Tuesday, April 28. 2009

Podcast: Should Geospatial Education Create Subject Matter Experts or Geospatial Thinkers?

Do we encourage the next generation of young geospatial professionals to get degrees in specific disciplines such as geology, forestry, urban planning, etc. or do we train them to be “geospatial thinker" with a degree in GIS? This was the question posed at a panel at last week's Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference. This week we review the panelists' thoughts and offer up our opinions.


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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Education, GIS Jobs, Directions on the News Podcast, Infrastructure, GITA at 01:00 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0) |

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Today's Op-ed in the NYTimes is relevant:

End the University as We Know It
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27taylor.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=all

#1 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2009-04-28 11:35 (Reply)

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