Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT)

综合地理空间教育和技术培训 (iGETT)

• 批准号: 0703185
• 负责人: Osa Brand
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: National Council For Geographic Education
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0703185&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrated; Geospatial; Education; Technology; Training

Many two-year colleges offer instruction in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and some introduce Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in conjunction with GIS. Remote sensing is rarely offered, even though it accounts for much of the growth in the geospatial industry. Yet integrated instruction in all three technologies is essential for two-year programs that aim to meet modern geospatial workforce needs. iGETT is partnering with forty GIS educators at over twenty two-year colleges to produce and disseminate: 1) a faculty training program, based on the integration of remote sensing, GIS, and GPS, that can be replicated using resources on an iGETT Web site, and 2) model instructional programs at the participating institutions that meet regional needs for two-year geospatial technology education and short-term training for working professionals.Project participants are being drawn from all STEM disciplines that employ geospatial technology. Recruiting aims for nationwide representation and strong participation by institutions with underserved populations. The participants have in common solid backgrounds in GIS and administrative support for the development of model geospatial programs. They are attending a two-week summer institute focused on remote sensing and related GPS applications, the integration of these technologies with GIS, and workforce applications of geospatial technologies. During the following academic year, they complete an on-line remote sensing course and work with project staff to develop model programs that integrate GIS, GPS, and remote sensing. A second week-long summer institute helps them finalize their model programs. The iGETT website provides detailed descriptions of these programs in order to facilitate similar initiatives at other institutions. iGETT is a three-year collaboration by the National Council for Geographic Education, Del Mar College, the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Science Systems and Applications Inc. at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the U.S. Geological Survey Remote Sensing Program.

许多两年制大学提供地理信息系统(GIS)教学，有些还将全球定位系统(GPS)与地理信息系统结合起来。遥感很少被提供，尽管它占了地理空间行业增长的很大一部分。然而，所有这三种技术的综合教学对于旨在满足现代地理空间劳动力需求的两年制课程来说是必不可少的。IGETT正在与20多所两年制大学的40名地理信息系统教育工作者合作，以制作和传播：1)基于遥感、地理信息系统和全球定位系统集成的教师培训计划，可以使用iGETT网站上的资源复制；2)参与机构的示范教学计划，满足地区对两年制地理空间技术教育和工作专业人员短期培训的需求。项目参与者来自使用地理空间技术的所有STEM学科。招聘的目标是在全国范围内有代表性，并由人口服务不足的机构大力参与。与会者在地理信息系统和开发示范地理空间方案方面有共同的扎实背景。他们正在参加一个为期两周的暑期研究所，重点是遥感和相关的GPS应用，这些技术与地理信息系统的集成，以及地理空间技术的劳动力应用。在接下来的学年里，他们完成一门在线遥感课程，并与项目人员合作开发集成了地理信息系统、全球定位系统和遥感的模型程序。第二个为期一周的暑期学院帮助他们敲定了模特项目。IGETT网站提供了这些计划的详细说明，以促进其他机构的类似倡议。IGETT是由国家地理教育委员会、德尔玛学院、环境系统研究所、NASA戈达德太空飞行中心的科学系统和应用公司以及美国地质调查局遥感计划共同开展的为期三年的合作项目。