Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education [electronic resource] / Unwin, David;Tate, Nicholas;Foote, Kenneth;DiBiase, David.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: WILEY, 2011.Description: 498 pISBN: - 9780470748565
- 9781119950585
Chapter, Lesson, Part Section I: GIS&T in the academic curriculum - introductioN.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 1. GIS&T in higher education: challenges for educators, opportunities for education.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 2. Making the case for GIS&T in higher education.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 3. The internationalization of Esri higher education support, 1992-2009.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 4. Reflections on curriculum development in the US and abroad: from core curriculum to body of knowledge.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Section II: Issues in curriculum and course design.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 5. Using the GIS&T Body of Knowledge for curriculum design: different design for different contexts.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 6. Scope and sequence in GIS&T education: learning theory, learning cycles and spiral curricula.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 7. Building dynamic, ontology-based alternative paths for GIS&T curricula.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 8. Addressing misconceptions, threshold concepts, and troublesome knowledge in GIScience education.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 9. Active pedagogy leading to deeper learning: fostering metacognition and infusing active learning into the GIS&T classroom.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 10. Where to begin? Getting started teaching GIS&T.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 11. Issues in curriculum and course design: discussion and prospect.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Section III: Perspectives on teaching GIS&T.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 12. The University of Minnesota master of geographic information science (MGIS) program: a decade of experience in professional education.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 13. Geospatial education at US community colleges.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 14. The GIS Professional Ethics project: practical ethics for GIS professionals.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 15. An exploration of spatial thinking in introductory GIS courses.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 16. Teaching spatial literacy and spatial technologies in the digital humanities.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 17. Discussion and prospect.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Section IV: Digital Worlds and Teaching GIS&T.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 18. Virtual geographic environments.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 19. Using web-based GIS and virtual globes in undergraduate education.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 20. Trying to build a wind farm in a national park: experiences of a geocollaboration experiment in Second Life.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 21. From location-based services to location-based learning: challenges and opportunities for higher education.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 22. GIS is dead, long live GIS&T: an educational commentary on the opening of Pandora's Box.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Section V: Distance and e-learning.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 23. Media and communications systems in cartographic education.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 24. UNIGIS - networked learning over a distance.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 25. The Esri Virtual Campus.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 26. Delivering GIScience education via blended learning: the GITTA experience.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 27. GIS&T in the open educational resources movement.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 28. Experiences in 'e' and 'distance-' learning: a personal account.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Conclusion.
Chapter, Lesson, Part 29. Ways forward for GIS&T education.
Cover, Title,Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,About the editors--Preface, Introduction, TOC,List of contributors--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Foreword--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Editors' preface--References, Appendix, Index,Index.
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