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5 February 2021,
11:00AM – NSW, Vic, Tas
10:30AM – SA
10:00AM – Queensland
9:30AM – NT
8:00AM – WA
| 11 AM | Welcome and Introduction | Sandra McLaren (AUGEN President/Chair, University of Melbourne) |
| 11:10 AM | Online geology teaching resources: ImageMatrix and new NSW virtual field trips | Nathan Daczko (Macquarie University) |
| 11:30 AM | Geological mapping using GIS | Nancy Vickery (University of New England) |
| 11:50 PM | Can Virtual Reality applications in environmental geosciences enhance student engagement and learning? | Dom Wolff-Boenisch (Curtin University) |
| 12:10 PM | Blended and online learning – General discussion session | |
| 12:30 PM | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 1:00 PM | Field Friend app | Alexis Pang (University of Melbourne) |
| 1:20 PM | The National Geotourism Strategy and Implications for Geoscience Education | Angus Robinson (Australian Geoscience Council) |
| 1:40 PM | Preliminary results from a systematic literature review on volcanology higher education | Jackie Dohaney (Swinburne University) |
| 2:00 PM | Geoscience Education Research – General discussion session | |
| 2:10 PM | Teaching metamorphic geology using a puzzle approach | Melanie Finch (Monash University) |
| 2:30 PM | Upon Reflection – use of reflective journals in a first year geoscience class | Marion Anderson (Monash University) |
| 2:50 PM | The future of geoscience education in Australia – General discussion session | Marion Anderson (Monash University) |
| 3:30 PM | Finish | |
Format – short talks (10-15 minutes) on teaching innovations, disasters, and successes. Please email a short paragraph to Sandra at: mclarens@unimelb.edu.au to register your presentation topic
We will also have time for discussion on topical general issues such as: COVID-safe teaching and the future of geoscience education in the current higher education climate. If you wish to propose a topic for discussion please email mclarens@unimelb.edu.au
Registration is completely free!
The zoom link will be forwarded to all registrants prior to the meeting.
