May 14 NAGT EER 2024 Webinar
May 14, 2024
12-1 PM Pacific | 1-2 PM Mountain | 2-3 PM Central | 3-4 PM Eastern
Presenters
Michelle Cauley, Soil Science: Bridging Geology and Environmental Science in a Sustainable World
Jessica Swann, Create Engaging and Immersive Earth Science Field Explorations for your Classroom
Karen Kortz, Conducting Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Your Courses
Description
Please join us for an introduction to three of the workshops that will be hosted at EER 2024. Drs. Cauley, Swann, and Kortz will provide a sneak peek into their respective workshops and will be available for questions. The following subsections are brief descriptions of the EER workshops.
Soil Science: Bridging Geology and Environmental Science in a Sustainable World
The study of soils, soil health, and soil's impact on our climate is paramount in our ever-changing educational landscape. In this workshop, participants will be exploring the connection that soils have in our geology and environmental science worlds through hands-on investigations. Participants will explore how world geology impacts soils and how soil health impacts climate, agriculture, and groundwater systems.
Create Engaging and Immersive Earth Science Field Explorations for your Classroom
This workshop will provide participants with first-hand experience in designing and building a virtual field trip. Working with provided media, participants will learn how to use Tour It, a free virtual field trip creator available through the NASA Infiniscope project, to create immersive virtual experiences that make the benefits of place-based education more broadly accessible.
Conducting Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Your Courses
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is the systematic study by instructors of the impact of their teaching on student learning and the sharing of results (e.g. through discussions, department meetings, presentations, and publications). In this workshop, we will discuss the basic steps involved in a SoTL project, identify different types of research questions to answer, and compare strategies of SoTL study design and data collection.
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Logistics
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Presentations will take place through a Zoom Meeting screen-sharing session. The webinar will be recorded.
Accessing the Webinar: Instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed to participants the day before the event. Learn more about accessing the webinar.
Questions? Please contact Ashley Carlson at acarlson2@carleton.edu if you have any questions about this event.