[Ica-osgeo-labs] GeoAcademy in Directions Magazine

[Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)]

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] 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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