FIG Commission 2 - Professional Education

Work Plan 2007-2010

Original work plan in .pdf-format.

Title

Professional Education

  Prof. Belá Markus, Chairperson of Commission 2.

Terms of reference

Mission Statement

General

The Commission 2 Work Plan 2007-2010 building on the experiences of the previous period tries to fulfill and implement the FIG Council Work Plan. Commission 2 in general aims

The mission and aims will be realized by the following Working Groups:

WG 2.1 "Curriculum development"

Quality curriculum and instruction are - as they have always been - the bedrock of education and the way to developing thoughtful and fulfilled professionals. The society, science and technology around our profession are changing rapidly. These changes continuously generate new educational and training needs, which should be responded by educators to ensure that their learners gain knowledge as effectively and efficiently as possible.

WG 2.2 "e-Learning"

To successfully disseminate the knowledge, it is essential to have an up-to-date learning environment. Thanks to the development in information and communication technologies, there have been lots of possibilities and tools re-engineer the classical teaching methods. Because of e-Learning methods are expected to play an increasing role in professional education there is a growing need for knowledge transfer on this field.

WG 2.3 "Educational Management and Marketing"

Knowledge dissemination is not only a methodological / technical problem. Institutes have to own the rights how the published materials may be available for others as well as taking commercial aspects into account. According to the rapidly changing world and demands in professional education business-based survey can help us to manage successful curricula.

FIG Working Weeks are inspired to give general overview on the results of the Working Groups while the Commission 2 working group workshops will focus on details.


Working Group 2.1 - Curriculum development

Policy issues

Chair

Prof Bela Markus
Szekesfehervar, Hungary
E-mail: mb[at]geo.info.hu

Specific projects

Workshops

Final report


Working Group 2.2 – e-Learning

Policy issues

Chair

Ir. E.M.C. (Liza) Groenendijk
ITC
Netherlands
E-mail: groenendijk[at]itc.nl

Workshops

Final report


Working Group 2.3 - Educational management and marketing

Policy issues

Chair

Gert Steinkellner
BEV (Vienna, Austria)
E-mail: gert.steinkellner[at]bev.gv.at

Workshops

Final report


Communication

Newsletters

Commission 2 will inform its delegates and member associations via Commission newsletter.

Outcomes

By the end of period 2006-2010 Commission 2 will deliver a publication on ‘The Future of Surveying Education’. This would be the main outcome of four years activity that will include as follows

Calendar of Events

Commission Officers

Commission Chair
Prof. Bela Markus
Faculty of Geoinformatics
University of West Hungary
Pirosalma u. 1-3
P.O. Box 52
H-8000 Szekesfehervar
HUNGARY
Tel. + 36 22 516 523
Fax + 36 22 516 521
Email: fig2@geo.info.hu
Chair Elect, 2009-2010
  Prof. Dr. Steven Frank
Head of Surveying Engineering Program
New Mexico State University
PO Box 30001, MSC 3566
Las Cruces, NM 88003
USA
Tel + 1 575 646 8171
Fax + 1 575 646 6107
Email: sfrank@nmsu.edu
Vice Chair of Administration
Tamas Jancso
Faculty of Geoinformatics
University of West Hungary
Pirosalma u. 1-3
P.O. Box 52
H-8000 Szekesfehervar
HUNGARY
Tel. + 36 22 516 522
Fax + 36 22 516 521
Email: fig2@geo.info.hu
Chair Working Group 2.1 - Curriculum development
Prof. Bela Markus
Faculty of Geoinformatics
University of West Hungary
Pirosalma u. 1-3
P.O. Box 52
H-8000 Szekesfehervar
HUNGARY
Tel. + 36 22 516 523
Fax + 36 22 516 521
Email: fig2@geo.info.hu
Chair Working Group 2.2 - e-Learning
Ir. E.M.C. (Liza) Groenendijk
Lecturer/Instructional Designer
Department for Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management
International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
P.O.Box 6
7500 AA Enschede
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel. +31 53 4874 528
Fax + 31 53 4874 575
E-mail: groenendijk@itc.nl
Chair Working Group 2.3 - Educational management and marketing
Mr. Gert Steinkellner
Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying
Schiffamtsgasse 1-3
A-1025 Wien
AUSTRIA
Tel. + 43 1 211 76 4604
Fax + 43 1 216 7550
Email: gert.steinkellner@bev.gv.at
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 2.4
  Prof. Arvo Vitikainen
Helsinki University of Technology
Institute of Real Estate Studies
P.O. Box 1200
FIN-02015 HUT
FINLAND
Tel. + 358 9 451 3872
Fax + 358 9 465 077
E-mail: arvo.vitikainen@tkk.fi

21 December 2006


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