My presentation on Community Mapping course development at Deans’ and Librarian’s Community Mapping Showcase co-hosted by the UVic Librarian and the Deans of Social Sciences and Humanities, January 23, 2017
Burnett Presentation at UVic Community Mapping Showcase
1. GEOG 391 Learning Opportunities:
map-based Creativity
+Research +Service +Non-prescriptive learning
UVic Deans' and Librarian's Community Mapping Showcase January 2017
2. 2010
Learning
• 22 learners, 2 assistants
• 4 guest speakers
• 13 communities served
• 13 icebreakers, short web-based
report with multimedia
• 22 term projects, long web-based
report with multimedia
• 22 blogs - "What did I learn
today?"
• 157 uploaded photos
• 7 uploaded videos
• 22 web-form final exams
• 1 tool: Drupal
Communities Served
• Oak Bay Green Map
• Common Ground
• Van. Island Health Authority
• Office of Indigenous Affairs
• School District 63
• North Island Seniors
• World Fisheries Trust
• Reynolds High School
• Ahousaht First Nation / GEOG 453
• UVic Facilities Management
• South Jubilee
• Woodwyn Farms
All in 10 evening seminars
… http://tinyurl.com/geog391
GEOG 391 May
GEOG 391 Learning Opportunities | Community Mapping Showcase January 2017 | Dr Charles Burnett - cburnett@uvic.ca
3. Learning
• 16 learners
• 3 guest speakers
• 5 communities served
• 16x 2-student tool seminars &
web resource (tools)
• 5x 3-student team projects
• 16 reflective essays
• 1 Mannequin Challenge video
Communities Served
• Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature
Sanctuary
• Habitat Acquisition Trust
• Inter-Cultural Association
• SeaChange Marine Conservation
Society / SṈIDȻEȽ Project
• Craigflower Elementary School /
World Fisheries Trust
2016 GEOG 391 Sep-Nov
All in 10 evening seminars + 10s of hours in the MapLab + 1
community celebration… http://mapping3.geog.uvic.ca/maplab
• Lots of tools: LimeSurvey, Omeka, ESRI Story Maps, CRD Atlas, Google
Maps, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Excel, Powerpoint, Prezi, Wordpress…
GEOG 391 Learning Opportunities | Community Mapping Showcase January 2017 | Dr Charles Burnett - cburnett@uvic.ca
4. SeaChange Marine Conservation
Society / SṈIDȻEȽ Project
• Historical photo archive
(Omeka)
• ESRI Story Map
• CMT CSV Database
(Google My Maps)
Nikki, Veronia, Myles, Melissa
GEOG 391 Learning Opportunities | Community Mapping Showcase January 2017 | Dr Charles Burnett - cburnett@uvic.ca
5. Inter-Cultural Association of Victoria
• LimeSurvey
‘Newcomers Low Cost
Survey’
• Google My Maps
Kate, Rose, Kieran, Kacia
GEOG 391 Learning Opportunities | Community Mapping Showcase January 2017 | Dr Charles Burnett - cburnett@uvic.ca
6. Craigflower Elementary School /
World Fisheries Trust
• Poster Story Map
– Cultural Places
– Ecosystem Places
• Teacher’s Guide
• Icon Stickers
Janice, Randy, Alanna, Temily, Wylie
GEOG 391 Learning Opportunities | Community Mapping Showcase January 2017 | Dr Charles Burnett - cburnett@uvic.ca
7. Open Questions
How do we make sure
student work is useful to
Community Partners?
How do we build on
previous CM course
efforts?
A
1. Needs Assessment
2. Collect Information
3. Re-Representations
4. Hand Over Data
B
1. Needs Assessment
2. Collect Information
3. Draft Re- Representations
4. Partner Review
5. Re-Draft Re-Representations
6. Test with Partner Community
7. Hand Over Data
8. Teach how to use/modify
GEOG 391 Learning Opportunities | Community Mapping Showcase January 2017 | Dr Charles Burnett - cburnett@uvic.ca