Exploring Best Practices in Geoscience Education: Adapting a Video/Animation on Continental Rifting for Upper-Division Students to a Lower-Division Audience
| Autor: | Jeffrey G. Ryan, Siloa Willis, Robert J. Stern, Christy Bebeau |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Earth science Best practice 05 social sciences lcsh:QE1-996.5 050301 education Animation 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences rifting Terminology lcsh:Geology Jargon Continental margin ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION General Earth and Planetary Sciences The Internet Narrative geoscience education business 0503 education geoscience animation Cognitive load 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Geosciences Volume 11 Issue 3 Geosciences, Vol 11, Iss 140, p 140 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2076-3263 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/geosciences11030140 |
| Popis: | Well-crafted and scientifically accurate videos and animations can be effective ways to teach dynamic Earth processes such as continental rifting, both in live course offerings as well as in online settings. However, a quick search of the internet reveals too few high-quality videos/animations describing deep Earth processes. We have modified a hybrid 10.5 min video/animation about continental rifting and the formation of new oceans and passive continental margins created for an upper-division geology audience, retailoring it for a lower-division geology audience. A key challenge in successfully modifying such resources is aligning the cognitive load that the video/animation imposes on students, in part related to the technical geoscientific jargon used in explaining such phenomena, with that which they encounter on these topics in their textbooks and classrooms. We used expert feedback obtained at a 2019 GeoPRISMS (Geodynamic Processes at Rifting and Subducting Margins) workshop in San Antonio to ensure the accuracy of the science content of the upper-division video. We followed this with a review of the terminology and language used in the video/animation, seeking to align the video narrative with the technical language used in introductory geology offerings, which we based on examining five current introductory geology textbooks and feedback from students in introductory geoscience courses. The revised introductory-level video/animation was piloted in an online introductory course, where it provided an improved conceptual understanding of the related processes of continental rifting, opening new oceans, and formation of passive continental margins. |
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