Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education
1. Edition December 2011
496 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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 Technology 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.
Stemming initially from the challenges and opportunities of integrating advanced GISc&T technologies into existing college and university programs, GISc&T scientists were soon leading the way in the development of web-based instructional materials, distance education, professional training and certification. This book clearly documents these innovations and takes stock of lessons learned. The content will be of interest to both educators and researchers working in GISc&T as well as educators in other disciplines. More importantly, this book also anticipates some of the opportunities and challenges in GISc&T education in the next decade. As such it will be of interest to chairs, deans, administrators, faculty in other subfields, and educators in general.
The book is edited by arguably the top people in the field who bring a wealth of experience through their own teaching and research in the subject. There is simply no other book on the market and as a result of the Editors standing in the field, they are able to invite contributions from a broad range of academics in a range of institutional settings from an international perspective at all levels of higher education.
List of contributors xi
Foreword xv
Editors' preface xvii
SECTION I GIS&T IN THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM - INTRODUCTION 1
1 GIS&T in higher education: challenges for educators, opportunities for education 3
Kenneth E. Foote, David J. Unwin, Nicholas J. Tate and David DiBiase
2 Making the case for GIS&T in higher education 17
Diana S. Sinton
3 The internationalization of Esri higher education support, 1992-2009 37
Michael Phoenix
4 Reflections on curriculum development in the US and abroad: from core curriculum to body of knowledge 47
Karen K. Kemp
SECTION II ISSUES IN CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN 61
5 Using the GIS&T Body of Knowledge for curriculum design: different design for different contexts 63
Steven D. Prager
6 Scope and sequence in GIS&T education: learning theory, learning cycles and spiral curricula 81
Kenneth E. Foote
7 Building dynamic, ontology-based alternative paths for GIS&T curricula 97
Marco Painho and Paula Curvelo
8 Addressing misconceptions, threshold concepts, and troublesome knowledge in GIScience education 117
Matthew Bampton
9 Active pedagogy leading to deeper learning: fostering metacognition and infusing active learning into the GIS&T classroom 133
Richard B. Schultz
10 Where to begin? Getting started teaching GIS&T 145
Eric West
11 Issues in curriculum and course design: discussion and prospect 159
Kenneth E. Foote
SECTION III PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING GIS&T 165
12 The University of Minnesota master of geographic information science (MGIS) program: a decade of experience in professional education 167
Susanna A. McMaster and Robert B. McMaster
13 Geospatial education at US community colleges 185
Ann Johnson
14 The GIS Professional Ethics project: practical ethics for GIS professionals 199
David DiBiase, Francis Harvey, Christopher Goranson and Dawn Wright
15 An exploration of spatial thinking in introductory GIS courses 211
Injeong Jo, Andrew Klein, Robert S. Bednarz and Sarah W. Bednarz
16 Teaching spatial literacy and spatial technologies in the digital humanities 231
David J. Bodenhamer and Ian N. Gregory
17 Discussion and prospect 247
David J. Unwin
SECTION IV DIGITAL WORLDS AND TEACHING GIS&T 255
18 Virtual geographic environments 257
Gary Priestnall, Claire Jarvis, Andy Burton, Martin Smith and Nick J. Mount
19 Using web-based GIS and virtual globes in undergraduate education 289
Lynn Songer
20 Trying to build a wind farm in a national park: experiences of a geocollaboration experiment in Second Life 301
Nick J. Mount and Gary Priestnall
21 From location-based services to location-based learning: challenges and opportunities for higher education 327
David M. Mountain
22 GIS is dead, long live GIS&T: an educational commentary on the opening of Pandora's Box 345
Nicholas J. Tate
SECTION V DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING 359
23 Media and communications systems in cartographic education 361
William Cartwright
24 UNIGIS - networked learning over a distance 383
Josef Strobl
25 The Esri Virtual Campus 395
Nick Frunzi
26 Delivering GIScience education via blended learning: the GITTA experience 405
Robert Weibel, Patrick L¨uscher, Monika Niederhuber, Thomas Grossmann and Susanne Bleisch
27 GIS&T in the open educational resources movement 421
David DiBiase
28 Experiences in 'e' and 'distance-' learning: a personal account 439
David J. Unwin
CONCLUSION 451
29 Ways forward for GIS&T education 453
David DiBiase, Kenneth E. Foote, Nicholas J. Tate and David J. Unwin
Index 469
