GeoEd `14
Geospatial Education Conference Agenda
June 11, 2014
Jefferson Community and Technical College
Southwest Campus
Louisville, KY 40272
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8:30 AM
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Welcome
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8:45 AM
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Model Course: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies”
Presenter: Ken Yanow, GeoTech Center and Southwestern College Over the past couple of years, the GeoTech Center worked with geospatial educators from across the nation to create a model course outline for a Geospatial Technology "Awareness" course based upon the GTCM. With the model course outline complete, the Center then began the task of creating a model course, rich with assessments, lectures, online learning modules, videos, and study guides. The model course is designed to serve as a stand alone general education course in geospatial technologies, or as an entry point for a geospatial technology program. The model course is now complete. This presentation will introduce you to the content of the course as well as provide instructions on how to access its content. |
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9:05 AM
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The Road to an Exam
Presenter: Bill Hodge, Executive Director, GISCI This presentation will provide a short history of GISCI and the GISP Certification process, describe the creation of an exam, now underway, and discuss the importance of the GTCM in that exam creation and the future of the geospatial industry. |
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9:25 AM
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Cumberland URISA
Presenters: Ashley Hitt, Director of GIS Services for Connected Nation, and Ryan Bowe, Photo Science Inc., Discussion about URISA and the first Cumberland URISA Chapter meeting. |
Break
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10:00 AM
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Micro-Credentials: In Search for the Building Blocks of the Geospatial Knowledge Universe.
Presenter: Demetrio Zourarakis, Kentucky Department of Geographic Information The continuous and incremental process of knowledge acquisition and experiential-based proficiency is recognized as being at the core of our career paths. This presentation will focus on and explore the concepts and use of digital badging and micro-credentialing in the professional development and educational aspects of geospatial sciences and technologies. |
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10:20 AM
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Meeting Industry Demands in Australia: The Surveying and Spatial Information Education and Training
Presenter: Noel Hamey, Canberra Institute of Technology This presentation will highlight the present issues facing the Australian surveying & spatial industry and the challenges that impacts on education and training to meet those needs. How consideration by employers, employees and the education and training provider can provide a workable solution to fit in the current workforce environment. |
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10:50 AM
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3D and Time: Well and Production Visualization in GIS
Presenter: Peter Price, Front Range Community College Geographic Information Systems software provides the tools to visualize wellbores, surfaces, cross sections, and geologic solids and volumes in a 3D environment. This capability can also be used to display the results of processing and analysis from geological and geophysical software such as Petra and Kingdom from IHS. Recent additions to the ArcGIS software facilitate the presentation of temporal data and production history is a good candidate for this type of visualization. A key aspect of these software developments is that they place the tools to do geological modeling and analysis in the hands of a much broader group of users. The presentation will be a live demonstration of examples that will illustrate these capabilities. |
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11:10 AM
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Skills for the Digital Earth
Presenter: Rich Schultz, GeoTech Center and Elmhurst College This paper presents the results of a recent (April 2014) massive, open, online course (MOOC) entitled "Skills for the Digital Earth". Learning outcomes are analyzed as well as the demographics of participants to shed light on the interest of the general public in location technologies and the future potential for the geospatial workforce. Future plans for a followup MOOC will be offered. |
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11:30 AM
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State of the GeoTech Center
Presenter: Vince DiNoto, GeoTech Center and Jefferson Community and Technical College This paper will discuss the ongoing efforts of the GeoTech Center and those items that have been accomplished in the past year. This will include work on the Model Courses and the GTCM. |
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11:50 AM
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Lunch
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Keynote
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1:00 PM
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Geospatial Intelligence in the Age of Spatial Reasoning
Presenter: Max Baber, USGIF |
Lifetime Educator Presentation
Deidre Sullivan |
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1:30 PM
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Outstanding Educator Presentation
