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Diana Stuart Sinton

National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education

Jenni Lund

Wheaton College

Eileen Johnson

Bowdoin College

Approaches for Integrating GIS on College Campuses

www.nitle.org

What does NITLE’s GIS Initiative do?

Help faculty and academic support staff learn and apply GIS across liberal arts curricula

workshops and meetingssupport in developing GIS-based curricula for all disciplines

curriculum for learning GIS

web resources: gis.nitle.org and GIS list serv

What works well:

small-scale applications with on-going project management:

• specific lab exercises or lessons• semester-long or summer worksupport tailored for varying levels

andstages of involvement:

• identify and promote champions • provide resources and encouragement for early adopters• multi-faculty, collaborative projects

Know your audience, know your tool:

Encourage on-campus support networksMake discipline-specific connectionsStress the pedagogical benefits

Know when GIS is not the answer

Follow through to an end product

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