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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

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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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SSMScThesis E3

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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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UNIGIS Environment

Blackboard eLearning platform Learning Management System

Communication Via Email, Blackboard

(discussion boards, virtual classroom, wiki)Skype / GoogleTalk

Tutor, Instructor, Team

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is the ability to learn and apply

the right stuff faster”

Wayne Hodgkins

Future with Geoinformation