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UNIGIS@Salzburg Successful Career Development for Professionals Through Online Distance Learning

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

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UNIGIS@Salzburg Successful Career Development for Professionals Through Online Distance Learning

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  1. UNIGIS@SalzburgSuccessful Career Development for Professionals Through Online Distance Learning Adrijana Car Centre for Geoinformatics, Salzburg UniversityAustrian Academy of Sciences - GIScience

  2. Contents UNIGIS    UNIGIS International Association partner Z_GIS@Salzburg Universtity Industry links UNIGIS@Salzburg UNIGIS professional diploma MSc(GIS) Working environment

  3. a worldwide network of educational institutions • offers internationally recognized, academic, distance learning qualifications in GIScience and Systems • professional certificates / diplomas • postgraduate Masters degrees

  4. 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

  5. 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!

  6. 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 network and Leading GIScience education program

  7. Centre for GeoInformaticsParis-Lodron Salzburg University Research &Development EduProjects MSc(GISc.) UNIGIS PostgraduateEducation BasicResearch R&DProjects AGITGI_Forum Seminars LearningMedia Transferto Industry AplusB GI-Cluster

  8. 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

  9. Membership

  10. Recent / current projects – Education/ eLearning Herodot eNews UniPHORM – PHARE GeoBASE EMGISc, EMGISc-D SDiLA, LIME InterGIS, GISELA Tempus CARDS

  11. Deadline: abstracts for poster/presentation by April 27, 07

  12. 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“

  13. Curriculum Conform to academic course Modular structure ~ 15 lessons 4-7 assignments 6 ECTS credits120+ hours of student effort In part-time distance-learning mode: ~8 weeks when taken in sequence

  14. 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) 2 1 4 3 7 6 5 8 9 E1 E3 MScThesis E2 Collab.Project SS

  15. 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 2 4 1 3 6 5 7 E1 Collab.Project

  16. UNIGIS Environment Blackboard eLearning platform Learning Management System Communication Via Email, Blackboard (discussion boards, virtual classroom, wiki)Skype / GoogleTalk Tutor, Instructor, Team

  17. Future with Geoinformation “The only sustainable competitive advantage is the ability to learn and apply the right stuff faster” Wayne Hodgkins

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