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

地理（88）该项目支持NSF将技术融入教育的目标。它增强和振兴了威斯康星州奥什科什大学的本科GIS课程（UW Oshkosh）通过调整和实施地理信息科学的高质量教材和有效的教育实践，包括由NSF支持的国家地理信息和分析中心开发的GIS核心课程，以及美国摄影测量和遥感学会正在编制的遥感核心课程。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纳入本科教育和研究。特别是，这一建议表明了新的地理信息系统课程开发中的两个主要变化。首先，三个现有的地理技术课程正在加强和两个新的技术课程开发，为学生提供实验室为基础的学习和额外的机会，以提高他们的批判性思维能力。学生现在有机会学习地理学的尖端技术。第二，正在利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，供新技术课程使用。这个实验室也增加了学生与教师合作研究的机会。位于奥什科什的威斯康星州大学是一所综合性的郊区通勤校园。地理信息科学教学的这些改进可以作为许多类似机构的典范。

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.