Description:
ACTES is a collaboration between the College of San Mateo (CSM) and NASA Ames Research Center, with three major goals. The first is implementing remote-sensing data use in a broad range of community college courses. Second, is creating curriculum modules and classes that are transportable to other community colleges via the World Wide Web (WWW). Third, at the end of the project, a WWW server will have been established that will be an ongoing source of data and curriculum materials to other community colleges.

A sequence of five courses has been established at CSM and approved for community colleges state-wide for students wishing to earn an AA degree in this area of expertise. The titles for the courses are: Introduction to Earth Systems Analysis; Spatial Analysis in Geographic Information; GPS, GIS and Image Processing; Remote Sensing Technology and Processing; and Laboratory Practicum.

The result of this curriculum will be hands-on learning for students whether they are at a two-year college for an AA degree, retraining to improve their job skills, taking classes to satisfy requirements for four-year colleges, or any combination of these options. The expectation is that these students will be able to continue their education in remote sensing/Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at a senior college, move into entry level positions at local companies where remote-sensing and GIS technologies are used, or have valuable skills to append to their resumes.

At the completion of the project, colleges throughout the nation will be able to download materials from the ACTES WWW site and use them for their own related course work and programs. These materials will include course outlines, classroom exercises, individual lessons, and supporting graphics and images

URL:
http://www.smcccd.cc.ca.us/smcccd/csm/actes/actes.html

Organization:
College of San Mateo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC)

Contact:
Ken Kennedy, Department of Political Science, College of San Mateo, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo, California, 94402; Phone: (415) 574-6656; Fax: (415) 574-6680; Email: kennedy@smcccd.cc.ca.us or J. W. Skiles, SETI Institute, Mail Stop 239-20, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000; Phone: (650) 604-3614; Fax: (650) 604-1088; Email: jskiles@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Education Level:
Community College

Subject:
Earth System Science
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Remote Sensing

Program type:
Curriculum Development/Support
Educational Technology
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00