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Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Unwin, D. (David John)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Blackwell, 2012.
Subjects:
Geographic information systems > Study and teaching (Higher)
Table of Contents:
  • GIS&T in higher education : challenges for educators, opportunities for education / Kenneth E. Foote ... [et al.]
  • 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 and 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 and Robert B. McMaster
  • Geospatial education at US community colleges / Ann Johnson
  • The GIS Professional Ethics project : practical ethics for GIS professionals / David DiBiaser ... [et al.]
  • An exploration of spatial thinking in introductory GIS courses / Injeong Jo ... [et al.]
  • Teaching spatial literacy and spatial technologies in the digital humanities / David J. Bodenhamer and Ian N. Gregory
  • Discussion and prospect / David J. Unwin
  • Virtual geographic environments / Gary Priestnall ... [et al.]
  • 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 and 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 ... [et al.]
  • 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 ... [et al.].