INTERNET TEACHING FOUNDATION FOR THE REMOTE-SENSING CORE CURRICULUM PROGRAM

The Remote Sensing Core Curriculum (RSCC) was initiated in 1993 to mee t the demands for a college-level set of resources to enhance the qual ity of education across national and international campuses. The Ameri can Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing adopted the RSCC in 1 996 to sustain support of this educational initiative for its membersh ip and collegiate community. A series of volumes, containing lectures, exercises, and data, is being created by expert contributors to addre ss the different technical fields of remote sensing. The RSCC program is designed to operate on the Internet taking full advantage of the Wo rld Wide Web (WWW) technology for distance learning. The issues of cur riculum development related to the educational setting, with demands o n faculty, students, and facilities, is considered to understand the n ew paradigms for WWW-influenced computer-aided learning. The WWW is sh own to be especially appropriate for facilitating remote sensing educa tion with requirements for addressing image data sets and multimedia l earning tools, The RSCC is located at http://www.umbc.edu/rscc.