BackgroundWe are interested in exploring the future of fieldwork teaching and learning in Higher Education. Therefore, we are conducting a research study into the changes to fieldwork teaching in HE that may happen over the next few years. What is the purpose of the study?There have been considerable impacts on our society and education system […]
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Today we ran a workshop at the BES Annual Meeting on ‘Setting up a successful fieldcourse’. The slides are available here: https://www.slideshare.net/fieldwork_ntf/setting-up-a-successful-field-course The idea was to facilitate peer-to-peer sharing of tips on how to set up a fieldcourse for those new to teaching. We were very lucky as roughly half the audience were experienced field
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The 8th Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase was held at the University of Leeds and was hosted by Julie Peacock and Karen Bacon in the School of Geography on the 3/4th September 2018. The event was sponsored by the Education, Training and Careers Committee of the BES, Water@Leeds and ESRI UK. The 2018 Showcase event included
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The Enhancing Fieldwork Learning team need your help! We would be very grateful if you could spend a few minutes filling out our short (7 questions) survey. Link to survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YLVYW76 The survey covers: i. Impact – We are conducting an impact study across the sector to identify if/how EFL activities, talks, resources and events have influenced practice and student learning.
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*UPDATE* General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming in on 25th May states that by law you must give us your consent to contact you electronically. As we have spent a lot of time and hard work building up our fantastic fieldwork practitioners network over the last 8 years, we would be sorry
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The 7th Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase was held at Chester University on the 8/9th September 2017. The event included a series of short presentations along with several field demonstrations of innovative field teaching approaches using mobile technologies. The Showcase was supported by the British Ecological Society’s Education, Training and Careers Committee and ESRI UK. Mark Langan
The Enhancing Fieldwork Learning team have been researching and sharing innovative ways to enhance fieldwork teaching and learning through the use of mobile technologies. The arrival of more powerful and affordable smartphones and tablets has meant that most students starting in Higher Education now have access to mobile technologies which could be used to enhance
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The 6th Annual Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase took place at the University of Reading on the 12-13th September 2016. It was attended by 29 academics, students and learning technologists and, building on the previous Showcases, the event aimed to share ideas and practice with regards to innovative field and laboratory Teaching and Learning, with a
The Enhancing Fieldwork Learning project team includes specialists from across the biological, geographical and geological disciplines. Originally funded by the Higher Education Academy, the project is now maintained by the British Ecological Society and seeks to bring anyone interested in fieldwork together to share best practice in field teaching and research. Anyone can get involved in the
