Identifying Geospatial Knowledge Gaps

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1 Identifying Geospatial Knowledge Gaps Ann Johnson, GISP Associate Director Funded by National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education program (DUE and ). Author s opinions are not necessarily shared by NSF. Empowering Colleges: Expanding the Geospatial Workforce

2 National Geospatial Center of Excellence National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Grant 2008 to 2022 Support Community College Geospatial Programs focused on preparing the workforce Goal: Provide Educators With Curriculum Guidelines Based on Industry Needs to Support Building a Well-Qualified Geospatial Workforce What does industry want workforce to know?

3 Geospatial Technology Knowledge Questions? From educators curriculum guidelines What should I teach? From the working professional: What do I need to know to advance in my career or become certified? From students: What do I need to know to get a great job? And from students in a course is this on the exam?

4 Steps to Answer those Questions 1. Identify needed competencies 2. Create tools to help develop and review curriculum content against a standard 3. Create tools for individuals to determine their Knowledge Level and Gaps 4. Create resources to fill those curriculum and individual Knowledge Gaps

5 Increasing Geospatial Knowledge Identifying Occupations and Needed Knowledge Ratio GIScientist Analyst Specialist 1,000 Technician 10,000 Casual User 1,000,000 Viewers /Virtual Users Occupation Title or Level of Use

6 Increasing Geospatial Knowledge How Can Common Core Competencies be Identified? Ratio GIScientist Analyst Specialist 1,000 Technician 10,000 Casual User 1,000,000 Viewers /Virtual Users Occupation Title or Level of Use

7 UCGIS BoK GTCM DACUMs and GISCI DOLETA MetaDACUM Duties Tasks Crosswalk to Create a Program Content Tool

8 Program Content Tool - 311

9 Personal Assessment Tool Purpose: Analyze Individual s Knowledge Gaps Started with BoK, GTCM, MetaDACUM, and GISCI BoK KA s Crosswalk of GISCI BoK KA with Program Content Tool s 311 competencies Identified 200 Competencies Grouped into 44 Competency Clusters Created Personal Assessment Tool as an Online Survey

10 Personal Assessment Tool Online Survey Each person ranks their knowledge level for each competency: 0 no knowledge of the topic. 1 little knowledge of the topic 2 working knowledge of the topic 3 feel fairly knowledgeable of the topic 4 believe I have expertise of the topic

11 Personal Assessment Tool Your Identity information will NOT be shared A summary of your personal knowledge levels and gaps will be ed to you if you complete and submit it!

12 Personal Assessment Tool Available Free Click on Icon

13 Preliminary Assessment Results: ~400 individuals have signed in with ~200 completing (submitted) Assessment All results aggregated and evaluated (average and standard deviation) Preliminary Knowledge Gap Weakest Topics: Programming Data Management Queries Statistics Metadata

14 GeoTech Next Steps 2017/2022 Add competencies to the Assessment Tool addressing: Remote Sensing Programming Other identified competency topics On Assessment Tool results sent to individuals, include links to resources addressing their knowledge gaps Printed materials and YouTube Videos Links to Model Courses or workshops Update GeoTech Model Courses

15 Model Courses Lectures - Updated Geo 100 Awareness Stand alone Model Course Model Courses & Certificate GST 101 Introduction to Geospatial Technology GST 102 Spatial Analysis GST 103 Data Acquisition and Management GST 104 Cartographic Design and Visualization GST 105 Introduction to Remote Sensing GST 106 Introduction to Geospatial Programming GST 107 Geospatial Web Application and Development GST 108 Capstone GST 109 Internship

16 Potential Benefits of Knowledge Gap Analysis Alignment of local curriculum with nationally recognized needs Pre-, Post- or Self-test for students Determine Personal Knowledge Gaps Preparing for industry certifications with links to educational resources

17 Thank You! Questions & Answers Ann Johnson GeoTech Center Associate Director