Virtual Field trips
This is one of several themes that have emerged from the group for further study and exploration since launching the network in early 2020.
Guiding Questions for this work:
Q: What are you hoping to emulate when shifting* your program, experience, or activity online? Why?
Q: What strand** of learning science in informal environments are you focused on? Why? How?
Q: What can nonformal educators, formal educators, and administrators learn from each other about new possibilities for these adventures?
March 10, 2021:
Virtual Field Trips Regional Share Outs
This 55 minute session featured two active Rural Learning Collaborative participants who shared their process and products from the past year reimagining their in person informal/nonformal offerings for the limitations of the pandemic.
Full Session Recording (Slide Decks Below)
0:00-22:00 - Christina Cid shares Virtual Resources from the High Desert Museum (Bend)
22:00-41:00 - Anne Armstrong shares Outdoor School Virtual Resources at the Coastal Discovery Center (Newport)
2021-03_Rural Learning Collaborative.pptxSlide Deck: Anne Armstrong, Coastal Discovery Center (Newport)
Christina Cid, Director of Programs at the High Desert Museum in Bend
January 12, 2021:
Virtual Field Trips/Explorations - Shifting!
This session offered opportunities for Rural Learning Collaborative Participants to work collaboratively to think about how to shift from in person to virtual using the strands from Learning Science in Informal Environments.
Small groups in the Rural Learning Collaborative worked collaboratively to shift portions of a generic field trip example to an interactive and multi-faceted virtual exploration. What would you do? What's missing? How can you emulate these experiences over a different timeline than an afternoon?
*Learning Science In Informal Environments Strands used in session
Which strand of learning science in informal environments does your work focus on with learners? Why? How?
One pager definitions of these strands here. This one pager was used in small group conversation to build understanding on which strand different virtual field trips or explorations were focused on when planning for shift towards virtual.
Learn more about these strands by heading to the Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits
