Derek E. Reeve

TL;DR: In this paper, a ladder of computing skills is outlined as a contribution towards the identification of an appropriate role for computing in the undergraduate geography curriculum, and the authors suggest that enthusiasm for the introduction of computer-based skills needs to be tempered by a realistic assessment of what is possible and desirable within the context of a balanced geography degree.

TL;DR: The Interoperability for GIScience Education: Building a Flexible Knowledge and Resource Base workshop as discussed by the authors explored how the geographic information community can work together to develop an interoperable or open environment that provides a framework for collaborative education that allows GIS educators to stay on the leading edge of both the technology and the changes happening in higher education.

TL;DR: Geographic information systems have become so thoroughly interoperable that they have all but disappeared as distinct products.

TL;DR: An international effort to create an infrastructure for the development and distribution of interoperable, shareable GIS education materials is described, allowing for collaborative education in a field in which rapid technological developments are making it difficult for individual instructors to stay up-to-date with both the science and the related technologies.