BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1e526d43c11e40bfa35f61ff616ace3c61 CATEGORIES:Webinars SUMMARY:Using Professional Credentialing Exams within Academic Contexts DESCRIPTION:
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The field of Geographic Informatio n Science & Technology (GIS&T) as it is taught and learned in forma l academic and professional contexts is broad and diverse. People are free to pursue their own individual professional credentials, such as 1) the GIS Professional (GISP) credential that the GIS Certification Institute manages, 2) the Technical Certification program that Esri oversees, or 3) the collection of ASPRS Certification programs that the Imaging and Geospatial Information Society manages to designate a range of “Certified” professionals, or 4) USGIF’s GEOINT Certificat ion Program designed for individual GEOI NT practitioners.
As components of these professional Credenti als, several of these programs have developed exams as evaluative measures of skills and knowledge, and several universities are interested in having their own students take these exams as part of their coursework in pursuit of their geospatial degrees. For example, by spring 2019 students in USGIF- accredited GEOINT degrees and programs will be offered an opportunity to ta ke a new “Essentials” Exam, which upon passing would also allow students to hold an entry-level certification.
If a well-designed ex am exists that covers the content that students within an academic program are learning and has been shown to measure the geospatial competencies valu ed by the employing community, why not use the exams within those academic programs? What are the implications for students, instructors, the academic geospatial community, and the industry? Could student performance on the e xam provide useful feedback for the academic programs? What will be the log istics when the exams themselves are also being used by others, world-wide? Join us as we discuss these questions and answers.
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