When: Tuesday, May 16, 2023, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Where: Virtual & In person (CAWP Caseroom, Rm. 2916)
Speaker: Dr. Sara Barron
This event is free and will be held virtually and in person. Lunch will be provided to the first 50 in-person attendees and granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Please bring a drink.
About the Seminar
Online, in-person, hybrid, synchronous, asynchronous. As educators we have shifted our classes to accomodate learning safely during a pandemic. The way we teach has changed in ways we are only beginning to unpack. Though there were challenges, there were also opportunities. New techniques and technologies emerged to foster new learning environments. This seminar will demonstrate two learning tools – Padlet and Perusal – inherently discussion-based online platforms that can extend and enrich classroom conversations. The talk will reflect on challenges and successes in adopting these tools across a range of learning environments and suggest their potential in building classroom community.
About the Speaker
Dr. Barron is the Program Director for the Master of Urban Forestry Leadership program. Sara’s research interests bridge landscape architecture and urban forestry. Her dissertation explored the design and assessment of future urban forest scenarios in compact communities. She has expertise in large-scale sustainable community planning and climate change research projects and holds a Master of Landscape Architecture degree.
About the Teaching & Learning Lunch Seminar Series
The Teaching & Learning Lunch Seminar Series features extraordinary in-house and external speakers highlighting teaching & learning experiences or pedagogical research in UBC Forestry and beyond. The lunchtime forum invites the interactive participation of the public surrounding the speakers’ presentations and will open wider discussions about education in Forestry and undergraduate instruction in general.