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We are going to have one final (informal) webinar – following on our webinar series from last spring and this summer – on digital 3D Hand samples on Aug 10, 2020 (noon Easter; 11 am Central; 10 am Mountain; 9 am Pacific Time (US and Canada)).  The Link is below.  This topic was not directly covered in our earlier webinar series and is likely necessary for online Fall teaching.  Sara Carena (University of Munich, Germany) will be the main presenter.  If you would like to see examples of the types of 3D Hand samples that she will be demonstrating how to produce, here is a link (these are worth looking at):

https://sketchfab.com/saracarena1/collections/structural-geology

This webinar will be hosted by NAGT and it will be posted on the SERC website, so you can watch it even if you cannot make the meeting time. 

On a related note, another community effort has recently been initiated to gather, curate and encourage development of resources for teaching with specimens in online Mineralogy/Petrology/Earth Resources courses.  If you are interested in more information about that group, please contact Rachel Teasdale, Laurel Goodell, Keith Putirka and/or Erik Klemetti.

We hope everyone is staying well this summer and that the virtual field activities went as well as possible. 

Chris (for the organizers)

OVERVIEW OF THE AUGUST 10 SEMINAR: The goal of the seminar is to provide a description of setup and workflow for beginners to make 3D digital hand sample models.  In particular, the webinar is designed for people who have no specific experience in photography and photogrammetry, are on a limited budget, and may need to produce a large amount of material in a short time. Sara will give a brief overview also of sketchfab (which currently seems to be the easiest platform for wide distribution of models). She will briefly touch upon examples of applications for the models (e.g. embedding in virtual field exercises), but most of the presentation is going to be about how to actually make 3D models of rock samples and distribute them. This is a webinar for beginners; experts and advanced users probably would get bored.

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All:

 

I have been reflecting on the pandemic and its implications for faculty, staff, and students. Each of us have unique lived experiences that are impacted by the pandemic.  None of these impacts is more “difficult” than any other – whether we are single, partnered, parents of small children or teenagers, non-parents, children of nearby elderly parents, living far from family, etc.  – we are all facing unprecedented uncertainty and associated stress that impacts our mental and physical wellbeing. In this light, collaboration seems particularly important.

 

There are a gazillion resources for teaching intro courses online (the SERC website is awesome, of course) and many fewer resources for effectively teaching remotely. I am working with several colleagues to help them make the move to online courses/labs – we are seeking that sweet spot where instructor effort and student outcomes are maximized 😊

 

Since Fall is ramping up, it occurred to me that others might have VERY NEW resources to share for courses other than intro to geo. Or, others may have immediate needs for courses that have not traditionally garnered a lot of attention.

 

I’ll go first – anyone have (or know of) new resources for moving mineralogy lab online?

 

Best

Julie

 

 

Julie Libarkin (she / her)
Professor & Director - Geocognition Research Lab
Michigan State University
288 Farm Lane, 206 Natural Science
East Lansing, MI 48824
 
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Website: https://geocognitionresearchlaboratory.wordpress.com/

 

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