Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 GIS&T in Higher Education: Challenges for Educators, Opportunities for Education
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   Chapter 2 Making the Case for GIS&T in Higher Education
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   Chapter 3 The Internationalization of Esri Higher Education Support, 1992–2009
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   Chapter 4 Reflections on Curriculum Development in the US and Abroad: From Core Curriculum to Body of Knowledge
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   Chapter 5 Using the GIS&T Body of Knowledge for Curriculum Design: Different Design for Different Contexts
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   Chapter 6 Scope and Sequence in GIS&T Education: Learning Theory, Learning Cycles and Spiral Curricula
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   Chapter 7 Building Dynamic, Ontology‐Based Alternative Paths for GIS&T Curricula
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   Chapter 8 Addressing Misconceptions, Threshold Concepts, and Troublesome Knowledge in GIScience Education
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    Chapter 9 Active Pedagogy Leading to Deeper Learning: Fostering Metacognition and Infusing Active Learning into the GIS&T Classroom
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    Chapter 10 Where to begin? Getting Started Teaching GIS&T
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    Chapter 11 Issues in Curriculum and Course Design: Discussion and Prospect
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    Chapter 12 The University of Minnesota Master of Geographic Information Science (MGIS) Program: A Decade of Experience in Professional Education
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    Chapter 13 Geospatial Education at US Community Colleges
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    Chapter 14 The GIS Professional Ethics Project: Practical Ethics for GIS Professionals
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    Chapter 15 An Exploration of Spatial Thinking in Introductory GIS Courses
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    Chapter 16 Teaching Spatial Literacy and Spatial Technologies in the Digital Humanities
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    Chapter 17 Discussion and Prospect
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    Chapter 18 Virtual Geographic Environments
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    Chapter 19 Using Web‐Based GIS and Virtual Globes in Undergraduate Education
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    Chapter 20 Trying to Build a Wind Farm in a National Park: Experiences of a Geocollaboration Experiment in Second Life
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    Chapter 21 From Location‐Based Services to Location‐Based Learning: Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education
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    Chapter 22 GIS is Dead, Long Live GIS&T: An Educational Commentary on the Opening of Pandora's Box
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    Chapter 23 Media and Communications Systems in Cartographic Education
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    Chapter 24 UNIGIS – Networked Learning over a Distance
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    Chapter 25 The Esri Virtual Campus
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    Chapter 26 Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education
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    Chapter 27 GIS&T in the open Educational Resources Movement
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    Chapter 28 Experiences in ‘e’ and ‘Distance‐’ Learning: A Personal Account
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    Chapter 29 Ways Forward for GIS&T Education