Integrating GIS, Remote Sensing and GPS Technologies into Undergraduate Education and Research

地理(88)该项目支持美国国家科学基金会将技术融入教育的目标。它通过采用和实施地理信息科学方面的高质量教材和有效的教育实践，包括由国家科学基金会支持的国家地理信息与分析中心开发的地理信息系统核心课程，以及由美国摄影测量和遥感学会开发的遥感核心课程，加强和振兴了威斯康星大学奥什科什大学(UW Oshkosh)的地理信息系统本科课程。该项目正在进行一项重大的课程改革，将地理信息系统、遥感和全球定位系统技术整合到本科教育和研究中。特别是，这项提议显示了新的地理信息系统课程发展的两个重大变化。首先，正在加强现有的三门地理技术课程，并开发两门新的技术课程，为学生提供以实验室为基础的学习和更多机会，以提高他们的批判性思维能力。学生们现在有机会学习地理方面的尖端技术。第二，正在使用网络环境中的高端个人计算机组建一个新的地理信息系统实验室，以供新技术课程使用。该实验室还增加了师生合作研究的机会。威斯康星大学奥什科什分校是一所综合的郊区通勤校园。这些在地理信息科学教学方面的改进可以为许多类似的机构提供借鉴。

Geography (88)This project supports NSF's goal of integrating technology into education. It enhances and revitalizes the undergraduate GIS curricula at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UW Oshkosh) by adapting and implementing high-quality educational materials and effective educational practices in geographic information science, including the GIS core curriculum developed by the NSF supported National Center of Geographic Information and Analysis, and the remote sensing core curriculum being developed by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. This project is engaged in a major curriculum renovation that will integrate GIS, remote sensing and Global Positioning System technologies into undergraduate education and research. In particular, this proposal demonstrates two major changes in the development of the new GIS curricula. First, three current geographic technique courses are being enhanced and two new technique courses developed to provide students with laboratory-based learning and additional opportunities to enhance their critical thinking abilities. Students now have the opportunity to learn cutting-edge technologies in geography. Second, a new GIS Laboratory is being assembled using high-end personal computers in a network environment for use in the new technique courses. This lab is also enhancing opportunities for student-faculty collaborative research. The University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh is a comprehensive, suburban, commuter campus. These improvements in teaching geographic information science may serve as a model for many similar institutions.