Virtual Field Experiences in Geoscience Education: Resources from our GSA 2011 Short Course

Earlier this month, Frank Granshaw, Richard Kissel and Don Duggan-Haas convened a one-day short course in conjunction with the Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting in Minneapolis. It was a great day of networking and resource-sharing. This post is the agenda of that day with links to resources from each instructor.

A Photosynth of the GSA Short Course while Frank Granshaw was discussing VFEs and geocognition.

Course Agenda With Presentation Links

Introductions of instructors and participants + Goals of VFEs – Don Duggan-Haas,* Frank Granshaw* & Richard Kissel*

• Click here for the introductory Prezi.

VFE in the secondary classroom – Sarah Miller, Deposit High School, Science; sarah@millerscience.com

• Sarah’s Prezi
• Sarah’s VFE (click Earth science, then Norwich)

VFEn design and geocognition – Frank Granshaw, Portland Community College, Portland, OR; fgransha@pdx.edu

An unfinished panorama for discussion and brainstorming

Exploring the Great Japan Quake of 2011 with Google Earth – Steve Kluge, Resources for GeoScience Education; steve.kluge@gmail.com

• http://stevekluge.com/geoscience/tohakuquake.kmz

• The Great Tohoku Earthquake of March 11, 2011 (pdf)

Google Geo – Stefan Kuhne, Google, Geo Education Team; skuhne@google.com

• Stefan’s Presentation (pdf)

VFEs in NASA Education Programs – Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University, Mars Education Program; Wendy.L.Taylor@asu.edu   & Phoebe Cohen pcohen@mit.edu 

• Wendy & Phoebe’s Beta VFT (html)

Falls & Fossils: A Model Virtual Field Experience Focusing on Taughannock Falls State Park, NY – Richard Kissel, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY; rak256@cornell.edu

• Richard’s Presentation (ppt) (Large file: 85MB)
• The Virtual Fieldwork Database (html). The Taughannock Falls VFE was shared. Zoom into Central New York, and click to download the file.

The pedagogy of inquiry-based fieldwork – Eric Pyle, James Madison University, Geology & Environmental Science; pyleej@jmu.edu

Using Gigapixel Resolution Imagery for Exploration Across Scales – John Van Hoesen, Green Mountain College, Geology & Environmental Studies; vanhoesenj@greenmtn.edu

• John’s Presentation Website

VFE Development as Self-Documenting Professional Development – Don  Duggan-Haas, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY; dad55@cornell.edu

• Don’s Prezi