A Geospatial Online Instruction Model

dc.creator	Athena OWEN-NAGEL
dc.creator	John C. RODGERS III
dc.creator	Shrinidhi AMBINAKUDIGE
dc.date	2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:31Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:31Z
dc.identifier	2146-0353
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d5ba182884e04cccb70dba828defa349
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16075
dc.description	The objective of this study is to present a pedagogical model for teaching geospatial courses through an online format and to critique the model’s effectiveness. Offering geospatial courses through an online format provides avenues to a wider student population, many of whom are not able to take traditional on-campus courses. Yet internet-based teaching effectiveness has not yet been clearly demonstrated for geospatial courses. The pedagogical model implemented in this study heavily utilizes virtual classroom software. Short lecture video segments coupled with lecture presentation files and textbook readings are effective tools for teaching geospatial theory. Detailed laboratory instructions, video clips and screen captures of important laboratory exercise steps, and discussion board posts about laboratory steps can substitute face-to-face interactions that occur in an on-campus geospatial course laboratory environment and can help the online student understand complex geospatial analyses. Analysis of student tracking on the virtual classroom suggests that the proposed pedagogical model is an effective, satisfying, and rewarding learning strategy. The distance learning model is disadvantageous to the instructor because more work is needed up front. However, once the course has begun the instructor benefits by having a more flexible teaching schedule.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Review of International Geographical Education Online
dc.relation	http://www.rigeo.org/vol2no1/2.1.RIGEO-VOL.2.NO.%201-1.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2146-0353
dc.source	Review of International Geographical Education Online, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 7-24 (2012)
dc.subject	geospatial
dc.subject	distance learning
dc.subject	GIS
dc.subject	virtual classroom
dc.subject	mycourses
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	A Geospatial Online Instruction Model
dc.type	article