2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 Designing a Danish GIS-Curriculum For University Students - What To Prioritize in a Beginner's Course? Track: Education Author(s): Mikkel Toft, Thomas Balstrøm This paper outlines the development of GIS education at Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen (IGUC) from its initialization in 1988 and ahead. After describing the development of the curriculum from offering only one single specialized course in GIS to creating a separate curriculum for a BSc in Geoinformatics this paper considers the future challenges of GIS teaching: a. Which topics should be addressed in a beginner's course today when GIS has become an overwhelming piece of integrated software collected from many scientific disciplines? b. How to introduce these topics the most pedagogic way to new students in the future in order to provide the best consolidation and off-set for further GIS studies? c. How can Esri contribute to widen the doorway to enter the world of GIS? Mikkel Toft University of Copenhagen Institute of Geography Oster Voldgade 10 Copenhagen 1350 DK Phone: +4539180710 E-mail: mikwen@geogrip.dk Thomas Balstrøm Copenhagen University Institute of Geography Øster Voldgade 10 Copenhagen 1350 DK Phone: +45 35 32 25 35 E-mail: tb@geogr.ku.dk |
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