A GIS Core Curriculum for the 2-Year College

标题：两年制大学 GIS 核心课程 GIS 的行业和公共部门用户正在创建越来越多的地理信息系统 (GIS) 技术人员职位。社区学院正在尝试创建 GIS 项目来满足这一需求。该项目解决了一些两年制学院开展的 GIS 课程设计和课程建设活动对支持资源的需求。国家地理信息与分析中心 (NCGIA) 与许多社区学院和当前的 NSF 高级技术教育项目合作，将开发 GIS 技术项目核心课程 (CCTP)。这一基于万维网的资源将通过提供 GIS 理论和实践的基本要素来支持开发特定学科 GIS 材料的工作，因为它们与在社区学院提供 GIS 技术人员教育的工作相关。 CCTP 将效仿为大学级 GIS 课程开发而开发的成功的 NCGIA GIS 核心课程，并将借鉴当前更新和创建 GIS 核心课程万维网 (WWW) 版本的经验。 NCGIA 和咨询委员会（包括来自社区学院、GIS 行业和 GIS 用户社区的 GIS 专家）将从社区学院中挑选 GIS 教育工作者参加为期一周的工作会议，为 CCTP 创建框架。该框架将概述 CCTP 的基本材料单元和格式。本课程结束后，每个单元将由具有该单元主题专业知识的个人撰写。完整的单元集将被编译为 WWW 资源，并将在许多社区大学 GIS 课程开发和 GIS 教学活动中进行测试。经过 CCTP 测试站点的详细评估后，将对其进行编辑并通过 WWW 和 CD-ROM 广泛发布。

Title: A GIS Core Curriculum for the 2-Year College An increasing number of Geographic Information System (GIS) technician positions are being created by industry and public sector users of GIS. Community Colleges are attempting to create GIS programs that will meet this demand. This project addresses the need for a supporting resource for the GIS curriculum design and course building activities taking place in a number of the two-year colleges. The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) in collaboration with a number of community colleges and current NSF Advanced Technological Education Projects will develop a GIS Core Curriculum for Technical Programs (CCTP). This World Wide Web-based resource will support efforts to develop discipline-specific GIS materials by providing access to the fundamental elements of GIS theory and practice as they relate to efforts to provide GIS technician education in the community colleges. The CCTP will be patterned after the successful NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIS developed for university level GIS curriculum development and will also draw from the experience of the current effort to update and create a World Wide Web (WWW) version of the Core Curriculum in GIS. NCGIA and an Advisory Council, including GIS specialists from community colleges, the GIS industry, and the GIS user community, will select GIS educators from the community colleges to participate in a week-long Work Session to create a framework for the CCTP. The framework will outline the essential units of material and a format for the CCTP. Following this session, each unit will be written by an individual with expertise in the unit topic. The completed set of units will be compiled as a WWW resource and will be tested in a number of community college GIS curriculum development and GIS instructional activities. Following a detailed evaluation from the sites testing the CCTP, it will be edited and made widely available via the WWW and CD-ROM.