Monday, May 2, 2016 | 9:30 – 10:15 am
IK Barber Learning Centre, Lillooet Room 301
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This presentation will review how a team of multidisciplinary faculty and staff of the Virtual Soil Science Learning Resources (VSSLR) Consortium utilized media technologies to enhance teaching and learning for soil science students at UBC. Established in 2004, the goal of the VSSLR Consortium is to enhance soil science education through cooperative and innovative approaches to teaching and learning. To date, the Consortium has developed 16 web-based tools, 2 distance education courses, 1 soil identification and classification field course, and 1 cross-disciplinary graduate program. Selecting from a variety of media technologies such as video, augmented reality and geo-location scavenger hunting games, the VSSLR website incorporates the most practical tools to provide students with an engaging learning experience.
These educational tools are used by at least 3,500 students/year. The VSSLR is a suite of knowledge-rich, accessible online educational resources for soil science studies and the development of a distributed community of practice in soil science in Canada and beyond. We will review some of the tools and types of media and technologies used while explaining the reasoning behind them.
Facilitators:
- Maja Krzic, Associate Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
- Saeed Dyanatkar, UBC Studios and Creative Media
- Chris Crowley, Distance Education at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology