[Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine

Wed Oct 7 06:22:12 PDT 2015

This is really excellent. These thousands of students are our "Train the Trainer". They now got the skills and the software. This is true empowerment.

With all our Geo for All colleagues also now making use of your educational materials, we will be reaching and empowering hundreds of thousands of students through our network effects soon.

Thank you for your great contributions.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Phillip Davis [pdavis at delmar.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 2:10 PM
To: Suchith Anand; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine

The GeoAcademy has three time periods:

1. Summer 2014 we offer free access and got a total of 3000+ enrolled in the 5 classes
2. Fall 2014-Summer 2015 we taught as credited courses to three cohorts of about 25 students, so 75
3. Fall 2014-currently we have offered as MOOC and ongoing self-enrollment open-ended courses totaling about 6000
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From: Suchith Anand [Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 6:40 AM
To: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org; Phillip Davis; OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine

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]
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 8:09 PM
To: Moreno-sanchez, Rafael; 'Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)'; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine

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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From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Moreno-sanchez, Rafael [Rafael.Moreno at ucdenver.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 7:59 PM
To: 'Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)'; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine

Phil,
Yes, congratulations!!!

We are using your materials in our FOSS4G course !

Rafael

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Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences
University of Colorado Denver
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Campus Box 172
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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)
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 9:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine

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
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 8:05 AM
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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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