Developing a Sense of Place During Distance Learning Webinar – 11/17

I would like to draw your attention to an upcoming and timely webinar with the NAGT webinar series. 

Developing a Sense of Place During Distance Learning

  • Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020
  • Time: 1:00pm PT | 2:00pm MT | 3:00pm CT | 4:00pm ET
  • Registration deadline: Sunday, November 15, 2020

Webinar Description
Sense of place helps students contextualize their learning, engage in systems thinking, and connect more personally with course content. How can we adjust our curriculum and facilitation to help students develop a sense of place, when we can’t be in a place together? In this webinar, we will explore several approaches for incorporating sense of place into distance learning, including taking virtual field trips, tapping into local knowledge, and using a community’s shared experience as a springboard.

Presenters
Steve Semken, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University
Carrie Ferraro, Dept. of Marine & Coastal Sciences & Institute of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
Tara Laidlaw, Southern Oregon Land Conservancy

Webinar Goals
In this webinar, participants will:

  • Differentiate between and define the relationship between “sense of place” and “place-based education”
  • Articulate benefits of developing and leveraging students’ sense of place
  • Identify opportunities to incorporate sense of place into your coursework in a variety of contexts and approaches