{"id":1908,"date":"2014-10-07T07:16:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:34:17","slug":"free-online-gps-offered-october-13th-2014-november-24th-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/free-online-gps-offered-october-13th-2014-november-24th-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Online Course on GPS Offered – October 13th, 2014 through November 24th 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark your calendars! <\/em>Stanford University\u2019s Per Enge and Frank van Diggelen have teamed up to teach a massively open online course (MOOC) about GPS basics during the fall of 2014.<\/p>\n

When is the Course Offered?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The course itself, titled GPS:<\/em><\/strong><\/a> An Introduction to Satellite Navigation, with an interactive Worldwide Laboratory<\/em><\/strong><\/a> using Smartphones<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,<\/a> takes place between October 13 and November 24<\/strong> and focuses attention on the basics of GPS using smartphones.<\/p>\n

Each week during the course a new lesson, or module, will be released along with a series of short quizzes to accompany the lessons. Some weeks will also require participation in a GPS lab, which is conducted outside with your smartphone or tablet. During these labs it is up to you to collect data and share it with the virtual classroom.<\/p>\n

The fact that the class is offered online means that you have the flexibility to participate according to your own schedule. You have the option of doing all the week\u2019s work in one sitting or breaking it up into small chunks during office lunch hours or whenever is convenient for you.<\/p>\n

Course Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a great deal of excitement surrounding the course, the first of its kind taught in a MOOC (massively open online course) environment. The course, \u201cGPS: An Introduction to Satellite Navigation, with an interactive Worldwide Laboratory using Smartphones,<\/em>\u201d is carried by the education platform Coursera.<\/p>\n

The course guides students through the basics of satellite navigation to gain a deeper understanding of GPS and its role in our lives. After all, GPS technology is widely prolific, including GPS tracking applications<\/a>, such as in animal and wildlife tracking<\/a>, sports<\/a>, weather monitoring<\/a>, tracking of children<\/a>, elderly dementia patient tracking<\/a>, fleet tracking<\/a>, and so much more.<\/p>\n