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Educational Resources, Geographical Information, Geomedia, and Learning

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Learning with geomedia encompasses all forms of learning that use implicit or explicit geospatial referencing using a coordinate system across a wide variety of topics, subjects, pedagogical aims, and learning environments. Technically, this is nowadays mainly based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) that allow to digitally collect, to store, to analyze, to visualize, and to communicate spatial data. The relevant GIS nowadays are ubiquitous and immersive, implemented in online services and cloud databases and often accessible through mobile handheld devices, e.g., smart phones and tablets.

Within the field of geoinformation/geomedia and learning, four major strands of thought can be identified that follow distinctly different pedagogical aims. These are a technical/industry argument fostering the development of a geospatial workforce, a Spatial Thinking argument that supports the development of Spatial Thinking skills along the paradigmatic settings of the spatial...

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  1. Department of Geography and Geology, School of Education, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    Thomas Jekel

  2. Humanities, Institute of Geography, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Inga Gryl

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Jekel, T., Gryl, I. (2020). Educational Resources, Geographical Information, Geomedia, and Learning. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_34

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