Encouraging active learning when teaching geospatial sciences

In today's world, higher education, especially in technical sciences, is crucial when speaking about a change in values and attitudes towards sustainability. Engaging students in learning and training process as well as developing their research skills and creative capacity is challenging. This study inquiries into the current academic activities and role of used educational technologies and methodologies for encouraging active learning in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs when teaching any engineering course in general, and geospatial sciences in particular. The result of the study suggests the importance of interdisciplinary project and problem-based learning, building partnership with universities, students and industrial companies, monitoring, developing, and implementation of new educational technologies.