Planning Grant: Rural Education Advanced Learning in Geographic Information Systems (REAL GIS)

该项目允许圣胡安学院为它所服务的地区规划和设计地理信息系统（GIS）的证书、转学学位和培训课程。 自然资源丰富，但人口稀少，需要GIS技术来满足目前和预计的教师和高技能技术人员短缺。这种多方面的努力，以满足学术和劳动力的需求是集中在圣胡安学院与教育，商业和行业合作伙伴关系的支持。 该项目为大学生、在职工人、未来的技术人员和教师制定了一项农村教育方案。计划培训经验丰富的教师，技术和转让计划，并利用实践科学家和技术人员作为顾问，该项目协助圣胡安学院解决提供优质学生学习的智力挑战。该项目支持重要的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）原则，整合地理信息系统的工具和概念，并为目前只能在很远的距离和费用上获得的技术教育提供手段。开发教师技术技能和收集适当的课程材料的系统计划的智力价值创建了一个学术和成果技能的计划，并具有跨学科的相关评估，实用技能的应用和解决问题的重点，提高了学生的参与度和学习兴趣，有效利用技术。项目成果是有效规划一个新的计划和社区学院教师的学习经验，跨学科GIS活动的协调，与大学课程的合作伙伴关系的发展，并提供机构和私营企业之间的合作教育资源。 该项目更广泛的影响包括为其他机构提供专业和程序开发的示范项目，以整合GIS和其他跨学科技术。对项目目标的评价和体制变革的文件分发给各州和全国的地理信息系统教育工作者，为规划地理信息系统教育提供相关材料。 异步和同步远程学习所使用的技术改善了为少数民族本科和中学学生做准备的教育工作者所能获得的技术教育，以及推动经济发展的技术人员的教育。

This project allows San Juan College to plan and design a certificate, transfer degree and training program in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the region that it serves. Rich in natural resources, but sparse population, there is a need for the GIS technology to meet a current and projected shortage of faculty and highly skilled technicians. This multifaceted effort to meet academic and workforce needs is centered at San Juan College with support from educational, business and industry partnerships. The project develops a program for rural education of undergraduate students, current workers, future technicians and teachers. Planning for training experienced instructors, the technical and transfer program, and utilizing practicing scientists and technicians as advisors, the project assists San Juan College in addressing the intellectual challenge of providing quality student learning. Important science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles, integrating the tools and concepts of GIS, and providing a means to technical education currently available only at great distance and expense are supported by this project. The intellectual merit of a systematic plan for developing faculty technological skills and gathering appropriate curricular materials creates a program of academic and outcome skills with relevant assessment across disciplines, application of practical skills and a problem solving focus that improves both student involvement and interest in learning with effective use of technology. Project outcomes are the effective planning for a new program and learning experiences of community college faculty, coordination of interdisciplinary GIS activities, partnership development with university programs, and providing collaboration among agencies and private industry for educational resources. The broader impact of this project includes a model project for professional and program development provided to other institutions for the integration of GIS and other technology across disciplines. Evaluation of project goals and documentation of institutional change is disseminated to state and national GIS educators providing relevant materials for planning GIS education. Technology utilized with both asynchronous and synchronous distance learning improves technological education available to educators who prepare undergraduate and secondary school minority students and the education of technicians who drive the economy.