History of onGEO @ MSU

History of onGEO @ MSU

It all began in 1999...

The Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University has offered online geography courses since 1999, when Alan Arbogast and a small team of grad students created Geo 206v (Physical Geography).

Course Development

Below is a timeline of course development.

Geo 206v, Physical Geography: developed by Alan Arbogast, Ph.D., Kathleen Baker, Ph.D., and Cathryn Dowd, M.A.; launched in Summer 1999

ISS 310v, People and the Environment: developed by Alan Arbogast, Ph.D.; launched in Summer 2002

Geo 204v, World Regional Geography: developed by Antoinette WinklerPrins, Ph.D.; launched in Summer 2003

Geo 330v, Geography of the United States and Canada: developed by Jay Harman, Ph.D.; launched in Summer 2005

Geo 324v, Remote Sensing of the Environment (and online Lab): developed by David Lusch, Ph.D., and Bob Goodwin, M.A.; launched in Spring 2008

Geo 221v, Introduction to Geographic Information (and online Lab): developed by Kirk Goldsberry, Ph.D., and Adrienne Goldsberry, M.A.; launched in Summer 2009

Geo 802v, Geospatial Technology (and online Lab): developed by RS&GIS @MSU; launched in Fall 2009

Geo 203v, Introduction to Meteorology: developed by Sharon Zhong, Ph.D.; launched in Summer 2011

Geo 325v, Geographic Information Systems (and online Lab): developed by Kirk Goldsberry, Ph.D., and Adrienne Goldsberry, M.A.; launched in Spring 2012

Geo 326v (formerly 423v), Cartographic Design and Production (and online Lab): developed by Kirk Goldsberry, Ph.D., and Adrienne Goldsberry, M.A.; launched in Fall 2012

Geo 221LABv, Introduction to Geographic Information (Lab): developed by Adrienne Goldsberry, M.A.; launched in Fall 2013

Geo 151v, Human Geography: developed by Dick Groop, Ph.D., Gary Schnakenberg, Ph.D., and Adrienne Goldsberry, M.A.; launched in Summer 2014

Geo 113v, Economic Geography: developed by Elizabeth Mack, Ph.D.; launched in Summer 2020

Enrollments

As of Spring 2020 more than 28,220 students have taken onGEO courses.

Recognition

Online Geography @ MSU has received outside recognition in various forms. The table below outlines the awards, talks, and publications that have brought attention to the quality of the courses offered and the program.

Presentations

Bookout, Shi, Gunn, Weisenborn. 2018. Facebook and the Online Classroom: Contemplating the value of a semester's posts, likes, reactions, and replies. Presentation for AAG.

Goldsberry, Bookout, Weisenborn, Arbogast. 2015. Digital Storytelling in Online Geography Classes: Sharing MSU Geography's Experiences. Presentation for AAG.

Schnakenberg, Bookout, Goldsberry, Weisenborn. 2013. Reaching into Geography's Toolbox: Using Web-based Tools to Teach the Geographic Perspective. 2013 Michigan/Great Lakes Social Studies Conference, Lansing, Michigan.

Bookout. 2012. So you want to join the Facebooks?: Lessons from Online Geography's attempt to relate to students using social media. Geography Colloquium at Michigan State.

Goldsberry, Bookout, Weisenborn. 2012. Teaching Volunteered Geographic Information in an Online Environment. Presentation for AAG.

Bookout, Goldsberry, Weisenborn, Arbogast. 2012. Opening Student Eyes to the Geographic Perspective. Presentation for AAG.

Goldsberry, Bookout. 2010. Designing and Managing Large Enrollment Online Courses. MSU vuDAT Breakfast Series.

Olson, WinklerPrins, Weisenborn. 2009. Assessment in Selected Courses at Michigan State University. Presentation at NCGE.

Kristy Stanley, Weisenborn, Robert Goodwin, Lusch, Groop. 2008. Creating an Online Geography Course in Remote Sensing at Michigan State University. Poster at AAG Conference.

Weisenborn, Groop. 2007. Insights on Developing Online Geography Courses. Presentation at Central Michigan University.

WinklerPrins, Weisenborn. 2006. Insights on Designing and Managing Large Online Courses. MSU TechTalk.

Weisenborn, Groop, WinklerPrins, Arbogast, Harman. 2006. Assessing Online Geography Courses at Michigan State University. Presentation at AAG Conference.

Arbogast, WinklerPrins, Weisenborn, Groop, Harman. 2006. The Online Geography Program at Michigan State University. MSU TechTalk.

Weisenborn, WinklerPrins, Groop, Arbogast. 2004. Designing a Virtual Geography Program. Poster at AAG Conference.

Publications

WinklerPrins, Weisenborn, Groop, Arbogast. 2007. Developing Online Geography Courses: Experiences from Michigan State. Journal of Geography.