Mapping Blight in Harrisburg Pennsylvania Presenter: Nicole Ernst The City of Harrisburg Pennsylvania is a city in crisis. From its financial instability to its political shenanigans, the City has also struggled to enforce housing codes, causing the city to deteriorate and to lose the money that could be collected in fines. With the election of a new mayor in January 2014, the City instituted a “Blight Court” to deter landlords from allowing their properties to decay into a blighted state. At the same time, Harrisburg Area Community College GIS students and a neighborhood focused nonprofit organization, are working together to conduct a property inventory of the city to create an interactive map and database of blighted properties. |
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1:50 PM
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Outstanding Education Partner Presentation
Geospatial Frontiers: GIST Trends and Technologies on the Horizon Presenter: Directions Magazine - Wes Stroh Directions Magazine's mission is to explore and curate for its readership "all things location". This presentation will highlight some of the trends and technologies we see on the horizon including "big data" integration, indoor positioning, new sensor technologies and the internet of things, and BI/LI integration. |
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2:10 PM
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KentuckyView: Geospatial technologies to support K-16 education, applied research, and public outreach
Presenter: Haluk Cetin, Murray State University KentuckyView has been a full member of the AmericaView Consortium as it actively pursues AmericaView's goals in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The primary focus of KentuckyView is on the use of images collected from spaceborne and airborne sensors, as well as other geospatial technologies, to support K-16 education, applied research, and public outreach. KentuckyView presently has 11 Members. |
Break
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2:45 PM
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Urban Forest Analysis and Mapping for NASA Langley, incorporated into a service learning project between three Virginia Community Colleges
Presenter: Brian Keiling, Program Head - Forest Management Technology, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, and GeoTEd Cohort Participant Presentation of maps and associated data resulting from a service learning project that was a component of a pilot distance learning geospatial information systems (GIS) course being offered by VWCC. Nine students and three faculty members from Virginia Western Community College (VWCC), Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC), and Dabney S. Lancaster Community College (DSLCC) participated in the field work. Students from both GIS and forestry pathway programs teamed together to collect and map tree data. Using GPS data collectors, the students gathered information on tree species, health, maintenance recommendations, and tree size. The data collected will be incorporated into NASA Langley’s tree inventory maintained in GIS. Students also completed an analysis of the data to provide a written report of the results and maps of problem tree locations, species concentrations, and relative tree size. The field work was sponsored in part by the Expanding Geospatial Technician Education Through Virginia’s Community Colleges (GeoTEd) project. |
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3:05 PM
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Finding Grant Opportunities and Creating and Managing Grants
Presenter: Ann Johnson, GeoTech Center Funding sources for program development, expansion and professional development for other educators can be found at federal government programs and agencies (NSF, DoL, NOOA, NASA) and foundations (Gates) and Corporations (HP). Writing the grant, forming a grant team and managing the outcomes and budgets of a grant can be a challenging – especially for two year college faculty. This presentation will briefly look at different grant opportunities and focus on how you can build successful teams, ask the right questions when you write a grant and manage a grant if it is awarded. |
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3:25 PM
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Earth Observation Day: Remote Sensing, Education and Fun
Presenter: Thomas Mueller, GeoTech Center and California University of Pennsylvania This presentation will discuss Earth Observation Day (EOD), an educational event which celebrates the power of remote sensing as a geospatial tool through curriculum lessons. EOD is one of AmericaView’s signature events. AmericaView is a state wide consortium funded by the United States Geological Survey. Their focus is to increase the use and knowledge of remote sensing by the public. The presentation will begin with a general discussion of America View and EOD. It will then highlight Earth Observation Day lessons for students in high school, college and the public. |
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3:45 PM
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Updating the GTCM
Presenter: Rodney Jackson, GeoTech Center and Davidson County Community College In collaboration with the US Department of Labor, the National Geospatial Technology Center (http://www.geotechcenter.org/) is updating the Geospatial Technology Competency Model (GTCM) so that it can remain relevant for the geospatial industry. Here is one article that discusses the value of the GTCM: http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/ten-things-to-know-about-the-gtcm/240972. |
