Those with Bachelors Flock to Community Colleges for GIS
The end of a long article from the Hechinger Report (+1) about those with degrees returning to the community college for job skills is this factoid:
University of West Florida GIS MOOC UpdateAt California’s Foothill College, employed workers from nearby tech companies have flocked to the community college for advanced training in geographic information systems, said Kurt Hueg, Foothill’s vice president of instruction. The school has embraced its role helping Silicon Valley, he said, but it’s difficult letting educated workers know about opportunities at community colleges.
“Marketing is a big part of our function here,” Hueg said. “As much as people think they know about us here, they don’t really know us.”
A press release this week detailed the impact of the school's Introduction to GIS MOOC offered this past May.
Takeaways:
- 3400 students
- Content used by the University of Hawaii to teach professionals and academics in Mozambique
- Mentioned at Esri Education GIS Conference plenary
- Will be taught again next May
We Are HERE
A few weeks ago I noted Hexagon's "I am Hexagon" features profiling its employees. This week HERE has started a similar effort called "We Are HERE."
Before HERE technology happens — people happen. It may seem like magic, but there are a lot of people behind the scenes bringing things to life. How do they do it? This blog series will provide answers as we interview HERE employees and pull back the curtain.First up is an interview with Mahmoud Abid, a Sr. Dev Ops Engineer, based at the HERE office in Schwalbach, Germany. Via: Glenn Letham (