{"title":"Effect of hybrid teaching approaches on students’ learning and engagement with key geographic information science content knowledge","authors":"Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, Gary L. Scott","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2025.2563343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2025.2563343","url":null,"abstract":"This study reports on and discusses the use of hybrid teaching approaches in an introductory GIS course with the key aim of enhancing the learning and engagement of diverse students for difficult-to-understand but essential content knowledge. The approaches included the use of digital technologies, a 3D CAVE2 virtual environment, a flipped classroom, physical models, face-to-face and online student collaborations, and an assessment-feedback cycle. The study helps fill a gap in the GIS education literature by applying hybrid methods to teach key content, including earth models, datum types, coordinate systems, and map projections. The performance of this approach was evaluated by analysing students’ level of understanding of key content knowledge in both individual and group assessment tasks, as well as analysing feedback on student preferences and experiences concerning the different learning activities. The teaching team was able to identify key content knowledge that proved most troublesome for students to understand, in this case, the datum and properties of map projection, leading to the course design being modified in subsequent semesters. Results also supported previous studies on hybrid teaching in GIS, where it has been observed that online, virtual and traditional in-class teaching methods are effectively used as complementary activities.","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"50 1","pages":"133-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147899036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Tian, Joyce Hwee Ling Koh, Chang Ren, Yiheng Wang
{"title":"Learning geographical information systems through first principles of instruction – effects on student experiences and geocapabilities","authors":"Jing Tian, Joyce Hwee Ling Koh, Chang Ren, Yiheng Wang","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2403065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2403065","url":null,"abstract":"The development of geocapabilities has been a concern in geographical education, and the application of geospatial technologies such as geographical information systems (GIS) has been popularized i...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparing effectiveness of teaching interventions in online lab-based physical geography general education courses","authors":"Mark W. Patterson, Teresa P. Raczek","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2403084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2403084","url":null,"abstract":"To improve student outcomes in four-credit asynchronous online physical geography classes that included a lab component, we employed three different experimental techniques in spring 2022. Fifteen ...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142268717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing ChatGPT for GIS education and assignment creation","authors":"Kyle Redican, Matteo Gonzalez, Beth Zizzamia","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2397332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2397332","url":null,"abstract":"ChatGPT, an AI software, has rapidly gained popularity for a wide variety of applications, including educational uses. This research explores the use of ChatGPT to supplement Geographical Informati...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142193918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using GIS for flood hazard assessment","authors":"Alan Smith","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2361606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2361606","url":null,"abstract":"When evaluating environmental challenges such as vulnerability to natural hazards, it is important to consider both the physical exposure as well as the socio-demographic characteristics of a popul...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"134 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141505527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CBL and living labs: towards a methodology for teaching sustainability transitions in urban planning education","authors":"Jenny Sjöholm, Kristina Trygg","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2338110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2338110","url":null,"abstract":"This article looks at a challenge-based learning (CBL) approach that aims to engage students in sustainable transitions within urban and regional planning. Drawing on CBL, we focus on how living la...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140570238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the role of study abroad in decolonising geography curricula","authors":"Nick Clare, Liam Keenan","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2338118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2338118","url":null,"abstract":"Studying abroad has the potential to contribute to wider processes of curriculum decolonisation. More often than not, however, it can actually serve to recolonise and reproduce multiscalar forms of...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140569555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geography crosses media: an approach for multi-skilling students in higher education","authors":"Yannick Noah Layer","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2338113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2338113","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the field of geography in higher education has increasingly embraced the integration of visual and audio-visual methods as it enables enhanced understanding, multimodal learning, a...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140569556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metaverse in in the geography lecture classroom? Evaluating ‘group VR’ possibilities using the multiplayer ‘Wooorld’ VR app","authors":"Patrick D. Hagge","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2333290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2333290","url":null,"abstract":"With the introduction of in-class group-based virtual reality (VR), multiple students can interact in a single shared “metaverse”. One geography-focused group VR option is the Wooorld app, availabl...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"249 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140323292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Milena Bojovic, Elise Frost, Aireen Grace Andal, Helga Simon
{"title":"Read, write, retreat: a collaborative reflection on shared writing retreat experiences among PhD candidates","authors":"Milena Bojovic, Elise Frost, Aireen Grace Andal, Helga Simon","doi":"10.1080/03098265.2024.2333288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2333288","url":null,"abstract":"As PhD candidates of geography and planning, we engage in a collaborative autoethnography to reflect on our experiences during a writing retreat. We explore the significance of material and immater...","PeriodicalId":51487,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography in Higher Education","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140303398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}