[Inlt] Workshop on designing GIS and remote sensing courses

[Joseph Kerski]

Folks:

See below.  I have known Barbara Tewksbury, instructor for this course, for many years, and she is absolutely excellent.

Joseph Kerski

Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D.| Education Manager
Esri | 1 International Court | Broomfield CO  80021-3200 | USA 
Tel 303-449-7779, ext. 8237 | Fax 303-449-8830 
jkerski at esri.com | esri.com
Twitter:  @josephkerski

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On the Cutting Edge is running a workshop for college and university faculty on designing effective and innovative GIS and remote sensing courses. I hope that you will consider applying and that you will also pass this announcement on to interested colleagues. Details below, and please note that the application deadline is Feb 1. Don't hesitate to email me if you have questions.

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Workshop on Designing GIS and Remote Sensing Courses, Modules and Activities for Teaching Geoscience Students

Offered by: the NSF-funded project On the Cutting Edge
Format: online, with two face-to-face opportunities
Application deadline: February 1, 2011; application must be made online at http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign2011/application.html 
Workshop details at: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign2011/index.html  

We are looking for participants who are familiar with GIS or remote sensing and are interested in designing or redesigning an effective and innovative course in one of the following:
. a course specifically for geology majors (e.g., GIS for Geoscientists).
. a general GIS or remote sensing course incorporating one or more geology-focused assignments or activities.
. a geology course with a GIS or remote sensing module (e.g., an intro geology course, structural geology, petrology, hydrogeology).
Many GIS and remote sensing courses are taught in departments other than geology departments and incorporate few geological examples, and many geology majors graduate with little experience using GIS and remote sensing to solve geology-related problems. This workshop is designed for 1) geology faculty who want to develop GIS and remote sensing courses or modules for their geology courses and 2) faculty who teach GIS and remote sensing in other departments who want to develop relevant geology examples that can be incorporated into general GIS and remote sensing courses to better meet the needs of geology students and to broaden the experiences of other students.

This workshop will combine the experience of On the Cutting Edge in successfully helping literally hundreds of faculty members design effective courses and course materials with the resources developed in conjunction with the summer 2011 Cutting Edge workshop Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Teaching Geoscience in the 21st Century. 
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Barbara Tewksbury
Department of Geosciences
Hamilton College
198 College Hill Rd.
Clinton, NY  13323
 
voice: 315-859-4713
fax: 315-859-4807
email: btewksbu at hamilton.edu
web page: http://people.hamilton.edu/btewksbu