Because of its capabilities GIS is inherently an excellent vehicle in expressing the five themes of
geography, as defined by The Joint Committee On Geographic Education (1984): location, place,
relationships with places, movement and region.
Spatial thinking is a distinct form of thinking, which helps people to visualize relationships between and among
spatial phenomena (Stoltman & De Chano, 2003).
GI-Learner is proud that it can present the project at the 1st International Korean- European Joint Conference on Geographical Education, takng place in Seoul on Wednesday 18 July. Presentation and article can be found on http://www.gilearner.ugent.be/presentations/
On Monday 19 June we will present the GI-Learner project at the Nordic Geographers Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. More info about the conference: http://www.humangeo.su.se/english/ngm-2017/programme
On Tuesday 24 May GI-Learner was asked to present the project to an audience of PhD-students, teaching assistants and professors of Iasi University, Romania, Geography-Geomatics department.
A new updated version of O2 GI Learner Curriculum opportunities is now available on tha page with publications. Have a look at in what subject/year/theme you can use geo-ict tools and geospatial thinking skills.
At the conference in Amsterdam a big audience attended the presentation of GI Learner.
GI Learner is presenting at the Geography Teacher Educators conference in Plymouth, UK, on Sunday 30 January.
GI Learner is presenting at the NeTeRiGe conference at the University of Bologna, 1 December 2016. All information and the book of abstracts can be found here.
GI Learner presented its work during a session at the KNAG education day, a day that atttacks more than 700 geography teachers. The session was attended by more people than foreseen, causing some seating problems. More info on the conference (and all presentations) can be found here.