Don Boyes https://donboyes.com Digital teaching, GIS, random stuff Tue, 11 Jul 2023 18:01:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://donboyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/smile-white-background-150x150.png Don Boyes https://donboyes.com 32 32 Humber Arboretum https://donboyes.com/2023/06/17/humber-arboretum/ Sat, 17 Jun 2023 19:16:45 +0000 https://donboyes.com/?p=24006 Nice spot for a walk. The sun was high so the lighting was a little harsh, but still got some decent flower shots.

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]]> Esri Story Maps are alright! https://donboyes.com/2015/07/28/esri-story-maps-are-alright/ https://donboyes.com/2015/07/28/esri-story-maps-are-alright/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:36:09 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=22901 I know that Esri story maps have been around for quite a while, but I am only finally learning how to create them now. For some reason, I was quite resistant to using them, but now that I have created a couple I have to say they could be really useful for teaching both GIS […]

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]]> https://donboyes.com/2015/07/28/esri-story-maps-are-alright/feed/ 0 Tips on getting started with teaching GIS online https://donboyes.com/2013/05/02/tips-on-getting-started-with-teaching-gis-online/ https://donboyes.com/2013/05/02/tips-on-getting-started-with-teaching-gis-online/#respond Thu, 02 May 2013 19:56:02 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=2135 I was recently contacted by someone asking for advice about developing and teaching an online GIS course.  What follows is based on what I wrote in my e-mail response. I’m pretty new to this myself, having taught my first online GIS course last fall, but perhaps that’s a good thing, as the experience of going […]

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]]> https://donboyes.com/2013/05/02/tips-on-getting-started-with-teaching-gis-online/feed/ 0 Live lecture/webinar hybrid experiment https://donboyes.com/2012/11/20/live-lecturewebinar-hybrid-experiment/ https://donboyes.com/2012/11/20/live-lecturewebinar-hybrid-experiment/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:49:58 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=795 I’m currently teaching two sections of the same introductory GIS course, one face-to-face (F2F), and one online.  This morning I tried a little experiment – I taught my regular F2F class in a lecture hall as usual, but I had a live webinar version of it online at the same time.  It went remarkably well, […]

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]]> https://donboyes.com/2012/11/20/live-lecturewebinar-hybrid-experiment/feed/ 2 Teaching GIS online requires a diverse skill set https://donboyes.com/2012/04/05/teaching-gis-online-requires-a-diverse-skill-set/ https://donboyes.com/2012/04/05/teaching-gis-online-requires-a-diverse-skill-set/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:36:30 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=770 I am considering teaching an online GIS course this fall. The course proposal is currently winding its way through various approval processes and so, in the meantime, I am devising a work plan for preparing the course. I’m really excited at the prospect of teaching online, and I’m optimistic that this teaching mode can offer […]

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]]> https://donboyes.com/2012/04/05/teaching-gis-online-requires-a-diverse-skill-set/feed/ 1 GeoDesign as a teaching concept https://donboyes.com/2011/11/18/geodesign-as-a-teaching-concept/ https://donboyes.com/2011/11/18/geodesign-as-a-teaching-concept/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:07:23 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=715 I recently had the good fortune to attend a GeoDesign workshop presented by Bill Miller, who is the Director of GeoDesign Services at Esri, and one of the people credited with coining the term. It was a fascinating morning, and it was a reflection of how important this topic is becoming that Alex Miller, president […]

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]]> https://donboyes.com/2011/11/18/geodesign-as-a-teaching-concept/feed/ 2 John Snow and serendipity https://donboyes.com/2011/10/14/john-snow-and-serendipity/ https://donboyes.com/2011/10/14/john-snow-and-serendipity/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:59:27 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=665 I was skimming through my Twitter stream this morning and came across a tweet from the intrepid Michael Gould (@michael_d_gould) mentioning David J. Unwin’s digital workbook “Numbers aren’t nasty: a workbook of spatial concepts“.  I’m a big fan of David Unwin’s Geographic Information Analysis (co-authored with David O’Sullivan), so I downloaded the workbook (it’s free) […]

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]]> https://donboyes.com/2011/10/14/john-snow-and-serendipity/feed/ 8 Course evaluations: valuable, unvarnished feedback https://donboyes.com/2011/09/09/course-evaluations-valuable-unvarnished-feedback/ https://donboyes.com/2011/09/09/course-evaluations-valuable-unvarnished-feedback/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:43:53 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=563 I just read through the course evaluation forms that students filled out for the courses I taught last winter.  There is always a delay before instructors are allowed to see them, both to prevent any rash retribution on the part of a disgruntled professor, but also so they can first be read by the student […]

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]]> https://donboyes.com/2011/09/09/course-evaluations-valuable-unvarnished-feedback/feed/ 6 Paper maps for driving not dead yet https://donboyes.com/2011/08/30/paper-maps-for-driving-not-dead-yet/ https://donboyes.com/2011/08/30/paper-maps-for-driving-not-dead-yet/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:49:54 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=484 I was recently contacted by a Toronto Star reporter for an article she was writing about paper maps vs. GPS for navigation (Map publishers facing a rough road, Aug. 19, 2011).  She was asking whether I thought people used or needed paper maps anymore and if they would still be around in five years.  I […]

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]]> https://donboyes.com/2011/08/30/paper-maps-for-driving-not-dead-yet/feed/ 4 Engaging new GIS students with web mapping https://donboyes.com/2011/08/16/engaging-new-gis-students-with-web-mapping/ https://donboyes.com/2011/08/16/engaging-new-gis-students-with-web-mapping/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:45:09 +0000 http://donboyes.com/?p=396 Simultaneously published at V1 Magazine with thanks to Matt Ball, co-founder and editor, Vector1 Media. Not that long ago, I considered “web mapping” an advanced topic, best left to be taught in a senior GIS course.  While that can still be the case, depending on how it is defined, the fact is that creating a map of […]

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