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Promoting field-based learning with formal and emergent roles
Topics: Geography Education
, Higher Education
, Field Methods
Keywords: experiential education, field-based pedagogy, GIS education Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract Day: Monday Session Start / End Time: 2/28/2022 11:20 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/28/2022 12:40 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) Room: Virtual 50
Authors:
Matt McCourt, University of Maine at Farmington
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Abstract
Project-based learning provides an effective way for integrating high impact practices into a sustainability seminar aimed at professionalization and geospatial competencies. At the same time, PBL poses challenges for both students and instructors. For students, PBL can present group collaboration, self-management, and active learning challenges. For instructors, PBL can require adaptive management of diverse student activities and careful maintenance of relationships with community partners. This presentation reports on the use of project management tools (e.g., a scoping process, scheduling tools, a reflective project log) to improve project-based learning process and outcomes. The project management tools were developed out of readings in GIS project management and intended to support a distributed model of project management in an authentic trail mapping project in Farmington, Maine.
Promoting field-based learning with formal and emergent roles