Learning opportunities based on the use of the WebGIS, geomedia and other ways of expressing the geographical information (GPS, remote sensing, 3D and mapping, among others).
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Flipped Teaching: A Useful Method for Cloud-Based GIScience Learning
María Luisa de Lázaro y Torres (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain), Rafael De Miguel González (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain), and María Jesús González González (Universidad de León, Spain)
Copyright: © 2018
|Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3053-4.ch016
Abstract
The current methods of teaching and learning are changing. Emerging technologies that focus on maps, aerial images and the Internet offer Cloud-Based GIScience (Geographical Information Science) learning enhancing geography lectures and lessons in the twenty-first century. Two selected cases are presented focusing on world conflicts, the Spanish humanitarian action and peacekeeping missions in Africa, and the Spanish agrarian landscapes. These were utilized in the pre-service teacher training compulsory year, which provided initial training for future teachers on the Geography syllabus. The two topics presented demonstrate the utility of collecting information from different sources, using different technologies and methods, and combining flipped teaching, collaborative work and Cloud-Based GIScience learning in creating a final product: an interactive map on a particular topic that increased both teacher and student motivation. Students can learn how it is possible to take advantage of the Cloud-Based GIScience in terms of spatial thinking and digital competencies in Higher Education.