Flipping the adult natural resources classroom to build community and learn in nature

Abstract

Flipped classroom promoted learning, experiences in nature, and networking.  Learners demonstrated high satisfaction and knowledge change in each program element. Course graduates declared an intent to impact over 30,000 acres of land.

Natural sciences education in a COVID‐19 world

“…Here papers explore adopting introductory soil science labs to online format (Wolters & Lepcha, 2021), visualizing soil science field trips (Schulze et al, 2021 ), remote delivery of field experiences in soil science (Aleman et al, 2021) and using video and photography for remote field instruction of a forestry course (Culbert, 2021). A study by Owen et al (2021) evaluates changing an in-person collegiate soil judging event into a virtual experience, while a paper by Janke (2021) flips the adult natural resources classroom to build community and learn directly in nature.…”