Wednesday, August 19. 2009

Instructional Technologist Earns Fulbright to do GIS Work

Ok first some definitions. What's an instructional technologist? It's a role typically in a university for someone who helps integrate technology in the curriculum. (One of my high school friends got such a position right out of college and has been at Boston University ever since.) What's a Fulbright? It's a grant for academics that sends you overseas to lecture and do research. (One of the grad students back when I was in college got one. It's a big deal.)

The news then is that Meg Stewart, an instructional technologist at Vassar College, has received the grant to teach and do research at the University of the West Indies in Barbados during the 2009-10 academic year. She'll work on "a mapping project in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, looking at sustainable use of marine resources and making this geospatial information available online in Google Earth and a Web map. She will also teach a geographic information system class..."

Now, this is even more interesting when I realized that Meg (who I have yet to meet) is on the committee for the upcoming NITLE event titled Geospatial Technology in the Liberal Arts at Skidmore College in September, where I've been invited to speak.

- Poughkeepsie Journal

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