A Digital Terrain Analysis Component for Extending and Integrating a Geography Curriculum

丹尼尔·G·布朗欠密歇根州立大学9551118财年44,600美元东兰辛，MI 48824 ILI-IP地理学标题：用于扩展和集成地理课程的数字地形分析组件本项目通过增加数字地形分析计划来扩展和进一步整合地理学本科课程。通过重新设计课程，通过自然地理和地理方法入门和中级课程中的演示和精心安排的实验室练习，以及将在高级水平上将这两个领域结合在一起的新课程--数字地形分析--得以扩大。本课程提供使用新设备和软件提供的新功能的实验和项目工作。通过处理各级和两个重点领域的课程，该项目将使学生对新材料有一个连贯和综合的理解。此外，该项目将增强正在接受教师培训的学生的经验和知识，并为他们提供将数字地形分析专业带入学校所需的背景知识。该项目包括购买一台基于Unix的服务器和四台基于Unix的工作站，以及ERDAS Inc.和环境系统研究所(ESRI)的软件，以便有效地提供地形数据解释、收集、管理和可视化方面的先进能力。将建立一个额外的基于PC的工作站，向培训教师演示成本较低的软件(来自R-WEL，Inc.、Golden Software和Idrisi Project)，以便鼓励他们在自己的课堂上使用该软件。该项目在扩大学生知识和技能方面的成效将通过补充课程评估和重点小组进行评估，评估结果将提交专业组织的同事。

Daniel G. Brown DUE 9551118 Michigan State University FY1995 $ 44,600 East Lansing, MI 48824 ILI - IP Geography Title: A Digital Terain Analysis Component for Extending and Integrating a Geography Curriculum This project expands and further integrates the undergraduate curriculum in geography through the addition of a digital terrain analysis initiative. The expansion, made possible through a redesign of the curriculum, occurs through demonstrations and carefully structured laboratory exercises in introductory and intermediate courses in physical geography and geographical methods and through a new course, Digital Terrain Analysis, which will integrate these two areas at the advanced level. The course provides experimentation and project work using the new capabilities afforded by the new equipment and software. By addressing the curriculum at all levels and in two emphasis areas, the project will provide for a coherent and integrated understanding of new material on the part of the students. Additionally, the project will enhance the experience and knowledge of students who are training to be teachers and should give them the background they need to take thee condepts of diigital terrain analysis into schools. The project involves the purchase of a Unix-based server and four Unix-based workstations, with software from ERDAS, Inc., and Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), for the efficient provision of advanced capabilities in terrain data interpretation, collection, management, and visualization. An additional PC-based workstation will be set up to demonstrate lower cost software (from R-WEL, Inc., Golden Software, and the Idrisi Project) to teachers-in-training so that they might be encouraged to use the software in their own classrooms. The effectiveness of the project in expanding the knowledge and skills of the students will be evaluated through supplemental course evaluations and focus groups, the results of which will be presented to colleagues in professional organizations.