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Empower Faculty to Teach with Spatial Thinking through Storytelling

Kate Carlson and Chris Saladin

Introduction➢ Empower instructors to teach with spatial tools

○ Why?

➢ Strategy for building a support framework○ Funding and team development

➢ Engage non-technical users○ What do they need, specifically?

➢ Results so far○ Beginnings of an “Academic Technology Spatial Toolkit”

➢ Support and Moving forward...

Why Empower Instructors?

Because we know they want it!

Non-technical fields think Spatially

Maps are for everyone

Story Maps fit into the growing interest of Digital Humanities

The GUI is user friendly/accessible, but not to the faint of heart

ArcGIS and the Universityumn.maps.arcgis.com

> 9,100 members

Story Maps Curriculum Team

Funding: Academic Innovation Grant

• 2018 - support for 1 RA for 2 semester• 2019 - support for 1 RA for 2 more semesters

The Convergence ofSpatial Science and Academic Technology Support

• U-Spatial, Research Computing• Liberal Arts Technologies and Innovation Services (Latis)• Digital Arts, Sciences, & Humanities (DASH)• UMN Libraries• Interested Faculty!

Engaging Non-Technical Users: How Much Support is Needed?

● Instructors as a resource for encouraging GIS use

● Effort to minimize need for academic technologists at every step

● Created resources for both assignment design and technical assistance

Unique Needs of Instructors and StudentsInstructors Need: Student Needs

- Guidance on asking spatial questions

- Assignment scaffolding

- Expectations for grading

- In-class workshop assistance

- Assistance with finding assignment data

- Clear and concise prompts

- Hands-on skill building workshops

- In-Class work time, especially for groups

- Clear explanation of what Story Maps, AGOL, and GIS more generally are

- Quick reference resources

- Clear guides on specific Story Map steps

Our Solution: storymaps.umn.edu

Instructor ResourcesPresentations and Reference Story Maps

Instructor Resources

● Story Map Assignment Builder

● Additional Teaching Tools, Data Resources, and More

Student Resources

Student Resources

The Gallery

Explore the Hubsite and Give Feedback!

Portalstorymaps.umn.edu

Feedback Surveyz.umn.edu/StorymapsUMNsurvey

WorkshopsU-Spatial Support

Mapping 101 - Intro ArcGIS OnlineStory Maps 101

Georeferencing

Field Data Collection

Advanced ArcGIS Online...

GIS 101

SQL 101

EventsU-Spatial Support

Mapping 1968: a mapping summit

Deindustrializing our Waterhttps://z.umn.edu/tcwaterways

Redinging the Twin Citieshttps://z.umn.edu/Redlining

Environmental Justice theme… this fall

Annual Spatial Forum

U-Spatial Support Help Desk

Software Install and licensing

Applications, desktop and online (including Story Maps)

Software navigation and best practices

Data access and wrangling

Troubleshoot workflows

Etc.

U-Spatial Support

Awards

https://z.umn.edu/mappingprize

Story Maps Team from hereFuture Work to Continue Support

Faculty WorkshopsSoftware Skills and Assignment Construction

Grants To support a dedicated student

Continual ImprovementStay current with the updatesMaintenance and addition of new resources

Storytelling - Coordinate with Writing CenterCanvas Modules - ready for implementationIntegrate with Canvas for Groups and assignment submission

Thank you!Questions? “Changing how you look at history is

valuable, and maps do this much more than writing intensive assignment.”

“More work, but at the end it’s something you’re proud of and you want to show people. I have something at the end. Don’t often want to show people a paper.”

“Actively mapping is different than having a printed map in the text. Difference between looking at a map or building one/analyzing one.”

-Student Quotes

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