T90 Integrating Active Learning Strategies into College-level Geoscience Classrooms: Implementation, Effects, and “Lessons Learned”

Tuesday, 27 October 2020
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Meeting Rooms

DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND DISSEMINATION OF DATA-RICH GEODESY CURRICULUM FOR UNDERGRADUATES: USING GETSI MATERIALS TO ENHANCE ACTIVE LEARNING, QUANTITATIVE SKILLS, AND SOCIETAL RELEVANCE IN FACE-TO-FACE AND REMOTE CLASSROOMS

Paper number: T90-11
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM

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Abstract

GETSI (GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues), an NSF-funded curriculum development and dissemination project, features faculty-authored teaching materials for undergraduates ("modules") that use geodesy data to investigate critical societal issues. The GETSI suite of materials includes 13 introductory-level, majors-level, and field modules on topics related to water resources, climate change, and hazards. Modules are classroom tested and reviewed using the InTeGrate materials rubric and review process. Data analysis exercises, animations, interactive online tools, and demonstrations are prominently featured in the modules to enhance student engagement. In addition, familiar active learning strategies including jigsaws, gallery tours, wall walks, and small-group exercises are a salient attribute of all products in the GETSI collection. The GETSI project also includes a substantial professional development component for prospective faculty adopters, ranging from 1-hour webinars to multi-day workshops. This year's abrupt transition to remote instruction has necessitated the use of these active learning strategies, student analysis of geodetic datasets, and faculty professional development in an online environment.
This presentation will include a brief overview of the range of scientific topics, datasets, and active learning strategies in the GETSI collection, as well as available geodesy content and teaching resources for faculty. We will also provide some case studies from this year on incorporating GETSI products into a remote teaching environment, implementing GETSI workshops for faculty online, and modifying existing active learning strategies that have been traditionally used during face-to-face instruction to a remote classroom.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 52, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-357920

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