Mapping&GIS+Tools

Mapping/GIS Tools

GIS/Mapping

I. Introduction Overview of what GIS/mapping is and how it can be used in instructional design. Review the current trends and barriers of applying this software in instructional design. Widespread availability of GIS software. Pros and cons of the software, etc.

II. Background Information:  A. Explain what GIS/mapping is.  i. What is GIS? (Geographical information system) – displays geographical referenced information  a. “GIS provides tools for organizing, manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing information about the  world using digital maps and databases”  b. GPS, Global positioning system.  ii. general features, ex: statistical and spatial analysis tools  a. “Data visualization—GIS-based investigations allow you to identify and characterize relationships  by manipulating multiple visual representations of data, including dynamic and customizable maps, tables, charts, and animations.”  b. “Data analysis—Analytical tools enable you to quantify relationships within and among spatial  data sets using database functions, statistical analyses, and spatial overlay operations.”  c. “Multimedia integration—Other forms of digital information, including animations, video, audio,  and digital stills, can be woven into GIS activities, greatly enriching and extending learning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> experiences.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> d. Technology literacy and transferable skills—The use of GIS promotes technology literacy and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> provides you with skills transferable to your own research, other course work, and the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> workplace. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> e. Problem solving and discovering learning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> iii. Why its use is increasing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> a. GIS technology--inexpensive software is easier to use, contains increased functionality and runs <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> on a wider range of hardware, including PCs; (uiowa) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> iv. examples of appliations <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> a. vArcView <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> b. Idrisi <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> c. MapInfo <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> d. GoogleMaps/GoogleEarth <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> B. Explain what you can do with GIS <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> i. Recognize patterns <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ii. Explore spatial relationships <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> iii. Create map mash-ups <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> iv. Geotag (adding coordinates to photos and maps) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> v. Develop interactive map <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> vi. Mobile mapping applications

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">III. Key issues <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> A. Education vs consumer development - “different decisions about software functionality and data <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> representation (e.g., of time, space, place, and specific data)” (Radinksy) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> B. “ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Modelling and analysis capabilities are limited; multi-media data are not well supported; pedagogic <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> motivations or goals are not addressed; and service delivery components such as user interfaces <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> have been addressed very infrequently.” (Thompson, 1991)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">IV. Solutions <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> A. Design tools with education in mind <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> B. Implementation, teacher training

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">V. Chapter Summary <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> A. Keypoints, overview - restating introduction <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> B. Considerations of use of GIS in learning scenarios

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Resources:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alibrandi, M., & Palmer-Moloney, J. (2001). Making a place for technology in teacher education with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 1 (4). Available: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.citejournal.org/vol1/iss4/currentissues/socialstudies/article1.htm__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brickell, G. & Herrington, J. (2004). Learner challenges and situated learning: Engaging students at Sydney Olympic Park. In R. Atkinson, C. McBeath, D. Jonas-Dwyer & R. Phillips (Eds), Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference (pp. 150-158). Perth, 5-8 December. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/procs/brickell.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cartwright, W., & Hunter, G. (2001). Towards a Methodology for the Evaluation of Multimedia Geographical Information Products. 5 (3). Available: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.springerlink.com/content/l520218061140q38/export-citation/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hall, M. (2008). GIS Investigations: Earth Science to Accompany ArcGIS Version 9.x. Available: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.delmarlearning.com/companions/content/1418065978/student_resources/TropicalCyclones/ddtc_9x_intro.pdf__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Improving Public Health Through Geographical Information Systems An Instructional Guide to Major Concepts and Their Implementation. (1997) Available: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.uiowa.edu/~geog/health/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Radinsky, J., Loh, B., & Lukasik, J. (2008). GIS tools for historical inquiry: Issues for classroom-centered design. History and Computing. 11 (2). Available: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jahc/3310410.0011.204?rgn=main;view=fulltext__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Salter, J., Campbell, C., Journeay, M., & Sheppard, S. The digital workshop: Exploring the use of interactive and immersive visualisation tools in participatory planning. Journal of Environmental Management. 90 (6). Available: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147970800114X__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thompson, D. (1991). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000025; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">G.I.S. A View From the Other (Dark?) Side: The Perspective of an Instructor of Introductory Geography Courses at University Level. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization. 28 (3) Available: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/37t800534g377802/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Terms and Definitions:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GIS - Geographical Information System

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GPS - Global Positioning System