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4:00pm - 7:00 - Registration
7:00pm - 8:00 - Opening Plenary
Opening Keynote
*notes* GE
+ IM = GISHE? Some Canadian Experiences
Robert Maher
Independent consultant, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
7:30 - 8:30 - Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 - Parallel Session #1
Integrating GIS into an Undergraduate Environmental
Studies Program
William J. Cromartie
Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ
GIS Practicals: Case-work as a symbiosis
between GIS technology, GIS theory and subject knowledge
Marien de Bakker
Van Hall Institute, The Netherlands
Cancelled Introducing Model-Building into
a GIS Curriculum
Douglas J. Wheeler
U.S. Geological Survey and George Mason University
Discussion: In what ways is GIS more than a technical subject?
Status of GIS Education in China
Zong-Guo Xia
University of Massachusetts at Boston
Cancelled A Model GIS Laboratory for Higher
Education in a Developing Country: The example of the GIS lab, University
of Ibadan, Nigeria
Sylvester Abumere, Olusegun Areola and Bola Ayeni
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
National Training Priorities in GIS - an Australian
perspective
Pramod Sharma
University of Queensland, Australia
Coodinated Development in GIS Education and
Training in Institutions of Higher Learning in Southern Africa
Musisi Nkambwe
University of Botswana, Botswana
Community Colleges: Mainstreaming GIS into the
Community
Robert Welch
Lansing Community College, MI
Some Tips for Implementing a GIS Program in
a Community College
Patricia A. Cunniff and William Lauffer
Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD
*link* The MS NASA
Community College Initiative
Lisa Stone
University of Mississippi
Discussion: How
is the situation in the Community Colleges different from that in other
higher education institutions?
10:30 - 12:00 - Parallel Session #2
Expanding GIS Education through Methodology:
The Case of a User Oriented Operations Taxonomy
Micha Pazner
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
GIS Curriculum Design: An International Perspective
Zong-Guo Xia
University of Massachusetts at Boston
From the Electronic Classroom to the Virtual Department: The Geographer's
Craft and Virtual Geography Department Projects
Kenneth E. Foote
University of Texas Austin
Discussion: What
methodologies can be used to improve GIS education?
Teaching GIS as an Undergraduate Major Subject
Mark Gahegan and Bert Veenendaal
Curtin University, Australia
Cancelled The GIS Certificate: A Need for
an Interdisciplinary Approach to GIS Education
William E. Huxhold
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Changing times Can Lead to a Bright Future: The
BS in Geographic Information Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus
Christi
Joseph C. Loon and Gary A. Jeffress
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Discussion: What opportunities exist for the development of similar programs elsewhere?
*link* Update
on the GIS Core Curriculum for Technical Programs Project
Stephen D. Palladino
NCGIA, University of California Santa Barbara
*link* Two
Year Associate of Technology Curriculum Development for GIS/GPS Technologies
James Keating
Kansas State University, Salina
NASA-CCITT Project in Remote Sensing, Image Processing, and GIS
Patricia Cunniff
Prince George's Community College
Advancing Geo-technology Education: Providing GIS/GPS/Remote Sensing/Computer
Cartography Skills for the Workforce of the Twenty-First Century
Dorothy Drummond
Indiana State University
GIS Activities through the Northwest Center for
Sustaninable Resources (NCSR)
John Schaeffer
Central Oregon Community College
12:00 - 1:45 - Symposium Luncheon
Private Sector Needs in GIS Education
Rebecca M. Somers
Somers-St. Claire GIS Management Consultants, Fairfax VA
2:00 - 3:30 - Parallel Session #3
GIS for the Masses: NCSU's approach to providing
campuswide access to GIS
Hugh A. Devine and Carolyn Argentati
North Carolina State University
Organization of GIS at the University of Florida
Scot E. Smith
University of Florida
A GIS Curriculum for Community-Based Technology
Transfer and Problem Solving
Yichun Xie
Eastern Michigan University
Discussion: How can these examples serve as models for other coordination efforts?
Cancelled Educating the Masses: Teaching GIS
at an African University
J.H. Botha
University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa
Educational Requirements for GIS in Developing
Countries
Paul van Helden
University of Pretoria, South Africa
*notes* GIS
in the Baltic Region
Karlis Kalviskis
University of Latvia, Latvia
F3.3 Panel Discussion on Issues in Community College GIS Education
Chair: Stephen Palladino, NCGIA, University of California Santa Barbara
Starting a GIS Education Program
Panelists:
3:30 - 4:00 - Break
4:00 - 5:00 - Parallel Session #4
*link* The
Original NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIS
Karen Kemp
NCGIA, University of California Santa Barbara
*link* NCGIA Remote
Sensing Core Curriculum
Karen D. Kline and John E. Estes, University of California Santa Barbara
and Timothy W. Foresman, University of Maryland Baltimore County
*link* New
On-Line Core Curriculum in Geographic Information Science
Karen Kemp
NCGIA, University of California Santa Barbara
*link* GIS
Core Curriculum for Technical Programs
Stephen Palladino
NCGIA, University of California Santa Barbara
User Demonstration of GIS Software: Map*Factory
Micha Pazner
The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
CITYgreen
Chris Daniel
American Forests
5:00 - 6:30 - No host bar in the Exhibit Hall
7:30 - 8:30 - Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:15 - Plenary
The Geographic Eye: Seeing Through GIS?
