Event Details

Ashley Nepp, Geography, will present “Creating Space to Create: Teaching technologies you don’t know."  As a practitioner, it is difficult to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of web-mapping platforms, programming languages, and data visualization tools. As an educator, there are even more challenges when teaching new technologies; it can be overwhelming to try to learn them all, or choose which one(s) to use in your course. Here at Mac students have vastly different skill and comfort levels with technology, and a strong desire to tailor course projects to their interests. A one-size-fits-all approach often limits the creativity and learning potential of our students. This presentation highlights strategies used in an Advanced Cartography & Geovisualization course which incorporates a variety of technologies, most of which the instructor has limited experience using. These strategies can be applied to a broad range of technologies, assignments, and courses; and will (hopefully) inspire you to fearlessly explore new technologies with your students! All faculty are welcome. Lunch will be provided.