Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education.
Title:
Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education.
Author:
Unwin, David.
ISBN:
9781119950585
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (498 pages)
Contents:
Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education -- Contents -- About the editors -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Editors' preface -- SECTION I GIS&T IN THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM - INTRODUCTION -- 1 GIS&T in higher education: challenges for educators, opportunities for education -- 2 Making the case for GIS&T in higher education -- 3 The internationalization of Esri higher education support, 1992-2009 -- 4 Reflections on curriculum development in the US and abroad: from core curriculum to body of knowledge -- SECTION II ISSUES IN CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN -- 5 Using the GIS&T Body of Knowledge for curriculum design: different design for different contexts -- 6 Scope and sequence in GIS&T education: learning theory, learning cycles and spiral curricula -- 7 Building dynamic, ontology-based alternative paths for GIS&T curricula -- 8 Addressing misconceptions, threshold concepts, and troublesome knowledge in GIScience education -- 9 Active pedagogy leading to deeper learning: fostering metacognition and infusing active learning into the GIS&T classroom -- 10 Where to begin? Getting started teaching GIS&T -- 11 Issues in curriculum and course design: discussion and prospect -- SECTION III PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING GIS&T -- 12 The University of Minnesota master of geographic information science (MGIS) program: a decade of experience in professional education -- 13 Geospatial education at US community colleges -- 14 The GIS Professional Ethics project: practical ethics for GIS professionals -- 15 An exploration of spatial thinking in introductory GIS courses -- 16 Teaching spatial literacy and spatial technologies in the digital humanities -- 17 Discussion and prospect -- SECTION IV DIGITAL WORLDS AND TEACHING GIS&T -- 18 Virtual geographic environments.
19 Using web-based GIS and virtual globes in undergraduate education -- 20 Trying to build a wind farm in a national park: experiences of a geocollaboration experiment in Second Life -- 21 From location-based services to location-based learning: challenges and opportunities for higher education -- 22 GIS is dead, long live GIS&T: an educational commentary on the opening of Pandora's Box -- SECTION V DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING -- 23 Media and communications systems in cartographic education -- 24 UNIGIS - networked learning over a distance -- 25 The Esri Virtual Campus -- 26 Delivering GIScience education via blended learning: the GITTA experience -- 27 GIS&T in the open educational resources movement -- 28 Experiences in 'e' and 'distance-' learning: a personal account -- CONCLUSION -- 29 Ways forward for GIS&T education -- Index.
Abstract:
Geographic Information Science and Technology (GISc&T) has been at the forefront of education innovation in geography and allied sciences for two decades. Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education is an invaluable reference for educators and researchers working in GISc&T, providing coverage of the latest innovations in the field and discussion of what the future holds for GI Science education in the years to come. This book clearly documents teaching innovations and takes stock of lessons learned from experience in the discipline. The content will be of interest both to educators and researchers working in GISc&T, and to educators in other related fields. More importantly, this book also anticipates some of the opportunities and challenges in GI Science and Technology education that may arise in the next decade. As such it will be of interest to chairs, deans, administrators, faculty in other subfields, and educators in general. Innovative book taking a look at recent innovations and teaching developments in the course provision of GI Science and Technology in higher education. Edited by leaders in the field of GISc&T who have been at the forefront of education innovation in GI Science and allied science subjects. Provides coverage of GISc & Technology in a range of institutional settings from an international perspective at all levels of higher education. An invaluable text for all educators within the field of GISc&T and allied subjects with advice from experts in the field on best practice. Includes coverage and practical advice on curriculum design, teaching with GIS technology, distance and eLearning with global examples from leading academics in the field.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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