Teaching

Summary: Notes on teaching, curriculum design, and pedagogy for GIS, geospatial, and data science. Last updated: 2026-09-08

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2026

• What Should We Teach GIS Students in 2027?: Duane Wilkins argues GIS education should prioritize durable concepts — coordinate systems, scale and uncertainty, cartographic judgment, data management, and client communication — over memorizing software menus and hand-coding, since AI now generates the code; students should learn to specify problems and test generated workflows. Related: Cartography, Remote_Sensing. Keywords: GIS education, curriculum, teaching, AI, cartography, data management, professional skills