Developing an Integrated Undergraduate GIScience Curriculum for Five University of Maine System Campuses

为缅因大学系统五个校区开发综合本科地理科学课程

• 批准号: 0126639
• 负责人: Matthew Bampton
• 金额: $ 9.04万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-06-01 至 2006-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0126639&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Integrated; Undergraduate; GIScience; Curriculum

Geography (88)The core purpose of this project is to adapt key elements of the core curriculum developed by the National Council for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA,1997), combining these with materials already used on some campuses in the University of Maine system. This is a collaborative project designed to benefit five universities that are part of this system: The University of Southern Maine,The University of Maine, Fort Kent,The University of Maine, Machias,The University of Maine, Augusta, andThe University of Maine, Farmington. The broader purpose of this collaborative project is to enhance GIScience education throughout the state of Maine on the 5 collaborating campuses. On each campus a dedicated laboratory is being equipped to support the development of a modern geographical information science (GIScience) curriculum, comprised of GIS and GPS technology and related educational materials. We are developing and implementing a sequence of two GIScience courses for undergraduate students in each of the five universities. These are being designed to educate students to a common standard of achievement, although there are local variations designed to meet the varied needs of the 5 participating campuses. The new curriculum meets a growing need for high-quality GIScience education in a variety of fields. We are designing the two-course sequences to foster active learning by customizing exercises and data sets to the diverse geographic locations and programmatic strengths of each campus. Our project is also enhancing and developing the skills of the faculty, and integrating advanced technology into a variety of disciplines. Our plan is to disseminate our work through our teaching, on-site workshops for our faculty colleagues, internet publication, and presentation at professional meetings. Project evaluation is being assisted by on-site peer input during faculty workshops, and periodic review by a three member advisory panel of GIScience scholars and professionals.

地理（88）这个项目的核心目的是调整国家地理信息与分析理事会（NCGIA，1997）开发的核心课程的关键要素，将这些与缅因州系统的一些校园已经使用的材料相结合。这是一个合作项目，旨在使该系统的五所大学受益：南缅因州大学、肯特堡缅因州大学、马奇亚斯缅因州大学、奥古斯塔缅因州大学和法明顿缅因州大学。这个合作项目的更广泛的目的是加强整个缅因州的5个合作校园的GIScience教育。每个校区都配备了一个专门的实验室，以支持开发现代地理信息科学课程，其中包括地理信息系统和全球定位系统技术及相关教材。我们正在开发和实施一系列的两个GIScience课程的本科生在五所大学。这些都是为了教育学生的成就的共同标准，虽然有设计，以满足不同的需求，5个参与校园的地方变化。新课程满足了各个领域对高质量GIScience教育日益增长的需求。我们正在设计两门课程的顺序，以促进通过定制练习和数据集，以不同的地理位置和每个校园的程序优势主动学习。我们的项目还提高和发展教师的技能，并将先进技术融入各种学科。我们的计划是通过我们的教学传播我们的工作，为我们的教师同事，互联网出版物现场研讨会，并在专业会议上介绍。项目评估得到了教师研讨会期间现场同行投入的协助，并由地理信息系统科学学者和专业人员组成的三人咨询小组进行定期审查。