GeoSpatial Workforce Development: enhancing the traditional learning environment in geospatial information technology

Pamela B. Lawhead; Michelle L. Aten

doi:10.1117/12.462920

8 April 2003 GeoSpatial Workforce Development: enhancing the traditional learning environment in geospatial information technology

Pamela B. Lawhead, Michelle L. Aten

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Proceedings Volume 4881, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites VI; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462920
Event: International Symposium on Remote Sensing, 2002, Crete, Greece

Abstract

The Center for GeoSpatial Workforce Development is embarking on a new era in education by developing a repository of dynamic online courseware authored by the foremost industry experts within the remote sensing and GIS industries. Virtual classrooms equipped with the most advanced instructions, computations, communications, course evaluation, and management facilities amplify these courses to enhance the learning environment and provide rapid feedback between instructors and students. The launch of this program included the objective development of the Model Curriculum by an independent consortium of remote sensing industry leaders. The Center's research and development focus on recruiting additional industry experts to develop the technical content of the courseware and then utilize state-of-the-art technology to enhance their material with visually stimulating animations, compelling audio clips and entertaining, interactive exercises intended to reach the broadest audience possible by targeting various learning styles. The courseware will be delivered via various media: Internet, CD-ROM, DVD, and compressed video, that translates into anywhere, anytime delivery of GeoSpatial Information Technology education.

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Pamela B. Lawhead and Michelle L. Aten "GeoSpatial Workforce Development: enhancing the traditional learning environment in geospatial information technology", Proc. SPIE 4881, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites VI, (8 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462920

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