| Thursday September 09th |
| 19.00 - 20.00 |
Registration |
| 20.00 - 21.00 |
Introduction: Who are we? What are our expectations? |
Fred Toppen, Dimitris Kotzinos and Marinus de Bakker |
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| Friday September 10th |
| Session 1 |
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Chairperson: Fred Toppen |
| 9.00 - 10.30 |
Josef Strobl (Invited speaker) |
Geospatial Competence as Cross-Disciplinary Qualification + discussion  |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Break |
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| Session 2 |
What do we teach? Content and competencies (I) |
Chairperson: Marinus de Bakker |
| 11.00 - 11.25 |
David J. Unwin, Nicholas J. Tate |
Towards a Schema of Geospatial Concepts for Geospatial Thinking |
| 11.25 - 11.50 |
Giedre Beconyte, Audrius Kryzanauskas |
Geography and Geographic Competences |
| 11.50 - 12.15 |
Ann B. Johnson, Phillip Davis, David DiBiase |
Identifying the Competencies Needed for Entry Level Geospatial Professionals -The USA National Geospatial Center of Excellence - GeoTech Center |
| 12.15 - 13.30 |
Lunch break |
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| Session 3 |
What do we teach? Content and competencies (II) |
Chairperson: Marinus de Bakker |
| 13.30 - 13.55 |
Frans I. Rip |
Describing geo-information educational content using the GI Body of Knowledge as a reference  |
| 13.55 - 14.20 |
Dimitris Kotzinos, Elias Grinias, Athanasios Nikolaidis |
Charting the university level education in the world: what, where and why is taught. |
| 14.20 - 14.45 |
Kalliopi Kyriakou, Paulos Mpolos, Agapi Xifilidou, Euaggelos Sourianos |
The creation of a complete Geographic Information System for urban planning: The case of Euosmos Municipality in Thessaloniki  |
| 14.45- 15.15 |
Forum discussion |
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| 15.15 - 15.30 |
Break |
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| Session 4 |
Exchange of materials, software, demonstrations |
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| 15.15 - 16.00 |
Possibility for Software demonstrations: Miramon, Spain |
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| Saturday September 11th |
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| Session 5 |
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Chairperson: Dimitris Kotzinos |
| 9.00 - 10.30 |
Vassilis Pappas (Invited speaker) |
Learning GIS for over 25 years + discussion |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Break |
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| Session 6 |
Technology in teaching |
Chairperson: Josef Strobl |
| 11.00 - 11.25 |
Xavier Pons |
A long term educational experience in GI Science & Technology by combining high quality and interoperable data with professional software developed by teachers, researchers and practitioners.  |
| 11.25 - 11.50 |
Haroula Papadaki, Eleni Gadolou, Emmanuel Stefanakis, Georgios Kritikos, Yiwei Cao, Anna Hannemann, Dejan Kovachev, Ralf Klamma, Georgios Pagomenos |
The role of CMS in the education of GIS using storytelling |
| 11.50 - 12.15 |
Discussion: The future of technology and GI education |
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| 12.15 - 13.30 |
Lunch break |
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| Session 7 |
Experiences of GI courses at different levels (I) |
Chairperson: Ann Johnson |
| 13.30 - 13.55 |
Bartoschek, Thomas, Bredel, Henning, Forster, Martina, Remke, Albert |
The Geo Activity: Geospatial Learning at Primary Schools |
| 13.55 - 14.20 |
Ivette Serral, Joan Vinyoli, Xavier Pons |
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and land awareness: an educational program for secondary education. A casestudy in Catalonia, Spain. |
| 14.20 - 15.00 |
Sophia Leni, Vangelis Kotzamanoglou |
Educating public servants in GIS: Reflections on the educational needs of the Public Sector in Greece |
| 15.00 - 15.15 |
break |
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| Session 8 |
Experiences of GI courses at different levels (II) |
Chairperson: Ann Johnson |
| 15.15 - 15.40 |
Gemma BOIX, Josep SITJAR, Rosa OLIVELLA |
Supporting and promoting GIS in classrooms at the secondary and baccalaureate levels  |
| 15.40 - 16.05 |
Marinus de Bakker |
Different approaches of marketing Geo-information courses for prospective students |
| 16.05 - 16.30 |
Discussion: what can be learnt from these experiences |
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| Social activity |
| Sunday September 12th |
| Session 9
| Quality assurance in GI education |
Chairperson: Marinus de Bakker |
| 9.00- 9.30 |
Iraklis Karampourniotis, Zoi Arvanitidou, Ioannis Paraschakis |
The need for Quality Management Systems in GI related education in Greece |
| 9.30 - 10.00 |
Fred Toppen |
Monitoring and assessing the quality of GI education: the case of the GIMA MSc. |
| 10.00 - 10.45 |
Discussion and exchange of experiences regarding QA |
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| 10.45 - 11.00 |
Break |
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| 11.00 - 12.00 |
Cooling down and wrap-up: Where to go next? |
Fred Toppen & Marinus de Bakker |
Position papers
01/09/2010,
