[Odonata-l] More on getting people outside

[tmorse@teleport.com]

On 11 Nov 2006 at 22:23, Pam Hunt wrote:

> Imagine my horror this past winter when the college asked if I'd be 
> interested in teaching "Natural History" as an "online" course!

While I understand and appreciate your sentiments, would it not be 
possible to design the course with assignments that can only be 
accomplished by getting outdoors?  You have the potential to reach many 
more students on-line than would ever be able to attend your classes in 
person.

Particularly if these are non-credit classes, you can emphasize at the 
outset that students will only be cheating themselves if they skimp on the 
outdoor component, and should reflect on why they want to take the class 
before signing up.

Terry Morse
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"To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or seaside stroll is 
a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of 
which have their faces turned to the wall." - Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-  
1895), On the Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences (1854).