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music school programs that specifically combine the learning outcome for the
university and the discipline within each course. The results of the research showed
that students from the updated program were doing better than other students at the
university.
In this project a different approach was taken. A single class was used. The
course was an advance Geographic Information Science course. The course
outcomes where reassessed and more emphasis was placed on incorporating aspect
of university and degree program goals. Some of the changes to the course were.
• Team Projects
• Alternative Demonstration of work i.e. Poster Presentation
• Quantitative analysis
• Visualization (Conceptual and Numerical)
• Comparative Solutions
• Creative and Limited Guided Task
• Independent Problems
• Solution Integration
• Critical Self Evaluations

Many times the new tasks where assigned in a way that they covered several
generic skills. Also students did new assignments that were unique combination of
the learning outcomes. The goal was to have students doing these learning
outcomes several times without directly focusing on them. The method of
integrating several

learning outcome and repeating of reinforcement was

questioned but this was the approach settled.

10.2.2 Technology Assessment

In this part of the project specific discipline skills were considered. The Advanced
GIS course was reorganized around the core concept of Geographic Information
Services. Nyerges and Jankowski ( 2010 ) explain that Geographic Information can
be explained as a system, science or service. In previous version of the course
aspect of Advance systems and science were the focus but change in GIS in the last
5 years have led to the development a professional need for better understanding of
information services. Within the new redesign the focus was on these GIS skills.

• Spatial Data
• Spatial Data Services
• Implementation Issues for Services
• Topic Specific Geographic Services
• Service Design
• Service Deployment
• Services on a Network
• Services on the Internet