Disruptive Forces

The Future of GIS Education at UW-Madison

Ian Muehlenhaus (@imuehlenhaus)

Brittney Markle (bmarkle@wisc.edu)

1. Pedagogy

2. Technology

3. Administration

3 Areas of Disruption

PEDAGOGY

Scalability
by Design

Intro Courses Are Not Enough!

New Courses Must Be
Market Driven

Communities
Learn More

CEUs Last a Year...

BADGES ARE FOREVER!

FREE COURSE UPGRADES

MARKET DRIVEN COURSE OFFERINGS

CORPORATE WEBINAR SERIES

MEANINGFUL BADGES

Lifelong Learning

EDUCATIONAL

TECHNOLOGY

360 Video / VR

Lightboard

ADMINISTRATION

MUST BE ABLE TO MAKE QUICK, MARKET-BASED DECISIONS

From the CIA
Handbook on
Organizational

Sabotage

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

What We're Disrupting

Pedagogy & Curriculum
Embracing New Learning Technologies
Administrative, Budget, and Oversight Structures

GIS Professional
Programs Division

Traditional Residential
Capstone

Professional Online Capstone

Professional Online
M.S. in GIS & Web Map Programming

Badge-Based Professional Workshops

Thank you.

Link to Presentation

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