Alignment of goals , assessment and activities in national GIS &

In general, “curriculum” denotes a designed and guided experience or series of experiences that result in learning. In particular, however, curricula in higher education occur across a spectrum of scales as well as a hierarchy of levels (graduate, undergraduate, professional development, middle college high school, etc.). At the macro-scale, “core” or “general education” curricula span entire institutions. Articulation agreements also make inter-institutional curricula possible. At a micro-scale, discrete educational resources like articles, presentations, demonstrations, exercises, quizzes, and sometimes even games shape learners’ experiences. In between, academic departments offer degree and certificate programs with prescribed sequences of “courses” or “modules” and individual educators or small teams develop and conduct courses/modules made up of sequences of topics and activities.