Awards

AT&T Faculty-Staff Awards in Instructional Technology. 2010. Introduction to Geographic Information (Geo 221v). Adrienne Goldsberry, Kirk Goldsberry.

AT&T Faculty-Staff Awards in Instructional Technology. 2005. World Regional Geography (Geo 204v). WinklerPrins, Weisenborn.

Staff, Faculty, Instructors

Staff

Beth Weisenborn, began in 2001: Instructor, Course Coordinator, and Director.

Juliegh Bookout, began in 2003: Instructor, Course Developer & Coordinator.

Dr. Yi Shi, began in 2016: Associate Director of Professional Courses.

Advising Faculty & Faculty Authors

Alan Arbogast, Ph.D. 1998: Physical Geography; People and the Environment.

Antoinette WinklerPrins, Ph.D. 2002. World Regional Geography.

Jay Harman, Ph.D. 2004. Geography of the United States and Canada.

David Lusch, Ph.D., and Bob Goodwin, M.A.. 2006: Remote Sensing of the Physical Environment.

Kirk Goldsberry, Ph.D., and Adrienne Goldsberry, M.A. 2008. Introduction to Geographic Information; Geographic Information Systems; Cartographic Design and Production.

Jessica Moy, M.A., Bob Goodwin, M.A., and Justin Booth, M.A. 2008: Geospatial Technology.

Sharon Zhong, Ph.D. 2010. Introduction to Meteorology.

Gary Schnakenberg, Ph.D. 2013: World Regional Geography. 2014: Human Geography, and Geography of the United States and Canada.

Richard Groop, Ph.D. 2014: Human Geography, and Geography of the United States and Canada.

Grant Gunn, Ph.D. 2016. Remote Sensing of the Environment, Geographic Informaton Systems, Geospatial Technology.

Erin Bunting, Ph.D. 2020. Remote Sensing of the Environment.

Instructors (127 as of Spring 2020)

Paul Rindfleisch, Ph.D.: 1999

Xiomara (Cordoba) Lepczyk M.S.: 2000

Matt Mitroka, M.S.: 2001, 2002, 2003

Erin Kelley, M.S. Candidate: 2002, 2003, 2004

Beth Weisenborn, M.S.: 2002

Kate Brunskill, M.S.: 2003

Kristina Morrison, M.A. Candidate: 2003

Stephen Aldrich, Ph.D.: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009

Juliegh Bookout, M.A.: 2003, 2004, 2005

Bilal Butt, Ph.D.: 2004, 2005, 2007

Ryan Coffey, M.A. Candidate: 2003, 2004

Rozita Abdul-Williams, Ph.D. Candidate: 2003, 2004, 2006

Ken Anderson, M.S.: 2004, 2005

Christina Hupy, Ph.D.: 2004

Dwight Wilhelm, M.A.: 2004, 2005, 2006

Angelo Podagrosi, M.A.: 2004

Meleia Egger, M.A.: 2005, 2006

Brad Schrotenboer, M.S.: 2005, 2006

Justin Scheidt, Ph.D. Candidate: 2005, 2006

Tracy Aichele, M.S.: 2005

Ben Goodwin, M.A. Candidate: 2005, 2006

Eraldo Matricardi, Ph.D.: 2006, 2007

Jessica (Kidder) La Porte, Ph.D.: 2006

Andrea Parish, M.A. Candidate: 2006

Joel Gruley, M.A.: 2007, 2008

Leslie (Fusina) Dubois, M.A.: 2007, 2008

Brad Blumer, M.S.: 2007, 2008

Trevor Hobbs, M.S.: 2007, 2008

Ryan Shadbolt, Ph.D.: 2007, 2008

Sigismond Wilson, Ph.D.: 2007, 2009, 2010

Kristy (Stanley) Gruley, Ph.D.: 2007, 2008

Marcellus Caldus, Ph.D.: 2007

Iván Ramírez, Ph.D.: 2008, 2010

Jay Newberry, Ph.D.: 2008

Tara LaLonde, M.S.: 2008

Audrey Joslin, Ph.D. : 2008

Tim LeDoux, Ph.D.: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

Pariwate Varnakovida, Ph.D.: 2008, 2009

Jessica Winans, M.A.: 2008, 2009

Josh Watkins, M.A.: 2009

Gary Schnakenberg, Ph.D.: 2009, 2010, 2011 through current

Carolyn Fish, M.S.: 2009

Adrienne Goldsberry, M.A.: 2009 through 2016

Jordan Howell, Ph.D.: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Winner of the 2011-2012 ISS Excellence in Teaching Award

