Geography Computing Laboratory

该项目的主要目标是创建一个专门的计算机实验室，以实现教授现代地理技术和内容的综合方法。将采用综合方法，强调以项目为导向的教与学。地理信息系统、遥感和网络将成为学生在地理教学中使用的有效工具。该项目的目标是为学生提供一个独特的计算环境，使他们能够更好地掌握以内容为基础的课程和以技术为导向的课程之间的连贯联系，并从广阔的地理角度解决现实世界的问题，并促进学生参与全国本科研究会议。平衡的以内容为基础的教育与现代技术实践培训相结合，对于提供优秀的本科教育至关重要。通常，机构的地理课程设计强调以内容为基础的课程的讲座，以及以实验为基础的技术课程的讲授方法。这两组课程之间没有真正的联系。然而，在拟议的地理计算实验室项目中，这些课程将以综合的、面向项目的方式授课。在以内容为基础的课程中，教学强调基本的地理原理和概念，但要求学生使用地理计算技术解决现实世界的问题。在技术课程中，教学和培训相结合是以项目为导向和应用程序驱动的，而不是单纯的硬件和软件机械培训。这种综合方法将促进一个解决问题的学习环境，使学生了解地理问题和问题的整体方面。在这个学习过程中，学生将不仅能够获得广泛的以内容为基础的教育，而且能够获得地理空间数据分析的技术技能。他们将在现代劳动力中变得极具竞争力和生产力。在这个为期两年的项目中，几种出版物将来自课堂专题和学生的自主研究性学习。

The primary objective of this project is to create a specialized computer laboratory that will achieve an integrated approach to teach the modern techniques and content of geography. An integrated approach will be used that emphasizes project-oriented teaching and learning. GIS, remote sensing and the Web will be used by students as effective tools in geography education. The goal of this project is to provide students with a unique computing environment where they can better grasp the coherent links between content-based courses and technique-oriented courses and solve real-world problems from a broad geographic perspective, and to promote students' participation in the National Conference of Undergraduate Research. A balanced content-based education combined with hands-on training in modern techniques is crucial to delivering excellent undergraduate education. Typically, the design of an institution's geography curriculum stresses lectures for content-based courses, and lecture-then-lab approaches for technique courses. There have been no real links between these two groups of courses. With the proposed Geography Computing Laboratory Project, however, the courses will be taught in an integrated, project-oriented fashion. In content-based courses, teaching emphasizes fundamental geography principles and concepts, yet requires students to solve real-world problems using geographic computing techniques. In technique courses teaching coupled with training is project-oriented and application-driven, instead of pure training on hardware and software mechanics. This integrated approach will promote a problem-solving learning environment so that students will understand the holistic aspects of geographic issues and problems. In this learning process, students would be able to obtain not only broad content-based education, but also technical skills in geographic spatial data analysis. They will become highly competitive and productive in the modern workforce. In this two-year project, se veral publications will result from class projects and students' independent research studies.