E-learning curricula search in geographical information systems and science

This paper addresses the process leading to curriculum revision in post-graduate studies of GIS&Sc within the ISEGI-UNL. The project aims to determine an e-learning curriculum proposal, able to provide an answer to a set of challenges of different nature. The proposed framework suggests the need to consider the current process of curricular revision according to: the major reforms taking place in higher education leading to the implementation of the Bologna Process; the recent context of technological and knowledge progress in GIS&Sc, and finally, the perspective of exploring the models and methods of distance learning already in use, in particular e-learning tools. The implications of this framework have led to the adoption of a bottom-up approach, with more or less significant repercussions in the curricular revision process. The followed methodology resulted in the construction of a database that will support the search for an e-learning curriculum in GIS&Sc, both in the teaching and learning perspectives.