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Short course 523. Taking Students into the Field on Their Own Time: Using the Free, NSF-Funded Flyover Country Mobile App to Design Student Self-Guided Field Experiences
Abstract: Field experiences are an integral, formative part of a geoscience education. However, logistical barriers often make field trips difficult to include in undergraduate geoscience classes. This course will demonstrate using the free, NSF-funded “Flyover Country” app to design self-guided field trips that students can take on their own schedules. Participants will learn about the app, then experience an app-led group field trip near the convention center. Afterward, we will debrief the experience and discuss successes, modifications, and lessons learned. Participants will then have a hands-on tutorial on adding their own field trip content to the app database.
Instructors: Amy Myrbo, Avery Shinneman, Shane Loeffler
Cosponsors: GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Limnogeology Division.
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From: Amy Myrbo <amyrbo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: using the Flyover Country app in undergrad ed - short course at GSA
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Geo-educators, please consider signing up for our GSA workshop in Seattle Saturday afternoon 10/21!
Short course 523. Taking Students into the Field on Their Own Time: Using the Free, NSF-Funded Flyover Country Mobile App to Design Student Self-Guided Field Experiences
Abstract: Field experiences are an integral, formative part of a geoscience education. However, logistical barriers often make field trips difficult to include in undergraduate geoscience classes. This course will demonstrate using the free, NSF-funded “Flyover Country” app to design self-guided field trips that students can take on their own schedules. Participants will learn about the app, then experience an app-led group field trip near the convention center. Afterward, we will debrief the experience and discuss successes, modifications, and lessons learned. Participants will then have a hands-on tutorial on adding their own field trip content to the app database.
Instructors: Amy Myrbo, Avery Shinneman, Shane Loeffler
Cosponsors: GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Limnogeology Division.
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