Tools used about Geomatics Education: current situation and its relation to educational processes

• Published in: Enseñanza & teaching Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 25 - 56
• Main Authors: José Manuel MUÑOZ RODRÍGUEZ, Jorge Cristián JOO NAGATA, José Rafael GARCÍA-BERMEJO GINER
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 01.05.2015
• Subjects: educación; geomática; percepción; tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (tic); territorio
• DOI: 10.14201/et201533125
• ISSN: 2386-3919

The aim of this article is a diagnosis about Geomatics ICT as teaching tools about the territory, and to determine whether these technologies replace cognitive characteristics showing real space, when used in educational contexts, establishing elements, similarities, differences and special features of the territorial virtualization on perception. Using a descriptive and correlational study, where the basic input is a survey of students in Chile and Spain in a university context, an analysis of the use of ICT Geomatics tools and the relations between the cognitive characteristics showing real space and the digital virtualization of the territories. The main results of this analysis show us that, despite a massive and initial use of these tools, the territorial dimension and their respective spatial perception are not replaced by the concrete reality, something that should be considered when used as an educational methodology.