Teaching Mammalogy online: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and their application to the future
Teaching Mammalogy online: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and their application to the future
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在线教授哺乳动物学：从 COVID-19 大流行中汲取的经验教训及其在未来的应用
作者：
S. Beckmann
自然历史教育者长期以来一直拒绝将数字技术融入他们的教学方法，原因有几个，其中包括人们认为与几乎无处不在的数字工具的使用有关的生物亲和性的丧失。与此同时，拥抱教育技术的努力出于几个原因，包括扩大获得教育机会的机会，增加资源可获得性，解决多样化的学习方式，以及在熟悉的空间接近“数字原住民”。尽管争论仍在继续，但新冠肺炎疫情迫使包括哺乳动物学家在内的几乎所有教育工作者迅速过渡到数字教育，并利用科技有效地教授学生。虽然在某些方面非常困难，但这种转向远程学习的做法提供了确定和利用在线资源来加强学生学习的机会。我认为，这种技术与哺乳动物学课程的融合导致了教学工具的开发，向学生介绍了他们在传统学习环境中可能无法获得的技能和资源，并可能增强了这些学生的教育体验。我介绍了对大流行期间在线哺乳动物学教育的调查结果，提供了在大流行期间开发的教学工具的例子，并建议这些工具应该在未来被整合到哺乳动物学课程中，但不能取代传统的实验室和现场经验。这些在线资源对于资源和预算有限的项目或获取活体哺乳动物野外体验的地理机会有限的项目特别有用。
Educators of natural history have long resisted incorporating digital technology into their pedagogy for several reasons, including a perceived loss of biophilia tied to the near-ubiquitous use of digital tools. Simultaneously, a push to embrace educational technology exists for several reasons, including expanding access to educational opportunities, increasing resource availability, addressing diverse learning modalities, and approaching ‘digital natives’ in a familiar space. While the debate continues, the COVID-19 pandemic forced nearly all educators, including mammalogists, to transition rapidly to digital education and to use technology to teach students effectively. While exceedingly difficult in some respects, this pivot to remote learning provided the opportunity to identify and to use online resources to enhance student learning. I propose that this integration of technology into Mammalogy courses resulted in the development of pedagogical tools that introduced students to skills and resources that they may not have accessed in traditional learning environments and that may have enhanced the educational experience of these same students. I present the results of a survey of online mammalogy education during the pandemic, provide examples of pedagogical tools developed during the pandemic, and propose that these tools should be integrated into Mammalogy courses in the future, but not supplant traditional lab and field experiences. These online resources are particularly useful for programs with limited resources and budgets or with limited geographic access to field experiences with live mammals.
21世纪的哺乳动物学教学：本科教育的进步
影响因子：
1.7
作者：
Flaherty, Elizabeth A;Lanier, Hayley C;Varner, Johanna;Duggan, Jennifer M;Beckmann, Sean;Yahnke, Christopher J;Erb, Liesl P;Patrick, Lorelei E;Dizney, Laurie;Munroe, Karen E
通讯作者：
Munroe, Karen E