The landscape of emerging and maturing change in GIScience education

Brown bag seminar 

We are happy to announce our next Brown bag seminar:

Date: Wednesday, September, 17, 2014; 12:30 – 13:30

Place: Techno-Z, ZGIS-meeting room: SC30EG0.E07 (Schillerstraße 30, building 15, ground floor)

Presenter: Dr. Karen Kemp (University of Southern California / Professor of the Practice of Spatial Sciences)

The landscape of emerging and maturing change in GIScience education 

Since its explosion into the academy in the 1980s, GIScience education continues to evolve. Many trends in higher education are changing the face of GIScience education, including the widespread acceptance of online (distance) education and of professional masters programs. Changes in technology are also pushing evolution in our field, with perhaps the most important being the blend of cyberinfrastructure, eScience and GIS, which in the US is called CyberGIS. This talk will provide a framework for discussion of the significance of these themes and how GIScience education must address them.