Dr Jane Bunting M.J.Bunting@hull.ac.uk
Reader in Geography
Virtual Palaeoscience (ViPs) Project: Collating, curating and developing virtual lab and fieldtrip resources for palaeoenvironmental teaching
People Involved
Project Description
To create a shared archive of virtual palaeoscience teaching resources to support the learning and teaching of environmental change as both a short-term COVID19 response and for the longer-term improvement of learning, accessibility and outreach within and beyond the academic community.
This project started in Spring 2020, when many of us within the university teaching sector had to scramble to get teaching material online in response to coronavirus closures. Different universities have made different choices for academic year 2020-21, but almost everyone required at least partial online provision, and it seems very likely that many will experience a period of online instruction this year in response to local lockdown. There is a clear need for, and great potential in, virtual environments to improve access to learning for educators, students and wider audiences, both in the current crisis and in the future to increase accessibility and to enhance classroom, field and lab classes.
The ViPs project is created by the palaeosciences community for the community, and intends to make it easier for educators, students and the curious to find existing resources, share expertise in creating and using resources, and bring together the community to support each other. Changing technology and its availability can offer new / different opportunities within the learning environment (and shifting student expectations) and the current situation gives us opportunity (and a push) to begin to address this.
| Type of Project | Small Grant |
|---|---|
| Status | Project Live |
| Funder(s) | Quaternary Research Association |
| Value | £1,500.00 |
| Project Dates | May 1, 2021 - Jan 31, 2025 |
| Partner Organisations | No Partners |
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