University of Glasgow’s response to the COVID19
crisis and the impact on teaching Geospatial Science
and Surveying
August 2020
University of Glasgow has had to react quickly to
the global pandemic. This has meant developing new
ways of teaching for staff and of learning for our
students. The pivot to remote working and online
learning and assessment meant overcoming
difficulties such as students and staff working from
home, issues with technology, and health concerns,
with field projects and work placements the most
affected. This article, written by William Kelly,
describes the experience of the University of
Glasgow in making this transition during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Enjoy the article.
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Commission 2 session at the Annual
Meeting of Commission 7
October 2020
As part of the Commission 7 Annual Meeting,
Commission 2 will be running a session entitled “Blended
learning: lessons from our responses to COVID:19”
on Tuesday 20 October 2020 - at 17:00 Sydney time,
06:00 UTC, and 02:00 DC.
For more information and to register please visit
the
event page. The event is
free
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October 2020
Dear FIG Commission 2 friends,
Well, what a difficult year for all of us? Our thoughts are with you all and hope you are
well during this pandemic.
On behalf of the Commission 2 Chair, Vice-chair and working groups, we share the second
newsletter for 2020. Below is an update of activities and actions so far in this term as well
as upcoming activities. Feel free to contact us to discuss any of these.
Read the Newsletter
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UPCOMING EVENTS
GLTN/FIG
International webinar - Responsible
Land Administration Teaching Essentials. To be
held in the last quarter of 2020.
Commission 2
International webinar – What are the
lessons from COVID-19 for blended learning? To be
held in the final quarter 2020.
Commission 2/YSN international webinar -
Surveying Students
Learning and Studying Approaches. This
webinar will (i) discuss this project of
YSN/Commission 2 working group 3, and (ii) present
the findings of a pilot questionnaire. To be held in
the final quarter 2020
FIG Working
Week 2021
21-25 June
Utrecht,
the netherlands
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Meet the officers
Commission Chair
Assoc. Prof. David
Mitchell, Australia
Contact: FIGCommission2 [at] fig.net
Commission
Vice-Chair
Dr. Mohsen
Kalantari, Australia
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Working Group Chairs:
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Delegates and Correspondents:
Each member association has the right to
nominate a delegate to each of the ten technical
commissions. In addition Affiliates, Academic
Members and Corporate Members are welcome to nominate a
correspondent to each commission.
Interested? If you are
interested to become a national delegate from your
country, please contact your
member association. The contact information of national delegates is
updates by the FIG office. Any changes in contact
information should be sent to the FIG
Office.
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Achievements
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“...e-learning is a learning process
created by interaction with digitally
delivered content, network-based services
and tutoring support." The report aims to
bring together the experiences and
viewpoints within FIG on the role of
e-learning in surveying education.
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The FIG Foundation raises funds to secure
a sustainable future for surveyors. It
provides significant grants to support
life-long learning and career paths of
surveyors, and has been instrumental in
bringing young surveyors into the FIG
Community. Commission 2 has been represented
in the Board in the current term by the
Commission 2 chair David Mitchell.
More information
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Each year the Academic Members meet at
the Academic Forum held in conjunction with
the FIG Working Week. The latest years the
Forum has been held in cooperation with UN
FAO. To be updated.
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...It became clear that disaster risk
reduction is a knowledge domain of its own.
Disaster risk reduction has its own
particular issues, own approaches and own
technologies. To include disaster risk
reduction in the curriculum of the surveyor
and land professional means allocating
enough quality time and think carefully
about the set-up and content of the program
and the teaching approaches.
More information |
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Terms
Term 2019-2022
Term 2015-2018
Term 2011-2014
Term 2007-2010
Term 2003-2006
Working Groups
Term 2019-2022
WG2.1:
Developing academic networks for knowledge sharing
WG2.2: Innovative learning and teaching / "Curriculum on the Move"
WG2.3: Learning
styles in surveying education (Joint WG with
YSN)
All
working groups
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FIG Academic Members
List of members
How to become a member
Newsletters
Newsletter - 2019
Newsletter -
2017
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FIG PublicationsFIG Pub. no. 49:
Enhancing Surveying Education through
e-Learning
FIG Proceedings
List of FIG Conference Proceedings
FIG
Surveyors Reference Library
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Events
All events
Reports to General Assembly
Report, May 2020
Report, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2019
Report, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
Report, Helsinki, Finland, 2017
All reports
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