Download - AAEE2014
“Digital tools to improve student learning outcomes in education
for sustainability”
Britt GowHawkesdale P12 College
November, 2014
@brittgow [email protected]
Introduce yourself on the Padlet wall
• http://padlet.com/brittgow1/aaee
• Padlet is an online, virtual pin-board• Double click anywhere on the wall and start
typing• It can be customized for title, background,
security settings (privacy) and URL.
Teacher
Student Parent
Traditional classrooms
Student
Teacher Parent
Contemporary classrooms
Student
Teacher Parent
School Family
Peers
Knowledge
Skills Attitudes
Traditional Learning
KnowledgeSkills
Attitudes
Contemporary Learning
Knowledge Skills Attitudes
LiteracyNumeracy
Disciplinary (Science, History, Geography etc)
Critical thinkingCollaboration
CommunicationCreativity
Media skillsTechnology skills
EmpathyConfidencePersistence
OrganisationResilienceTeamworkFlexibility
VCE Environmental Science
• Energy and Greenhouse Gases, including a case-study comparison between a fossil fuel and non-fossil energy source
• Biodiversity, including a case study of a local threatened species
• Pollution• Applied Environmental Science, including
Environmental Management Systems
@ScienceMagsMagdeline Lum, a
Metallurgist, photographer and science writer from
Perth
@genegeekCatherine Anderson, a geneticist from Canada.
Melissa Toifl is our CSIRO Scientists in Schools partner, who works with Land and Water Technologies at Highett and Clayton.
Slideshare and YouTube are used to share teaching and learning resources with other
students and teachers of VCE Environmental Science.
http://www.slideshare.net/brittgow
https://www.youtube.com/user/brittgow/videos
VCE Environmental Science Online
• Running since 2010 with 4 to 8 students each year online and up to 15 students at Hawkesdale P12 College
• Meet at Ecolinc, Bacchus Marsh and study camps in July (Grampians) and September (Apollo Bay).
• Students from Ballarat, Shepparton, Bairnsdale, Eltham, Yea, Taralgon, Collingwood and Dandenong.
Benefits of online study• Can work at student’s own pace, in their own
environment.• Using online tools is expected of students in
tertiary study and future employment.• Can provide expertise in schools that currently
don’t have a teacher, or not enough students choosing the subject.
• Provides an alternative to face-
to-face classes.
Benefits of online study
• Students go on to tertiary courses such as Bachelor of Science, Land Conservation and Wildlife Management, Veterinary Science and Environmental Engineering.
• Even if their tertiary studies and future employment does not have a direct environmental focus, they have sustainability knowledge and skills.
Challenges of online study
• Not supported by timetable constraints or department systems
• Technology is not always reliable• Some students do not have the necessary
attributes that allow success in an online environment (eg. Motivation, independent learning skills, optimism and flexibility)
• Not ideal for an Env Sci course – outdoors & hands-on
http://quizlet.com/Brittgow
Questions around Blended Learning Environments
http://moourl.com/Learn2014
Thank you for your participation in this workshop session.
Please contact me if you have any questions, contributions or if you
would like to explore these questions further.
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