the Priva Integro climate management system. This will allow students to observe first hand what is happening in the glasshouse in relation to our climate management. (As this will be a live site, you will be able to see both our successes and failures as well - so we will be working hard to try and get it right!)

We are also working towards allowing registered visitors to the site to be able to have remote access to the camera and to be able to pan around the glasshouse.

Other developments include the construction of a 'virtual tour' of the facility, so that you will be able to see exactly what we have on offer in the glasshouse in terms of technology. This will also allow visiting student groups to gain a firm understanding of how the glasshouse operates before they set foot in the glasshouse.

We are also developing a suite of 'online' training courses that will enable students to undertake training from anywhere in the world. These course will initially be individual competencies, but as we progress, we will be able to offer fully accredited courses in an online format, which should be a very flexible arrangement for participants.

All of these developments will be highlighted on this site in the next few weeks, so keep your eye on future posts!