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GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Paper No. 363-6
Presentation Time: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES TO DEVELOPING INCLUSIVE GEOLOGY FIELD EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS WITH MOBILITY DISABILITIES


CROMPTON, Helen, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, OH 23529, COLLINS, Trevor, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, OH MK7 6AA, WHITMEYER, Steven, Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, 395 S. HIgh St, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, ATCHISON, Chris, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, PIATEK, Jennifer, Central Connecticut State University, Connecticut, PYLE, Eric J., Department of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, ERIKSSON, Susan C., Eriksson Associates LLC, 3980 Broadway, Suite 103 #168, Boulder, CO 80304, MARSHALL, Anita M., School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620 and CARABAJAL, Ivan G., School of Education, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, crompton@odu.edu

In the GP-EXTRA: Engaging Students in Inclusive Geoscience Field Experiences via Onsite-Remote Partnerships project, an interdisciplinary team explored the affordances of mobile technologies in supporting students with disabilities on geological field trips. From this project, a group of nine faculty experts came together from multiple disciplines, including geology, education, and computer science to design, develop, and implement an inclusive geology field trip on the west coast of Ireland.

The group worked with 11 geology students from various higher education institutions in the US. Six of the students had mobility challenges, and the other five students were fully mobile. For this field trip, students were groups as two mobile and two less mobile students. The geological trips had the two students who were mobile at one location and the two students who were less mobile at another location. Each location had interesting features that were accessible to those students. To share with the other members of the team technology was used to connect the students.

Students were given iPads and using various applications, such as note taking tools and virtual synchronous and asynchronous applications, the students were able to communicate with their partners and share their geological findings. Students, in particular the less mobile students found this field trip inclusive and described the way that they were able to access locations through the technology that they previously could not access. The students with mobility issues used the technology to talk with their partners, ask questions and direct them to where they wanted to explore further with the camera. We will be sharing the findings from field trip including how mobile technologies and applications supported learning as well as lessons learned on improving the technologies and the pedagogical use of the technology to best provide an inclusive learning experience.

Session No. 363--Booth# 156

T105. Building an Inclusive Geoscience Community Today for Tomorrow (Posters)
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Halls 4EF (Washington State Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301561
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