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SpatialNews.com Press Release
Institute Selects Second Group of Course Fellows
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University, Miss. -- July 14, 2003 - With the initial group of online
course materials for a model remote sensing curriculum nearing
completion, the Institute for Advanced Education in Geospatial Sciences
has awarded contracts for a second round of courses.
The selection process included written proposals submitted in March and
oral presentations by more than 20 finalists last month at the Second
Annual Course Creation Fellows Symposium. Winning fellows include
faculty and researchers from several of the nation's most prestigious
academic institutions.
"The reviewers found their task quite challenging," said Pamela Lawhead,
director of the institute at the University of Mississippi. "The
proposals and presentations were of very high quality and represented an
impressive depth of knowledge, experience and expertise."
The fellows and their course topics are:
. John Graham, American Military University; Sensor Systems & Data
Collection
. Alan Vonderohe and Frank Scarpace , University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Advanced Photogrammetry
. Kass Green and Chad Hendrix , The Alta Vista Company; Land Use and
Land Cover Applications
. Soe Win Myint, Xiaojan Yang and Qing Shen , University of Oklahoma;
Community Growth
. Erica Fleishman and Karen Seto , Stanford University; Ecosystems
Modeling Applications
. Laurence Smith, UCLA; Water Resources Monitoring and Management
. Randolph Wynne and Steve Sader, Virginia Polytechnic Institute;
Forestry Monitoring and Management
. Yaron Felus, Ferris State University; Topographic Mapping
. Arthur Lembo, Cornell University; Business Geographics
About the Institute
The Institute for Advanced Education in Geospatial Sciences was
established in 2001 by a five-year contract from the National Aerospace
and Space Administration to develop a suite of 50 courses in five years.
With $3 million in annual funding, the institute's mission is to develop
a comprehensive curriculum in remote-sensing technologies and an online
system for delivering course content.
The institute collaborated with the American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing to develop a model curriculum. ASPRS convened
workshops and invited members from the academic sector to participate.
The resulting curriculum is oriented to traditional 16-week semesters
and includes both undergraduate- and graduate-level offerings. Course
creation fellows are selected by peer review for their subject matter
knowledge, appreciation for the potential of online course delivery and
qualities as a "master teacher."
The following courses are nearing completion and will be available in
January 2004:
Introduction to Geospatial Information Technology
Sensors and Platforms
Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing and the Environment
Advanced Digital Image Processing
Aerial Photographic Interpretation
Information Extraction Using Microwave Data
Information Extraction Using Multi/Hyper/Ultraspectral Data
Geospatial Data Synthesis and Modeling
For more information about the Institute for Advanced Education in
Geospatial Sciences, including a magazine feature on the program, go to
http://geoworkforce.olemiss.edu/
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