Roger M. Downs
Pennsylvania State University
9:30 - 10:30 - Parallel Session #5
Cancelled Academic GIS Education: What the
real world needs and what the academy delivers
John M. Morgan, III, Towson State University
and Barbara B. Fleury, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission
*notes* Professional
Development: a missing brick in the wall?
David J. Unwin
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Cancelled Intra and Interdisciplinary Education
in GIS: the experience of Formez GIS courses
Sandra Piscedda
Formez Lab*GIS, Naples, Italy
Discussion: What
is to be gained from international collaboration?
UrbanWorld - An Hypermap Learning Environment
Based on Geographical Information Systems
Derek Thompson, David Wong, Frank Lindsay, Paul Davis et alia
The University of Maryland, College Park
Cancelled Using GIS in Secondary Education:
Curriculum, Implementation and Results
Monica Ramirez
Florida Atlantic University
Curricular Connections: High School Geography
and Geographic Information Systems
Sarah W. Bednarz, Texas A&M University
and Gail Ludwig, University of Missouri, Columbia
Thinking Spatially: Implementing Information
Technologies in Secondary Education
S.J. Macklin
University of Maine
10:45 - 12:00 - Parallel Session #6
Geographical Information Systems Education
at the University of Zimbabwe: Issues and future prospects
Daniel T. Semwayo and Patrick Matambanadzo
University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
GIS Education and Awareness: a European perspective
Fred Toppen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and
Petra Cremers, GEON, The Netherlands
Discussion: How can the availability and quality of GIS professional education opportunities be improved?
Managing a GIS Teaching Laboratory - Lessons
Learned in the Trenches
Susan M. Macey
Southwest Texas State University
Design and Use of a Hybrid Multimedia Facility
for Multidisciplinary GIS Education at the Upper-Division Level
Jack F. Paris
California State University, Fresno
Discussion: What important lessons learned should be shared with the GIS education community?
*link* "Avakeeo"
: the construction kit of computerised microworlds for teaching and learning
Geography
Manolis Koutlis and Thanasis Hadzilacos
University of Patras, Greece
The MERLIN System
William S. Burgess
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Tour of the Exhibition Hall for K-12 teachers
12:00 - 1:30 - Lunch on own
1:30 - 3:00 - Parallel Session #7
Distance Learning on GIS: Facts, considerations
and questions
Petra Cremers
GEON, The Netherlands
UNIGIS Distance Learning Diploma, Technology
and User Needs
John Wilson, University of Southern California
and James R Petch, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
*link* Distance
Education and the WWW
Josef Strobl
Salzburg University, Austria
Flexible Delivery and Social Learning : Seeking
a new geography of GIS in education
Pip Forer
University of Auckland, New Zealand
S3.2 Using GIS as a learning tool
Chair: Susan Macey, Southwest Texas State University
*notes* The
Philosophy and Design of a Virtual Field Course
David J. Unwin
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Community-based GIS Education: A Twin Cities
Experiment
Robert B. McMaster, Helga Leitner, Eric Sheppard, and Sarah Elwood
University of Minnesota
Cancelled System Approach in Teaching Geography
with the Help of GIS
Basil M. Kravtsov, Nina V. Gulyaeya and Iouri B. Kravtsov
Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Russia
Discussion: What resources are needed to encourage the use of GIS across the curriculum as a learning tool?
S3.3 K-12 GIS: Examples of GIS in the schools
Chair: Sarah Bednarz, Texas A&M University
Teaching Geography with GIS in Ontario's Secondary
Schools
Bob Sharpe and Angela Crechiolo
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Developing GIS Use in High Schools
Martin F. Schmidt, Jr.
McDonough School, MD
*link* Lessons
from the Lake Barcroft Project
Kathryn Keranen
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
Conditions Affecting the Classroom Implementation
of Geographic Information Systems
Richard H. Audet
Roger Williams University
Discussion: In what ways can GIS software, education, and curriculum-related materials be developed to meet K-12 and preservice educational needs?
3:00 - 3:30 - Break
3:30 - 4:30 - Group Discussion Sessions
In addition, special interest groups will be formed as follows:
4:30 - 5:30 - Plenary
6:30pm - Depart hotel for Baltimore Harbor
9:00a - 10:00 - Symposium Brunch
10:00 - 12:00 - Closing Plenary
