Abstract

Online and Hybrid Delivery for GIS in Information Systems Curricula
Track: Teaching with GIS in Higher Education
Author(s): Daniel Farkas

The expansion of Geographic Information Systems into most disciplines has driven the need to provide graduate and undergraduate curriculum in these areas. As many universities strive to reach wider audiences by offering a combination of completely online and partially online (hybrid) offerings, it becomes particularly challenging when the content involves learning techniques best suited to the hands-on laboratory environment. This paper describes delivery options for a GIS foundations course which successfully combined different techniques for online delivery, IS principles and fieldwork to educate students in an Information Systems, Information Technology and Computer Science masters program.

Daniel Farkas
Pace University
Goldstein Academic Center, 310
Pleasantville , New York 10536
United States
Phone: 914 773-3396
E-mail: dfarkas@pace.edu