"GIS ACCESS: Active Learning and Geographic Information System Summer Institutes", NSF Advanced Technological Education Program, 9/98-8/99, $799,900, PI: Les Doak, Cypress College.
"A GIS Core Curriculum for the 2-year Colleges", NSF Advanced Technological Education Program, 7/96-12/98, $188,000, Co-PI's: Michael Goodchild, Karen Kemp.
He served on the following committees:
National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov. 13-16 1996 (Program Committee, Local Arrangements Committee, Computer Workshop Committee, Field Trip Committee)
Association for American Geographers, Community College Special Interest Group, GIS Task Force (Co-chair, since 1994)
National Council for Geographic Education, Remote Sensing Education Task Force (since 1995)
EDGIS Conference Advisory Board (Fall 1993)
He has served as the consultant for:
Santa Barbara City College, Developing GIS courses and program for the college
Cypress College, C3GIS.net GIS training curriculum for instructors
He has reviewed manuscripts for:
Journal of Geography
OnWord Press
He has organized and coordinated the following workshops and institutes:
Third International Symposium on GIS in Higher Education, Chantilly, VA, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 1997
EDGIS '96 K-12 GIS Research Specialist Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov. 16-17, 1996
Second International Symposium on GIS in Higher Education, Columbia, MD, Sept. 5-8, 1996
California GIS Educators Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA, August 11-12, 1996
NCGIA Summer Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, August 10-17, 1994 (Advanced GIS topics for researchers and instructors using GIS)
Southern California Geographic Alliance Summer Geography Institutes, June 24-July 8, 1994 and June 23-July 7, 1995 (Intensive geography education for K-12 teachers; Co-Director)
ÒGIS in the SchoolsÓ one-week workshops in summer 1992 & 1993 (GIS for K-12 teachers)
He has made presentations on GIS education at the following conferences:
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, March 1998
Third International Symposium on GIS in Higher Education, Chantilly, VA, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 1997
National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October, 1997
American River College "GIS is Here!" Conference, Sacramento, CA, April, 1997 (keynote speaker)
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Ft. Worth, April 1997
GIS in Community College Geography, UCLA, Westwood, CA, March, 1997 (organizer and featured speaker)
National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, Nov., 1996
Second International Symposium on GIS in Higher Education, Columbia, MD, Sept. 5-8, 1996
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Charlotte, April 1996
Pasadena City College and CCITT GIS/GPS Conference and Faculty Development Workshop, (featured speaker), Pasadena, CA, February, 1996
National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, San Antonio, October, 1995
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 1995
National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, Lexington, November 1994
GIS/LIS '94 Annual Conference, Phoenix, October 1994
ESRI Users Conference, Palm Springs, California, May 1994
EDGIS, Washington, D.C., Jan., 1994 (NSF supported specialist meeting on K-12 GIS)
National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Aug.1993.
GIS/LIS '92 Annual Conference, San Jose, November 1992.
National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 1992.
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Diego, April 1992
He has completed GIS Industry Training:
ESRI's Introduction to ArcView Course (2-days)
ESRI's Working with the ArcView Spatial Analyst (3-days)