Steven Fuller, M.S.: 2009, 2010

Courtney Gallaher, Ph.D.: 2009, 2010, 2011

David Baylis, Ph.D.: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015

Dante Vergara, M.A.: 2009

Jieun Lee, Ph.D.: 2009, 2010

Jessica Moy, Ph.D.: 2009, 2010

Jia Feng, Ph.D.: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016

Boleslo Romero, M.S.: 2010

Meghan Reed, M.S.: 2010

Minting Ye, Ph.D.: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014

Pete Richards, Ph.D.: 2010, 2011, 2012

Kristin Adams, M.A.: 2010, 2011

Mark DeVisser, M.A.: 2011

Mahalakshmi (Govindasamy) Thulasi, M.S.: 2011

Zeenat Kotval, Ph.D.: 2010, 2011, 2012

Brad Miller, Ph.D.: 2011, 2012, 2013

David Young, Ph.D. Candidate: 2011

Nick Perdue, M.A.: 2011, 2012

Laura Johnson, Ph.D.: 2011, 2012, 2013; Winner of the 2012-2013 ISS Excellence in Teaching Award; 2014, 2015, 2016

Dan Kowalski, M.A.: 2012, 2013

Libbey Kutch, Ph.D.: 2012, 2016

Yankuic Galvan-Miyoshi, Ph.D.: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Cadi Fung, Ph.D.: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Steven Schultze, Ph.D.: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Mike Luehmann, Ph.D.: 2012, 2013

Alison Keener, M.S.: 2012, 2013

Shaun Langley, Ph.D.: 2012

Jeremy McWhorter, M.S.: 2012, 2013

Cody Lown, M.S.: 2013, 2014

Fatima Barry, Ph.D.: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Ellis Adams, Ph.D.: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Peter Koh, Ph.D. Candidate: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Cristina Leuca Benton, Ph.D.: 2013

Michelle (Xue) Li, Ph.D.: 2013

Jeanette Eckert, Ph.D.: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Jason Matney, M.S.: 2013, 2015, 2016

Chris Connallon, M.S.: 2013, 2014, 2015

Bradley Peter, Ph.D.: 2013

Peiling Zhou, Ph.D.: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Jordan Hess, M.S. Candidate: 2014

Albert Fulton, Ph.D.: 2014, 2015, 2016

Jovanka Nikolic, Ph.D. Candidate: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Josh Vertalka, Ph.D.: 2014, 2016

Mike Michalek, M.S.: 2014

Lual Awan, Ph.D. Candidate: 2014

Caitlin Clark, M.S.: 2015

Lisa-Marie Pierre, Ph.D.: 2015, 2016

Jonah White, Ph.D. Candidate: 2015

Wei Liu, Ph.D. Candidate: 2016, 2017

Mattie (Bene) Kelepile, Ph.D.: 2016, 2017, 20018

April Frake, Ph.D.: 2016, 2017, 2018

Joan (Qiong) Zhang, Ph.D. Candidate: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Xiaomeng Li, Ph.D. Candidate: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020

Lonnie Barnes, M.S.: 2016, 2017

Noelle Porter, M.S. Candidate: 2016

Amanda Kreuze, Ph.D. Candidate: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Kelsey Nyland, Ph.D.: 2017

Juno (Yingyue) Liu, Ph.D. Candidate: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Jiang Chang, Ph.D. Candidate: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Kevin Credit, Ph.D.: 2017

Kyle Redican, Ph.D. Candidate: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Chase Kasmerchak, Ph.D. Candidate: 2017, 2018

Kara Komoto, M.S.: 2017, 2018

Judith Namanya, Ph.D. Candidate: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Nafiseh Haghtalab, Ph.D. Candidate: 2018, 2019, 2020

Cristina Gauthier, Ph.D. Candidate: 2018, 2020

Dan Wanyama, Ph.D. Candidate: 2018, 2019, 2020

Teng Zhang, Ph.D. Candidate: 2018, 2019, 2020

Yuhao Wang, Ph.D. Candidate: 2018

Rui Zhang, Ph.D. Candidate: 2018, 2019, 2020

Rajiv Paudel, Ph.D. Candidate: 2018, 2019, 2020

Christopher Baish, M.S. Candidate: 2018, 2019

Sara Torres, M.S.: 2019

Kelly KC, Ph.D. Candidate: 2019

Raven Mitchell, M.S. Candidate: 2019

Ida Djenontin, Ph.D. Candidate: 2019, 2020

Michelle Church, M.S. Candidate: 2019

Kevin McKeehan, Ph.D. Candidate: 2019, 2020

Kyeesha Wilcox, M.S. Candidate: 2019, 2020

Jarrod Knauff, Ph.D. Candidate: 2019

Herve Kashongwe, Ph.D. Candidate: 2019, 2020

Ana Rivera, Ph.D. Candidate: 2020

Aaron Kamoske, Ph.D. Candidate: 2020

Kionna Henderson, Ph.D. Candidate: 2020

B.J. Baule, Ph.D. Candidate: 2020

Donald Akanga, Ph.D. Candidate: 2020

Jonnell Sanciangco, Ph.D. Candidate: 2020