Hi Phil - may i ask in total (roughly) how many students have enrolled for your MOOC till now?
Also the exponential multiplier effect of having both software and educational materials available is remarkable as other educators worldwide are using your resources. You should highlight this for your program and that differentiates this with other proprietary GIS vendor MOOC programs! Suchith ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Suchith Anand [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 8:09 PM To: Moreno-sanchez, Rafael; 'Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine Yes, we are all benifiiting from these excellent materials . I am using (and also promoting ) them for some of my short courses in GIS here. Next one on Thursday :) Suchith ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Moreno-sanchez, Rafael [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 7:59 PM To: 'Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine Phil, Yes, congratulations!!! We are using your materials in our FOSS4G course ! Rafael _______________________________________________________ Rafael Moreno, Ph.D. Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences University of Colorado Denver Office: North Classroom 3524, Auraria Campus Campus Box 172 1200 Larimer Street NC 3524 Denver, CO 80204 Phone: 303-352-3762 Fax 303-556-6197 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine Phil, nice work! Charlie, nice call! And words by Diana S. Sinton worth repeating. . . Some MOOCs don’t just fade away, they transform. One former MOOC, Del Mar College’s Introduction to Geospatial Technology using QGIS<https://www.canvas.net/browse/delmarcollege/courses/introduction-to-geospatial-technology-1>, is now a series of five self-paced classes<http://fossgeo.org/free-qgis-courses/>. These are offered by GeoAcademy<http://fossgeo.org/about-geoacademy/>, an “independent consortium of GIS educators dedicated to promoting the use of open source software for geospatial technology education.” Lead instructor Phil Davis says that there are currently about 500 students who have enrolled in the courses. This isn’t a massive number, but this reflects the trend towards open online courses with self-paced content, like the Discover Spatial<http://discoverspatial.com/> collection. GeoAcademy course of special note: QGIS Courses<http://fossgeo.org/free-qgis-courses/> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Schweik Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 8:05 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine Colleagues, See a story on GIS MOOCs and some references to the GeoAcademy work. Way to go Phil and team! http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/fall-2015-geospatial-mooc-roundup/454380 Charlie -- Charlie Schweik Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dept of Environmental Conservation and Center for Public Policy and Administration Personal website: http://people.umass.edu/cschweik Publications: http://works.bepress.com/charles_schweik/ Author, Internet Success: A Study of Open Source Software (MIT Press, 2012) - see http://tinyurl.com/d3e4545 -------------------------------------------- Q: Why do I try my best to keep my emails to five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.
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