Building Dynamic, Ontology-Based Alternative Paths for GIS&T Curricula

Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 97-115

  Painho, Marco ^a   Curvelo, Paula ^a  

^a NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Curriculum models; GIS T tool users; GISc CDM database; GISc CDM prototype; Innovation, in higher education; ISEGIUNL curricular revision; ISEGIUNL's GIScience curricula; New GIScience; Ontology based paths, GIS T; Spiral curriculum

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA;

CURRICULUM MODELS; GISC-CDM PROTOTYPE; HIGHER EDUCATION; ISEGIUNL CURRICULAR REVISION; NEW GISCIENCE; ONTOLOGY-BASED; SPIRAL CURRICULUM;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 84886001302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119950592.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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