[OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine

[Suchith Anand]

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
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From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Suchith Anand [Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
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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


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Phil,
Yes, congratulations!!!

We are using your materials in our FOSS4G course !


Rafael


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From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
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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: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Charles Schweik
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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
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