Karen K Kemp
Biographic Data
| ID | 6467176 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen K Kemp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen K |
| FAMILY NAME | Kemp |
| SIGNATURE | KEMP K K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4119-6391 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Lockdown lessons
We report the findings from two global panel “conversations” that, stimulated by the exceptional coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21, explored the concept of resilience in geographic science teaching and learning. Characteristics of resilient teaching, both in general and with reference to GISc, are listed and shown to be essentially what might in the past have been called good teaching. Similarly, barriers to resilient teaching are explored and stra…
The Role of Spatial Science in Environmental Case Studies
Environmental degradation and climate change have become core social and political issues. Subsequently, it is critical to educate environmental studies and sciences students with respect to the appropriate conceptual models and the relevant skill sets to become effective environmental problem solvers. Spatial analysis, often implemented through the use of geographic information systems, is a key tool for exploring unique combinations of place, s…
Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science
Introducing the First Edition of Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge
A "Body of Knowledge" is a comprehensive inventory of the intellectual content that defines a field. Following the lead of such allied fields as Computer Science and Information Technology, a team of seven editors and over 70 contributors completed the first edition of Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge (BoK 1/e) in 2006. Specifying 329 individual topics in terms of over 1,600 formal educational objectives, the BoK 1/…
Delivering Geography Courses Internationally
Increasing interest is being shown in developing distance learning courses within geography. Emerging educational technologies, based on the Internet, seemingly lie at the root of much of this interest. Experience of providing distance learning materials argues, however, that technology should not be the central concern for groups wishing to develop distance learning programmes. Other issues are more important. These include defining the model of…
Evaluating a major innovation in higher education
As part of its original mandate, the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis conducted a major project in curriculum development for a sequence of introductory courses in Geographic Information Systems. The Core Curriculum project, introduced in an earlier paper, included a year‐long evaluation by an international group of educators. This paper describes the objectives, components and outcome of this evaluation programme. The prog…
Developing a Curriculum in Gis
We describe a major effort by the NCGIA to develop teaching materials in support of courses in Geographic Information Systems. The project is motivated by the current high level of demand for GIS professionals, and by the need to distinguish between software training on the one hand, and education in the intellectual and conceptual basis of GIS on the other. The teaching materials were assembled from contributions by the GIS community, and tested…
The Ncgia Core Curriculum Evaluation Program
This paper describes the evaluation program of the NCGIA Core Curriculum. Different surveys cover details of the technical environments of the test sites, the educational backgrounds and experience of the instructors and the backgrounds, expectations and experiences of the students. A detailed review of each lecture and lab is completed by instructors after each class. Final surveys of students and instructors provide details of the effectiveness…
Developing a curriculum in geographic information systems
We describe a major effort by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) to develop teaching materials in support of courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The project is motivated by the current high level of demand for GIS professionals and by the need to distinguish between software training on the one hand, and education in the intellectual and conceptual basis of GIS on the other. The teaching materials wer…
Introducing the First Edition of Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge
A "Body of Knowledge" is a comprehensive inventory of the intellectual content that defines a field. Following the lead of such allied fields as Computer Science and Information Technology, a team of seven editors and over 70 contributors completed the first edition of Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge (BoK 1/e) in 2006. Specifying 329 individual topics in terms of over 1,600 formal educational objectives, the BoK 1/…
Developing a curriculum in geographic information systems
We describe a major effort by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) to develop teaching materials in support of courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The project is motivated by the current high level of demand for GIS professionals and by the need to distinguish between software training on the one hand, and education in the intellectual and conceptual basis of GIS on the other. The teaching materials wer…
Evaluating a major innovation in higher education
As part of its original mandate, the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis conducted a major project in curriculum development for a sequence of introductory courses in Geographic Information Systems. The Core Curriculum project, introduced in an earlier paper, included a year‐long evaluation by an international group of educators. This paper describes the objectives, components and outcome of this evaluation programme. The prog…
Lockdown lessons
We report the findings from two global panel “conversations” that, stimulated by the exceptional coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21, explored the concept of resilience in geographic science teaching and learning. Characteristics of resilient teaching, both in general and with reference to GISc, are listed and shown to be essentially what might in the past have been called good teaching. Similarly, barriers to resilient teaching are explored and stra…
Delivering Geography Courses Internationally
Increasing interest is being shown in developing distance learning courses within geography. Emerging educational technologies, based on the Internet, seemingly lie at the root of much of this interest. Experience of providing distance learning materials argues, however, that technology should not be the central concern for groups wishing to develop distance learning programmes. Other issues are more important. These include defining the model of…
Developing a Curriculum in Gis
We describe a major effort by the NCGIA to develop teaching materials in support of courses in Geographic Information Systems. The project is motivated by the current high level of demand for GIS professionals, and by the need to distinguish between software training on the one hand, and education in the intellectual and conceptual basis of GIS on the other. The teaching materials were assembled from contributions by the GIS community, and tested…
The Ncgia Core Curriculum Evaluation Program
This paper describes the evaluation program of the NCGIA Core Curriculum. Different surveys cover details of the technical environments of the test sites, the educational backgrounds and experience of the instructors and the backgrounds, expectations and experiences of the students. A detailed review of each lecture and lab is completed by instructors after each class. Final surveys of students and instructors provide details of the effectiveness…
Developing a curriculum in geographic information systems
We describe a major effort by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) to develop teaching materials in support of courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The project is motivated by the current high level of demand for GIS professionals and by the need to distinguish between software training on the one hand, and education in the intellectual and conceptual basis of GIS on the other. The teaching materials wer…
Evaluating a major innovation in higher education
As part of its original mandate, the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis conducted a major project in curriculum development for a sequence of introductory courses in Geographic Information Systems. The Core Curriculum project, introduced in an earlier paper, included a year‐long evaluation by an international group of educators. This paper describes the objectives, components and outcome of this evaluation programme. The prog…
Delivering Geography Courses Internationally
Increasing interest is being shown in developing distance learning courses within geography. Emerging educational technologies, based on the Internet, seemingly lie at the root of much of this interest. Experience of providing distance learning materials argues, however, that technology should not be the central concern for groups wishing to develop distance learning programmes. Other issues are more important. These include defining the model of…
Introducing the First Edition of Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge
A "Body of Knowledge" is a comprehensive inventory of the intellectual content that defines a field. Following the lead of such allied fields as Computer Science and Information Technology, a team of seven editors and over 70 contributors completed the first edition of Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge (BoK 1/e) in 2006. Specifying 329 individual topics in terms of over 1,600 formal educational objectives, the BoK 1/…
Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science
The Role of Spatial Science in Environmental Case Studies
Environmental degradation and climate change have become core social and political issues. Subsequently, it is critical to educate environmental studies and sciences students with respect to the appropriate conceptual models and the relevant skill sets to become effective environmental problem solvers. Spatial analysis, often implemented through the use of geographic information systems, is a key tool for exploring unique combinations of place, s…
Lockdown lessons
We report the findings from two global panel “conversations” that, stimulated by the exceptional coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21, explored the concept of resilience in geographic science teaching and learning. Characteristics of resilient teaching, both in general and with reference to GISc, are listed and shown to be essentially what might in the past have been called good teaching. Similarly, barriers to resilient teaching are explored and stra…
Computer Science (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Geography Education and Pedagogy (7 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Geographic Information Systems Studies (6 works) · Curriculum (5 works) · Cartography (4 works) · Core curriculum (4 works) · Engineering (4 works)