Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education /

Geographic Information Science (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 and Te...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Unwin, D. (David John)
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • GIS & T in higher education: challenges for educators, opportunities for education / Kenneth E. Foote, David J. Unwin, Nicholas J. Tate, David DiBiase
  • Making the case for GIS & T in higher education / Diana S. Sinton
  • The internationalization of Esri higher education support, 1992-2009 / Michael Phoenix
  • Reflections on curriculum development in the US and abroad: from core curriculum to body of knowledge / Karen K. Kemp
  • Using the GIS & T Body of Knowledge for curriculum design: different design for different contexts / Steven D. Prager
  • Scope and sequence in GIS & T education: learning theory, learning cycles and spiral curricula / Kenneth E. Foote
  • Building dynamic, ontology-based alternative paths for GIS & T curricula / Marco Painho, Paula Curvelo
  • Addressing misconceptions, threshold concepts, and troublesome knowledge in GIScience education / Matthew Bampton
  • Active pedagogy leading to deeper learning: fostering metacognition and infusing active learning into the GIS & T classroom / Richard B. Schultz
  • Where to begin? Getting started teaching GIS & T / Eric West
  • Issues in curriculum and course design: discussion and prospect / Kenneth E. Foote
  • The University of Minnesota master of geographic information science (MGIS) program: a decade of experience in professional education / Susanna A. McMaster, Robert B. McMaster
  • Geospatial education at US community colleges / Ann Johnson
  • The GIS Professional Ethics project: practical ethics for GIS professionals / David DiBiaser, Francis Harvey, Christopher Goranson
  • An exploration of spatial thinking in introductory GIS courses / Injeong Jo, Andrew Klein, Robert S. Bednarz, Sarah W. Bednarz
  • Teaching spatial literacy and spatial technologies in the digital humanities / David J. Bodenhamer, Ian N. Gregory
  • Discussion and prospect / David J. Unwin
  • Virtual geographic environments / Gary Priestnall, Claire Jarvis, Andy Burton, Martin Smith, Nick J. Mount
  • Using web-based GIS and virtual globes in undergraduate education / Lynn Songer
  • Trying to build a wind farm in a national park: experiences of a geocollaboration experiment in Second Life / Nick J. Mount, Gary Priestnall
  • From location-based services to location-based learning: challenges and opportunities for higher education / David M. Mountain
  • GIS is dead, long live GIS & T: an educational commentary on the opening of Pandora's Box / Nicholas J. Tate
  • Media and communications systems in cartographic education / William Cartwright
  • UNIGIS
  • networked learning over a distance / Josef Strobl
  • The Esri Virtual Campus / Nick Frunzi
  • Delivering GIScience education via blended learning: the GITTA experience / Robert Weibel, Patrick Luscher, Monika Niederhuber, Thomas Grossmann, Susanne Bleisch
  • GIS & T in the open educational resources movement / David DiBiase
  • Experiences in 'e' and `distance-' learning: a personal account / David J. Unwin
  • Ways forward for GIS & T education / David DiBiase, Kenneth E. Foote, Nicholas J. Tate, David J. Unwin.