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April 2001
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ESRI Virtual Campus Receives Excellence in Education Award
Redlands, California April 16, The ESRI Virtual Campus is the recipient of CGIA's 2000 Excellence in Education Award. Each year the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) recognizes organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of geographic information systems (GIS) in the State of California.
In a letter to ESRI President Jack Dangermond, CGIA's chairman, Dr. Richard D. Wright, praised the Virtual Campus for providing high-quality Web-based instruction in GIS and noted the many Californians enrolled in Virtual Campus courses.
Since 1997 the ESRI Virtual Campus has educated more than 86,000 members from 174 countries using courses in GIS technology, applications, and GIScience. Virtual Campus courses combine hands-on exercises with strong conceptual material and learning assessments. A typical course includes six learning modules and downloadable data for use in the exercises. Some courses also include free trial versions of ESRI software.
ESRI believes Virtual Campus courses are a cost-effective way for GIS students and professionals to extend their GIS knowledge. In addition to courses, the Virtual Campus offers a comprehensive online GIS library and valuable opportunities for members to interact and network with tens of thousands of GIS professionals from around the world.
Visit: www.campus.esri.com & www.cgia.org
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New Course on ESRI Virtual Campus-Spatial Analysis in Agriculture: A GIS Approach
(http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/2001/mar/net004.htm)
Spatial Analysis in Agriculture: A GIS Approach- A New Course from ESRI Virtual Campus
(http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/2001/mar/net006.htm)
Introduction to Successful Marketing using ArcView GIS- A New Course from ESRI's VC
(http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/2001/apr/net002.htm)
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