unigis@salzburg successful career development for professionals through online distance learning
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UNIGIS@Salzburg Successful Career Development for Professionals Through Online Distance Learning. Adrijana Car Centre for Geoinformatics, Salzburg University Austrian Academy of Sciences - GIScience. Contents. UNIGIS UNIGIS International Association partner Z_GIS@Salzburg Universtity - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University
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Adrijana Car
Centre for Geoinformatics, Salzburg UniversityAustrian Academy of Sciences - GIScience
UNIGIS@SalzburgSuccessful Career Development for Professionals Through Online Distance Learning
CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University
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Contents
UNIGIS UNIGIS International Association partner Z_GIS@Salzburg Universtity Industry links
UNIGIS@Salzburg UNIGIS professional diploma MSc(GIS) Working environment
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• a worldwide network of educational institutions • offers internationally recognized, academic, distance learning qualifications in GIScience and Systems professional certificates / diplomas postgraduate Masters degrees
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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
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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!
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UNIGIS@Salzburg
1000+ 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 networkand
Leading GIScience education program
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PostgraduateEducation
Research &Development
Transferto Industry
UNIGIS
Seminars
MSc(GISc.)
GI-Cluster
EduProjects
R&DProjects
BasicResearch
LearningMedia
AGITGI_Forum
AplusB
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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
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Membership
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Recent / current projects – Education/ eLearning
Herodot eNews UniPHORM – PHARE GeoBASE EMGISc, EMGISc-D SDiLA, LIME InterGIS, GISELA Tempus CARDS
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Deadline: abstracts for poster/presentation by April 27, 07
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UNIGIS@Salzburg: 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“
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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
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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)
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E1
SSMScThesis E3
E2
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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
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Collab.Project
E1
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UNIGIS Environment
Blackboard eLearning platform Learning Management System
Communication Via Email, Blackboard
(discussion boards, virtual classroom, wiki)Skype / GoogleTalk
Tutor, Instructor, Team
CENTRE FOR GEOINFORMATICS – Salzburg University
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is the ability to learn and apply
the right stuff faster”
Wayne Hodgkins
Future with Geoinformation