ERIC Number: EJ691301
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Mar
Pages: 10
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Distance Education in Geographic Information Science: Symposium and an Informal Survey
Wright, Dawn J.; Dibiase, David
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v29 n1 p91-100 Mar 2005
The results of an informal survey to uncover the diversity of existing programmes in GIScience are presented. The survey was an activity of the Distance Education Working Group within the Education Committee of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), a consortium of 61 US research universities from 37 states whose mission is to serve as the academic voice of US geographic information science in both research and education (http://www.ucgis.org). The survey was posted on the web and advertised broadly to the international GIScience community via various email listservs professional organization affiliates. An initial generalization that can be drawn from the survey results is that GIScience programmes, particularly in the US, are still hitting their stride, and still in early phases of development as evidenced by the majority of courses being offered by one or two "champions" of GIScience on their campus. It remains to be seen how truly widespread distance education in GIScience will become.
Descriptors: Information Science, Distance Education, Geography Instruction, Research Universities, Higher Education, Computer Uses in Education, Web Based Instruction, Internet
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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