Esri Educational Services Provides New Offerings

Anyone who hasn't looked closely at Esri Educational Services lately might be surprised at the range and availability of its educational offerings and the variety of delivery methods it employs. Esri Educational Services covers topics related to geographic information science, GIS applications, and GIS technology. Learners choose among instructor-led courses, Web-based courses, and self-study workbooks to find education solutions that fit their learning styles and pocketbooks.

Today, Esri courses and books support hundreds of thousands of GIS students and professionals. Esri's instructor-led courses are offered at Esri facilities and client sites around the world. Esri Virtual Campus is a leader in GIS education on the Web, making GIS courses and a global GIS learning community accessible to just about anyone with an Internet connection. Books and workbooks on GIS technology and applications from Esri Press are used in formal university and corporate training programs and are sold by major booksellers everywhere.

These offerings reflect a long-standing, ongoing commitment to education at Esri, which created and taught their first instructor-led course, Introduction to ArcInfo, in 1982. The workbook Understanding GIS—The ARC/INFO Method was first published by Esri in 1991 and became the most widely distributed workbook on GIS ever published. In 1988, Esri developed an instructor certification program for its international distributors to ensure that the same high-quality instruction and instructional materials available in the United States were available worldwide. In 1994, Esri's Authorized Teaching Program enabled qualified individuals in the United States to teach several Esri courses. In 1997, Esri Virtual Campus opened its door on the World Wide Web, offering self-paced GIS education and training worldwide. And, in 1998, Esri Press, publisher of award-winning books and workbooks, became an official imprint for GIS books.

For more information about Esri Educational Services, including book reviews, course descriptions, class schedules, registration information, and pricing, visit www.esri.com/education.

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