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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
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