The document discusses a biology course module focused on a field trip to study a bog ecosystem, with learning objectives for students to identify bog creatures, provide peer feedback, contribute to group knowledge, and synthesize findings. Students will take photos of creatures and share them online, provide Twitter feedback, contribute to a blog/wiki, and create a group presentation. The challenge is to think of ways to use emerging technologies to support the students' field trip activities and bring their work into the online course component.

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Case Study 1 : Creatures From The Bog
You are teaching a Biology course on wetland
ecosystems. The course is mostly classroom-based with
an online component for student collaboration in
WebCT Vista. There are a number of planned field trips
for each module in the course. One of the modules is
called "The Study of a Bog" and will focus on plant and
animal adaptations and deal with the issues of
conservation, habitat and pollution within this unique
ecosystem. This module includes a field trip to Burns
Bog in Richmond. The learning objectives you have set Solution
for this particular module and field trip are for students
to work in groups to accomplish the following: Activity 1: Shared Digital Repository
Tool: Flickr
1. Identify and explain bog creatures Set-Up Time: 10 minutes
2. Comment and give feedback on peer work Keep-up Time:
3. Contribute to knowledge creation in an authentic Tech Savvy: Low
way Activity 2: On-the-Spot Feedback
4. Synthesize group findings Tool: Twitter
Set-Up Time: 10 minutes
There are a number of activities assigned to students Keep-up Time:
on this particular field trip that will support these Tech Savvy: Low
learning objectives, including:
Activity 3: Share Knowledge
Tool: Blog/Wiki
1. Take photos of bog creatures and identify them;
Set-Up Time: 10 minutes
share these photos with the whole class Keep-up Time:
2. Give "on-the-spot" feedback to peers on Tech Savvy: Low
information gathered in the bog using online tools
3. Share knowledge you have gathered with peers Activity 4: Group Presentation
inside and outside the class; connect to a social Tool: Prezi
network or community of practice Set-Up Time: 1 hour
4. Create a group presentation that summarizes bog Keep-up Time:
Tech Savvy: Medium
research & share with the whole class
Challenge! Resources
Your challenge now is to figure out ways to use Check out our wiki for all the resources discussed in this
emerging technologies to support your students' field session: http://wiki.ubc.ca/EmergingTech
trip activities. You should also be thinking about how to
bring the information & data gathered and produced by
your students into your online course.
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