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

地理(88)该项目的核心目的是调整国家地理信息和分析委员会(NCGIA，1997年)制定的核心课程的主要内容，将这些内容与缅因州大学系统中一些校园已经使用的材料结合起来。这是一个合作项目，旨在惠及该系统的五所大学：缅因州南部大学、缅因州大学、肯特堡大学、缅因州大学、马基亚斯大学、缅因州大学奥古斯塔和缅因州大学法明顿。这一合作项目的更广泛的目的是在缅因州的5个合作校园加强地理科学教育。每个校园都配备了专门的实验室，以支持现代地理信息科学课程的开发，该课程由地理信息系统和全球定位系统技术及相关教材组成。我们正在为五所大学的本科生开发和实施一系列的两个地理科学课程。这些学校旨在教育学生达到共同的成绩标准，尽管也有地方差异设计，以满足5个参与校园的不同需求。新课程满足了各个领域对高质量地理科学教育日益增长的需求。我们正在设计两个课程的序列，通过根据不同的地理位置和每个校园的方案优势定制练习和数据集来促进主动学习。我们的项目还在增强和发展教师的技能，并将先进技术整合到各种学科中。我们的计划是通过我们的教学、为我们的教员同事举办的现场研讨会、互联网出版物和在专业会议上的演示来传播我们的工作。项目评估得到了教师研讨会现场同行意见的协助，以及由GIScience学者和专业人员组成的三人顾问小组的定期审查。

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.