Environmental Studies 343/Global Studies 343: Global Envonmental Change highlights contemporary global environmental change issues like climate change, diminishing biodiversity and plastics pollution. Students examine the relationships between the local, regional and global dimensions of environmental change, how human societies make environments and environments influence humanity over time, and critically reflect on how relations of power, production and reproduction over various scales work in association with the web of life. While doing this, students also have opportunities to learn how they learn.
ETEXT: Katz-Rosene, R. & Paterson, M. (2018). Thinking Ecologically About the Global Political Economy. New York: Routledge. (PDF) |
Kohn, A. (November 2011). The case against grades. Educational Leadership. |
Robinson, K. (2010 February) Bring on the learning revolution. TED Talks. |
Hogue, R. (2019, February 6). Principles of andragogy. Youtube. |
Dron, J. (2013, May 9). “Getting to Know The Landing." Athabasca University Landing. |
The Learning Context: Part 1
Images by Dr. Lorelei Hanson, Athabasca University, unless otherwise noted. |
The Learning Context: Part 2
Images by Dr. Lorelei Hanson, Athabasca University, unless otherwise noted. |
—LEARNING PROCESS REFLECTION RESOURCES— You should not feel compelled to use the learning process templates; rather, you should structure your reflections to suit you. You are welcome to use different ways of structuring your self-reflections for example by telling stories (we love to see creative solutions!). Just be certain you are covering the kinds of issues that these frameworks address, and you are thinking about your learning critically. Reflection is a crucial part of learning any complex skill so the hope is that the practice you get here will serve you well in future. |
Sample Rubric for ENVS/GLST 343 |
Course Learning Outcomes Map |
Wikipedia article on reflective practice
As always with Wikipedia, follow links to the original sources and/or drill down further to other Wikipedia pages. |
Graham Gibbs’s Reflective Model |
Terry Burton’s Reflective Model (1970) as adapted by Gary Rolfe and colleagues (2001): What? So what? Now What? |
—RUBRICS— A sample rubric has been developed that you can use or alter, but you can also develop your own assessment guidelines. Here are some resources that you might find helpful in developing your assessment guide. Tailor the assessment guide to the learning activities you hope to undertake and don’t make your assessment guide too complicated. |
Checklist Rubrics: DePaul Teaching Commons, Types of Rubrics |
E-portfolio Assessment Rubric |
ePortfolio RUBRIC |