What's new?
1. Addition of Esri® Community Analyst and the Business Analyst OnlineSM API to the Business Analyst Site License Add‐on, which is available at no cost upon request. (Available Jan 1)
2. Addition of ArcGIS Extensions (Available Jan 1)
ArcGIS Desktop Extensions
o ArcGIS Data Interoperability (teaching and research only)
o ArcGIS Data Reviewer
ArcGIS Mapping and Charting Solutions
o Esri Defense Mapping
o Esri Aeronautical Solution
o Esri Nautical Solution
ArcGIS Server Extensions
o ArcGIS Data Interoperability (teaching and research only)
3. Addition of Esri Data products, delivered on DVD (Anticipated availability March 1, 2012)
Esri demographic and lifestyle data (entire United States, all geographies)
o Esri Updated Demographics
o Esri Consumer Spending
o Esri TapestryTM Segmentation
o American Community Survey (ACS)
o Census 2010
4. Addition of New Products/Services ("Early 2012" - no date given)
o ArcGIS Online subscriptions
o Esri CityEngine®—Advanced
ArcGIS Online is positioned this way:
I think that's a great idea - both for students and staff use. It may encourage instructors to seriously consider a flipped classroom model, where a module is assigned as "homework" and the "lab" is done in class. I hope Esri is thinking about how educators will be uploading their own "modules" to the LMS, to share with other educators, in the future.
o Esri Defense Mapping
o Esri Aeronautical Solution
o Esri Nautical Solution
ArcGIS Server Extensions
o ArcGIS Data Interoperability (teaching and research only)
3. Addition of Esri Data products, delivered on DVD (Anticipated availability March 1, 2012)
Esri demographic and lifestyle data (entire United States, all geographies)
o Esri Updated Demographics
o Esri Consumer Spending
o Esri TapestryTM Segmentation
o American Community Survey (ACS)
o Census 2010
4. Addition of New Products/Services ("Early 2012" - no date given)
o ArcGIS Online subscriptions
o Esri CityEngine®—Advanced
ArcGIS Online is positioned this way:
ArcGIS Online enables your faculty members to incorporate meaningful GIS use in large‐enrollment classes with minimal impact on their workload or your institution’s IT staff or infrastructure. In addition, your subscription to ArcGIS Online will allow faculty and students to publish intelligent web maps and make them widely available without requiring in‐house server infrastructure and technical expertise.5. Revamp of web‐based Virtual Campus courseware breaking courses into 2-4 hour modules accessible via a new learning management system (LMS). (Release concurrent with ArcGIS 10.1 release)
I think that's a great idea - both for students and staff use. It may encourage instructors to seriously consider a flipped classroom model, where a module is assigned as "homework" and the "lab" is done in class. I hope Esri is thinking about how educators will be uploading their own "modules" to the LMS, to share with other educators, in the future.