Karl Donert, President EUROGEO, Director: European Centre of Excellence. Zaragoza, Spain: November 2012

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1 Karl Donert, President EUROGEO, Director: European Centre of Excellence Zaragoza, Spain: November 2012

2 European Association of Geographers Legally based in Belgium International NGO established 1976 by the European Commission to network geographers A professional association for ALL geographers, geo-scientists and related areas Participatory status at Council of Europe Developed from the successful HERODOT (Bologna Process) Network

3 Participatory status: the only Geo-NGO Culture, Education, Environment groups Lobbying in the European Parliament Attendance at major meetings EUROGEO Secretary General elected Vice President of Education group

4 EUROGEO 2013: Geography - Participate in our linking tradition and future next annual meeting? 8-11 May 2013 Venue: Brugge, Belgium, Sint-Lodewijkscollege Program: conference sessions keynote speakers field trip witness unique Holy Blood Procession (UNESCO) on Thursday afternoon (limited seats reserved)

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6 European societal challenges CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) project Global Monitoring for Environment and Security' (GMES) 2004 INSPIRE Directive Open governance new opportunities for citizens to interact Open data freedom of information (Neelie Kroes, 2011; 2012) Europe Education & Training 2020

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14 Capacity for change: sustainable implementation and progressive scaling up (of ICT-enabled innovative learning environments) European Commission Joint Research Centre (2012)

15 JRC (2012) "Challenges of implementing Creative Classrooms practices, is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/eap/documents/_6_etwinning_ws1_march2012.pdf, etwinning conference, Tampere Finland

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17 Visionary engineering-genius, Buckminster Fuller GeoScope Articulated in 1992 by former US VP Al Gore

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20 focuses on Conceptos de espacio y lugar 2. Tools of spatial representation: visualización implies: 1. Understanding of factors, relationships and processes in different ways simulation/model 2. Reasoning processes involving spatial interpretation, extrapolation and interpolation, and 3. Pro-sumers make decisions (tomar decisiones) based on geo-media and spatial information

21 Advanced technological landscape has evolved Large organisations getting information into the hands of billions of citizens Estimated 70-80% with a spatial component (Downs and DeSouza 2006) Our lives inundated with spatial information People finding many uses Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Wikimapia etc. Downs, R. and A. DeSouza (2006). Learning to Think Spatially. Washington D.C., National Academies Press.

22 Huge scientific movement Technology available Exceptionally rich opportunity Not expressed in education systems ArcGIS Explorer Online Real-time maps digital-earth-real-time-maps.html

23 Personal Learning Environments - Jeremy Hiebert (2006) coleccionar reflexionar conectar publicar Hiebert J (2006), Personal Learning Environment, HeadsPaceJ, headspacej.blogspot.com/2006/02/personal-learning-environment-model.html 23

24 Digital Earth is about geographic media Media with a strong spatial-temporal component Qué competencias necesitamos? Spatial thinking (pensamiento espacial) is essential to learning about the world we live in (Golledge et al. 2008) Golledge, R., Marsh, M., and Battersby, S., A conceptual framework for facilitating geospatial thinking. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98 (2),

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26 Comenius Networks - based on successful Multilateral Projects GISAS Project ( ) Geographical Information Systems Applications for Schools iguess Project ( ) Integrating GIS in several school subjects Austrian Centre of Excellence EC Proposal - Feb. 2010

27 Infrastructure issues: soft- hardware, data Low knowledge of teachers, low confidence No time in the curriculum, curriculum too full Not in teacher training curriculum Decision makers unaware of importance No guidelines what students should be able to do (Needs Analysis, digital-earth.eu Project, 2011) Necesidad No hay muchos 1: ayudar profesores al profesorado europeos involucrados Necesidad 2: informar a los polïticos (EU /national), Pocos jóvenes tienen la formación necesaria Ministerios,

28 Geocritica site European projects GISAS and iguess Education Ministry: Telefónica foundation and Educared: Centro Regional de Innovación y Formación Las Acacias ) Instituto Calasanz de Ciencias de la Educación ( GeoEscola (FCUP) -

29 No hay definida una profesión geo-espacial en Europa USA data:

30 Logros de los Proyectos Introduced new education concepts geographic (geo-)media spatial citizenship Becoming accepted (to educators)

31 Logros de los Proyectos Centros de Excelencia definition strategic assets. to press the case for and manage complex change initiatives in a specific field sustainable entity, continue beyond funding provide leadership inform / influence decision makers develop / deliver services to stakeholders carry out education activities

32 Centros de Excelencia - desarrollo

33 Centros de Excelencia: operate on their own, once established are active with their own stakeholders operate within agreed guidelines report to / connect with European Centre share best practices and outcomes with the Hub and other Centres should not repeat efforts of the European Centre

34 Centros de Excelencia: Liderazgo (in Education and Training) Education Trabajo en Equipo Reunir Informacion (research) Servicios que incluye: consultancy geo-services publications networking opportunities training and courses, F2F and online services to support local, regional and national initiatives other products

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36 Geo-services

37 European Commission (Digital Agenda New Skills, New Jobs) should use DE for: empowerment access for all enhanced learning relevant skills/capabilities

38 El movimiento Digital Earth tiene una serie de retos importante sociales, económicos, culturales, científicos y tecnológicos

39 European dimension (enhance national initiatives) fill gaps A network based on connecting and building interactions Sharing resources, tools, ideas, collaboration Raising awareness and increasing profile Promoting (and rewarding) excellence Offering information and guidance Mirando al futuro.. en educación

40 The increasing interconnectedness of our world environmentally, politically, economically, and socially is beginning to place pressure on educational systems to incorporate not only new topics, but pressure to change the entire educational structure. (Kerski, 2008) Kerski, J. J.(2008), The role of GIS in Digital Earth education, International Journal of Digital Earth, 1: 4,

41 El incremento de la interconectividad medioambiental, política, económica y social de nuestro mundo está empezando a tener peso en el sistema educativo incorporando no solamente nuevos temas en Educación, sino impulsando un profundo cambio en la estructura del sistema educativo. (Kerski, 2008) Kerski, J. J.(2008), The role of GIS in Digital Earth education, International Journal of Digital Earth, 1: 4,

42 A unique set of skills is needed to successfully navigate our world Para navegar con éxito en nuestro mundo son necesarias habilidades especiales We need to develop Education for Digital Earth - to help understand our earth system Necesitamos desarrollar una educacion Digital Earth para ayudar a entender nuestro sistema Tierra