CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Adrijana Car Centre for Geoinformatics, Salzburg University Austrian Academy of Sciences - GIScience Successful Career Development for Professionals Through Online Distance Learning

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Contents  UNIGIS  UNIGIS International Association partner  Universtity  Industry links   UNIGIS professional diploma  MSc(GIS)  Working environment

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > a worldwide network of educational institutions offers internationally recognized, academic, distance learning qualifications in GIScience and Systems professional certificates / diplomas postgraduate Masters degrees

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Targeted Audience  Professionals  mostly working in GIS industry,  interested in continuing education or  pursuing an academic degree, and  whose work and responsibilities require that their education be as free as possible from limitations of place and time

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > UNIGIS: Global Network  First courses in 1993  Founding members:  UK  Amsterdam  Salzburg  Global network on (nearly) all continents  Move into professional education  Dedicated to „lifelong learning“!  Cooperation in development of curricula, media, and general innovation  Exchange in GIScience and eLearning  Mutual recognition of degrees and credits (ECTS)  Contributions to international curricula and standards development  The only sustained international (online) distance education!

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS >  students and alumni  In certificate and master courses  From German speaking areas  International programs  offered since 05/2006 from Salzburg  by our partners using our materials since 2004  => Foundation for an important professional network and Leading GIScience education program

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Centre for GeoInformatics Paris-Lodron Salzburg University Postgraduate Education Research & Development Transfer to Industry UNIGIS Seminars MSc(GISc.) GI-Cluster Edu Projects R&D Projects Basic Research Learning Media AGIT GI_Forum AplusB

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Industry partners  Relationships with leading companies  ESRI: Software, Virtual Campus  Intergraph: Software, Internship  Leica – ERDAS: Software  Autodesk  Oracle, Clark Labs – Idrisi, Definiens, Safe, …  Publishers  Magazines: Geoinformatics, Geoconnexion, GIS Development  Wiley Ltd: Longley et al. GIS book

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Membership

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Recent / current projects – Education/ eLearning  Herodot  eNews  UniPHORM – PHARE  GeoBASE  EMGISc, EMGISc-D  SDiLA, LIME  InterGIS, GISELA  Tempus CARDS

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Deadline: abstracts for poster/presentation by April 27, 07

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Principles  Continuing education via online distance learning  Where & When at student convenience  In-service learning  Alternative to full-time study  Some presence required  Application oriented  professional software  Cooperation with industry  Academic qualification awarded by Salzburg University  Active Learning  Continuous interaction and feedback  Multimedia presentation and tools  Problem- / Solution- oriented  „Learning to learn“

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Curriculum  Conform to academic course  Modular structure  ~ 15 lessons  4-7 assignments  6 ECTS credits 120+ hours of student effort  In part-time distance-learning mode: ~8 weeks when taken in sequence

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Modular structure: MSc  Focus on conceptual, technical, and organisational aspects of GIScience and their application in various fields  Qualification as a project, team or department leader  2 year postgraduate course  Structure  9+ Modules  Electives  Collaborative project  Master thesis  Awarded academic degree: MSc(GIS) Collab. Project E1 SS MSc Thesis E3 E2

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Modular structure: UNIGIS professional  designed to develop or improve application-oriented skills & provide an understanding of GIS  1 year  Structure  7 Modules  1+Elective or collaborative project  Professional diploma certificate Collab. Project E1

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > UNIGIS Environment  Blackboard  eLearning platform  Learning Management System  Communication  Via , Blackboard (discussion boards, virtual classroom, wiki) Skype / GoogleTalk  Tutor, Instructor, Team

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > “The only sustainable competitive advantage is the ability to learn and apply the right stuff faster” Wayne Hodgkins Future with Geoinformation

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Lesson Structure  Type of current element and position within lesson needs to be obvious  Of course, there can be more optional elements than just ‚Hungry minds‘  Feedback: quiz, exercise, assignment Intro & TOC Learning Objectives Motivation – lead-in Concept discussion Example / Activity Feedback Summary / Review References Hungry minds Lesson n

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Core Modules 1-9 GIScience Introduction Data Modelling and Structures Data Sources and Acquisition geoDBMS Spatial Statistics OpenGIS Geographical Analysis Visualisation Cartography Organisation and Project Mgmt

CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University © 2008 UNIGIS > Elective subjects – Optional Modules Thesis & Electives External Courses Summer Schools ESRI Virtual Campus EuroGIS Remote Sensing Master Thesis Oracle Spatial Photogrammetry Application Development