Moving CyberGIS education forward: Knowing what matters and how it is decided

Zhe Zhang, Jerad King, Shaowen Wang, Diana Sinton, John Wilson, Eric Shook

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Abstract

Maintaining educational resources and training materials as timely, current, and aligned with the needs of students, practitioners, and other users of geospatial technologies is a persistent challenge. This is particularly problematic within CyberGIS, a subfield of Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T) that involves high-performance computing and advanced cyberinfrastructure to address computation- and data-intensive problems. In this study, we analyzed and compared content from two open educational resources: (1) a popular online web resource that regularly covers CyberGIS-related topics (GIS Stack Exchange) and (2) existing and proposed content in the GIS&T Body of Knowledge. While current curricula may build a student's conceptual understanding of CyberGIS, there is a noticeable lack of resources for practical implementation of CyberGIS tools. The results highlight discrepancies between the attention and frequency of CyberGIS topics according to a popular online help resource and the CyberGIS academic community.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2180-2194
Number of pages15
JournalTransactions in GIS
Volume28
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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