Using ArcGIS Online to Facilitate Teaching in Higher Education Patrick Rickles
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Using ArcGIS Online to FacilitateTeaching in Higher Education
Patrick Rickles
Research Associate & PhD Student
Interdisciplinary Research-Sapelli-Geokey and Community Maps-Challenging RISK-Citizen Cyberlab-Student Research
www.ucl.ac.uk/excites
Collaborating with and Teaching GIS to Anthropologists, Archaeologists, Architects, Computer Scientists, Digital Humanities
Students, Disaster Management Planners, Fine Artists, Historians, Human-Computer Interaction Experts, Political Scientists,
Psychologists and more!
GIS
IDR EDU
GIS+
IDR + EDU
PhD Research
How does Non-Formalcompare to Informallearning when Interdisciplinary Students wish to learn GIS?
“Identifying Important Concepts in GIS in Interdisciplinary Research” (Rickles & Ellul, 2014)
Challenges“Collaborating with Different Disciplines”
Solutions“Training” (literature)
“Building Relationships” (practice)
GIS
IDR EDU
GIS+
IDR + EDU
www.patrickrickles.com/PhD/Work/Common Challenges and Suggested Solutions in IDR.htm
GIS&T BoKKnowledge Areas
Geospatial Data
Data Quality
Digitisation
Cartography & Visualization
Map Design
Symbology
GIS
IDR EDU
GIS+
IDR + EDU
“Identifying Important Concepts in GIS in Interdisciplinary Research” (Rickles & Ellul, 2014)
www.aag.org/bok
Educational TheoriesVirtual Situated Learning Environment (people, tool, activity, environment)
Disciplinary Epistemologies (contextual relevance)
Challenges of Real Life and Online Education
Micro-lessons
GIS
IDR EDU
GIS+
IDR + EDU
Can a contextually relevant, collaborative, online learning environment be effective in teaching GIS concepts to Interdisciplinary Students?
GIS
IDR EDU
GIS+
IDR + EDU
• Lessons structured as Micro-lessons for short, asynchronous learning for concepts
• Text and Images in Lessons change based on the Context
• Ability to comment and reply, facilitating student communication
• Register interest in a new context; quick and easy creation
Why?
• Free Accounts with Adequate Storage and Functionality
• Ability to Easily Store and Share Information
• Continually Growing Repository of Layers
• Web App Builder for quick apps and Story Maps
• Extremely User Friendly Interface
• Support and Accessibility across Esri Suite of Products
Case Study: Institute of Education
Case Study: Development Planning Unit
Online vs. Face-to-Face
Online• Ability to start / stop lesson as
needed• Difficulties in asynchronous
questions and answers• Ease of Online tech for learning
and applying to lessons
Face-to-Face• Students want more practical
time• Ability to gauge enthusiasm
and adjust• Real-time mobile data
gathering and online visualising well received
Structure and
Interest
GIS
fostering Interdisciplinarity
Feedback and Improvement
