Pedagogy

Traditionally geospatial technologies have been viewed as the domain of spatially-enabled disciplines such as geography and geomatics, but their growing sophistication and widespread application in several new significant policy areas mean this is no longer the case.   University and CPD courses teaching geospatial technology are now recruiting participants from diverse disciplinary backgrounds – often with a view to the subsequent application and integration of the technology in their respective discipline or workplace.  There has simultaneously been an interest in the use and application of geospatial technology amongst the general public driven by new functionalities offered by mobile phones, in-car navigation system and software such as Google Earth.  However, many of those now using geospatial technologies either lack, or have only rudimentary, spatial literacy skills. 
Therefore, the conceptual starting point for the SPLINT CETL was to develop the pedagogic flesh to place on already existing bones of teaching excellence across the three institutional partners, with the aims of entrenching and reinforcing that excellence both within the traditional subject areas involved and beyond.