Teaching QGIS
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QGIS is great for teaching since it is both *free* and *open*. Here are some examples of instructors using these tutorials to teach GIS.

* `Prof. John Barr <http://faculty.ithaca.edu/barr/>`_ is using these tutorials as `assignments <http://www.ithaca.edu/barr/Student/CS124/labs/tutorial3.html>`_ for Intro to GIS class at `Ithaca College, New York <http://www.ithaca.edu/>`_.

* `Prof. Thomas  Kearns <http://www.iit.edu/arch/faculty/kearns_thomas.shtml>`_ uses some of the tutorials in his `Urban Information Modeling <http://iitcoauim.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/links-from-class/>`_ class at  `IIT College of Architecture, Chicago <http://www.iit.edu/arch/>`_. 

* Dr. Biju Soman is using these tutorials to teach the module on Public Health Technologies to the Master of Public Health Students at `SCTIMST, Kerala, India <http://www.sctimst.ac.in/>`_.

* `Prof. Lex Berman <http://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/lex_berman>`_ is using some of the tutorials as part of `QGIS Workshop <http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/qgis/wkshop/symbolize.php>`_ at `CGA, Harvard University <http://gis.harvard.edu/>`_.

* `Assist. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Yildirim <https://plus.google.com/u/0/101708591274512548918/about>`_ is using the tutorials to teach Earth Information System at  Istanbul Technical University.

* `Dr. Damien O'Grady <http://research.jcu.edu.au/research/tropwater/people/research-staff>`_ of School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia is using the tutorials in his Introduction to GIS course.