GIS Education Weekly: Cutting a Globe to Teach About Projections

Resources

Andy Woodruff suggests this is the best of the recent articles (from Vox) aimed at the public about map projections. h/t @m0gould

In the U.S. cutting a globe is protected speech.

Academia.edu (open access): Concept Maps as a Tool to Analyse College Students' Knowledge of Geospatial Concepts. The study looked at the changes in student's concept maps after a  introductory-level GIS course.

arXiv: The Effect of Pokemon Go on The Pulse of the City: A Natural Experiment (pdf): "We found a significant effect of Pokemon Go on the floating population of Santiago: up to 13.8% more people being outside at certain times, even 
if they do not seem to go out of their usual way."

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Programs, Degrees and Courses

There's a nice write-up on GIS at Tufts University (just down the street from me). "Originally, GIS courses were offered almost exclusively to graduate students within the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. Since [Patrick] Florance arrived at Tufts in 2006, the demand for GIS instruction has increased dramatically, especially in the last four years. Today, more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students use GIS mapping and data analysis in courses offered in departments including environmental studies, earth and ocean sciences; public health; urban and environmental policy and planning; civil and environmental engineering; international relations; biology; and many others. Introduction to GIS fills to capacity every semester and is offered within the international relations and environmental studies departments, but allows students to pursue research in any area of their choice. Other GIS courses explore the environment, catastrophes, agriculture, medicine, public health, food, and more."