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Teaching Introduction to Geographic Information Science: Best Practices and Reflections
Tuesday June 24, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Salon E (Conference Center)
This session will compare practices and discuss methods for teaching introduction to GIS and other geospatial courses, bringing together a diverse group of faculty. The participants will share their experience teaching the course, their format for the course, and what does and does not work in the classroom (projects vs. exams, teaching both lecture and lab vs. teaching lecture with TAs teaching labs, types of projects, working with/around AI, etc., ESRI software vs. others, hybrid vs. face-2-face vs. online, etc.).

This session will also focus on the future direction of GIS and teaching it, and how we are instructors of GIS courses prepare our students to work within today’s geospatial world while also discussing how our methods have changed over time. Anyone interested is invited to also share their experiences in teaching the course, along with ideas on how to give students the best experience concerning learning GIS.
Moderators
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Caroline McClure

Lecturer, Georgia State University
Speakers
avatar for Forrest Bowlick

Forrest Bowlick

Senior Lecturer, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
avatar for Jennifer Swift, PhD, GISP

Jennifer Swift, PhD, GISP

Associate Professor (Teaching), USC, Spatial Sciences Institute
Jennifer Swift has developed and taught novel courses in the USC Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in GeoDesign and Geographic Information Science and Technology and teaches several programming-focused courses. She oversees Master’s theses and graduate research projects and was... Read More →
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Devika Jain

GIS Data Science Project Manager, Harvard CGA
Tuesday June 24, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Salon E (Conference Center) 2221 Grand Ave, Laramie, WY 82070, USA
  Presentations, Panel discussion

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