Live from the Field: Forest Restoration
Online
2:00 pm
– 3:00 pm
Admission fees: none
Bring researchers into your classroom and give students a window into the process of scientific inquiry. Join us for an informal chat with researchers and professors studying tropical forest restoration ecology in Costa Rica, Hawai'i, and Indonesia. Find out who they are, how they got interested in this field, and the research questions they are asking. You'll also be introduced to an open-access, online resource library of learning modules in tropical ecology. Instructor resources available.
This event is a collaboration between OCELOTS and The Virtual Field
Leaders
- Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica:
- Miriam San José, Investigator, Charles Darwin Research Station
- Rakan A. Zahawi, Executive Director and CEO, Charles Darwin Research Station
- University of Hawai'i at Hilo: Becky Ostertag, Professor
- Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia: Akbar Reza, Faculty of Biology
Moderated by Brittany Cavazos, Assistant Professor of Biology, Stonehill College, Massachusetts
Details
"Live from the Field" events are 50-minute events, typically featuring researchers from three field sites who describe their interests and research in 8-minute videos, then participants join a live, moderated Q&A session with the researchers. Events are recorded for asynchronous instructional use.
In this event, researchers and professors will talk about their research on tropical forest restoration ecology in Costa Rica, Hawai'i, and Indonesia, and how using the OCELOTS learning modules have enhanced student experiences.
“Live from the Field” events are international collaborations led by the Center for Environmental Inquiry that give students virtual field experiences in ecosystems all over the world as part of The Virtual Field. Events are informal and open to everyone to generate opportunities to speak with researchers and develop a personal interest in doing research. All are welcome. For more information: Dr. Claudia Luke, Sonoma State University, lukec@sonoma.edu
The OCELOTS (Online Content for Experiential Learning of Tropical Systems) Network, funded by NSF, brings together tropical ecology researchers, active learning pedagogy specialists, software developers, and media specialists, with the vision of creating an open-access, online resource library of learning modules in tropical biology. The goal of these modules is to spark excitement in undergraduate biology courses by broadening cultural and geographic perspectives, enhancing principle-based reasoning and quantitative skills in ecology, and changing the way that students learn biology. For more information, contact Ann Russell (arussell@iastate.edu).
In this unique collaboration between The Virtual Field and OCELOTS, Live from the Field events are adapted to showcase two researchers who have created educational modules, and one instructor who has implemented one of the modules in their classroom. The Q&A format that follows remains the same.
How to Sign Up
Register at the link below. Each participant should register separately. Registration is free.
Event times listed are in Pacific Daylight Time.
Zoom meeting details will be sent to you upon registration.
About the Center
Sonoma State University’s Center for Environmental Inquiry empowers university students to work with community members on the environmental challenges of the North Bay. Our mission is to create an engaged and environmentally ready society, one where all people have the skills to find solutions to the challenges facing our earth. SSU Preserves are open to everyone engaged in education or research. Reservations are required.