Tag: active learning
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A Hard Freeze in the Basement: The Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip 2016
The Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip is an annual rite of spring; when early April arrives it’s time for our weekend trip to explore the geologic structures of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions. A week ago Saturday, we were rolling deep with 36 students and two TAs. We departed from Williamsburg on…
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Over the Hills and Far Away: The Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip 2015
The Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip is a springtime ritual; last weekend we headed over the hills and far away. At our apogee, we were 233 km west-northwest of campus in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. With 43 of us packed into four vans, this was the largest Earth Structure & Dynamics field trip yet.…
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Field Methods 2014: Put Your Hiney in the Piney
When many of my academic colleagues (both at W&M and further afield) learn that I write a blog it is commonly followed by an amused grin and a question along the line of “why besmirch yourself with a blog?” In the academy, peer-reviewed publications, primarily in academic journals and books, are the coin of the…