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Thursday, February 23, 2017

GIS Education Weekly: Update on UC Davis Coursera Specialization

Update on the UC Davis Coursera Specialization

As promised back at the end of last year, here's a Q&A with Nick Santos on the state of the UC Davis five course Coursera GIS specialization. Thanks to Nick for taking the time to answer my questions.

1) How’s it going teaching desktop users remotely? So far as I know, you were the second MOOC instructor to do so. You noted that as a key distinguisher of the specialization.
It's going well - the biggest challenge for me is volume of students. [When] things in an in-person course don't go perfectly, you're around to address [them] with the students. [In the specialization,  issues must be] smoothed over and made clear online. The great thing is that this format allows for rapid iteration, so fixes for unclear items can be made as soon as we have them ready, but it's still a lot to deal with so many students who understand instructions a little differently.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

GIS Education Weekly: Geography Instructor Finds VR Wanting, Maps MOOC Finds New Home

Teaching and Learning Resources

Exploration Remote Sensing Webinar: What Every Geologist Needs to Know About Technology and Trends for 2017 - From DigitalGlobe, Wed Feb 22.

TES: The virtual geography field trip versus learning outside the classroom? - A year 7 geography instructor in the UK offers candid thoughts about the value of Google Expeditions as a substitute for field trips. Bottom line: It was cool, but students didn't seem to learn much from experiences with a VR version of the seven wonders of the world.