Kevin Crichlow

Professor Canadian Military Geomatics Training
Algonquin College

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Geospatial Intelligence for Regional and Global Security

Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

3:15 PM The Joint Military / Civilian Program Delivery Approach – How Algonquin College works alongside the Mapping and Charting Establishment (MCE) to keep their members at the cutting edge of Geomatics Technology and Tradecraft

The audience will learn about the mechanics of how Algonquin College successfully delivers value for money to the Mapping and Charting Establishment (MCE) of the Canadian Armed Forces. These methods will include details curriculum planning methodologies, curriculum QA / QC processes, new technology and tradecraft integration and the setup of the physical instructional environment. This information can be used as a benchmark by other Armed Forces that are interested in pursuing a similar type of business model with respect to their Geomatics / GIS / GEOINT training programs.

Successful strategies to improve quality assurance and quality control aspects of the program
Lessons learned delivering military trade occupational education and training with economies of scale such as Academic Licensing for program related software
How students are taught to find, assess, rate and exploit a wide range of open data sources
Benefits of embedding military members of the Mapping and Charting Establishment (MCE) in a tight coupling that brings together military training plan requirements, provincial curriculum requirements and the actual delivery of the curriculum