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| Subject: | GISList: GIS teaching |
| Date: |
12/07/2001 10:34:43 AM |
| From: |
Glenn Letham |
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Hello,
Im forwarding this to the list from Gillian.
Please reply to g.k.mcgregor@ru.ac.za
'TRADITIONAL' VS WEB BASED/REMOTE GIS TEACHING
I am a lecturer at a university - teaching GIS to under grad and post =
grad students.
The TEACHING of GIS is of particular interest to me - how to get get =
across unfamiliar concepts, how to create a solid theoretical =
understanding, how to develop the students ability to troubleshoot etc.=20
I do not have vast experience - but I believe that web based/remote =
teaching in GIS is not successful. I realise this is probably the case =
for many subjects. Apart from the obvious fact that individual attention =
is still the best - I believe that there is more to it than that in the =
case of GIS. Perhaps it has to do with the tremendous volume of bits =
and pieces of information from a very broad and diverse base that =
constitutes 'GIS knowledge?'......
An example of what I mean: in a particular GIS course - students worked =
on a batch of tutorial prac exercises, unsupervised. The next batch of =
students were supervised. The unsupervised crowd did very badly in their =
exam - the supervised batch did well....
Anyway - I would appreciate any comments from any one else who has any =
ideas/experiences along these lines
regards,
Gillian McGregor
g.k.mcgregor@ru.ac.za
Dept. of Geography
Rhodes University
Grahamstown
6140
South Africa
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