ASU Now: Mapping the border a 'huge technological undertaking' for ASU professor, students - An interactive map of the border wall was part of the Gannet Company's coverage of the topic. A GIS specialist and three journalism students at Arizona State University made the map.
Times Higher Education: Online courses ‘more time-consuming’ to prepare for, study says - "Online courses are more time-consuming for academics to prepare for than traditional teaching, according to an Australian study."
LinkedIn: Making GIS work at a Liberal Arts College - Stewart Bruce, who left a position at Washington College, reflects.
New York Times: Technology Used to Track Players’ Steps Now Charts Their Sleep, Too - The future of the quantified student athlete.
Inside Higher Ed: Federal Audit Challenges Faculty Role at WGU - "Education Department’s inspector general labels Western Governors as a correspondence-course provider, seeks reimbursement of $713 million in aid and may broadly threaten competency-based education.” Via Hack Education.
Medium: GIS Analyst Salary Breakdown - Todd Barr explores GIS Analyst pay data from PayScale.com.
AFT: Do Manipulatives Help Students Learn? - A look at the science from the "Ask a Cognitive Scientist" column.
Maui Now: GIS Software Free for all Hawaii Schools - Esri is offering the new ArcGIS school bundle at no charge to all K12 public, private and charter schools throughout Hawaii.
Maui Now: GIS Software Free for all Hawaii Schools - Esri is offering the new ArcGIS school bundle at no charge to all K12 public, private and charter schools throughout Hawaii.
The Oracle (USF - Tampa): The smoke-free policy continues to be met with mixed reviews - Students used GIS to see if the new no smoking policy at USF was effective.
The Battalion (Texas A&M): Touch to see: Braille Map in the MSC - It took years to make, but now there's a 3D Braille map of campus in the student center.
Resources
NCSU GIS 610-003/603: Tools for open geospatial science
Udemy: Mobile GIS and Mapping Applications with Leaflet ($20 via Geospatial Brainstorming Blog)
GIS and Earth Observation University: Learn Hyperspectral Remote Sensing from the Scratch
Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Pro Project Workbook, Third Edition teaches GIS via a singe project. (press release)
Esri is making available to educators – free of charge in PDF – the comprehensive, out-of-print Spatial Statistical Data Analysis for GIS Users by Konstantin Krivoruchko. Contact esripress@esri.com to request a copy.
For Students
Esri is making available to educators – free of charge in PDF – the comprehensive, out-of-print Spatial Statistical Data Analysis for GIS Users by Konstantin Krivoruchko. Contact esripress@esri.com to request a copy.
For Students
The AAG Cartography Student Illustrated Paper Competition is on. Submissions are due Oct 20th. Prizes run into the hundreds of dollars. Via @cartoaag.
Events