USING ESRI ONLINE APPLICATIONS AND GEOSCIENCE DATA IN CAPSTONE PROJECTS FOR HONORS GEOLOGY: 2Y COLLEGE

Adult learners in an honors geology class engaged in a capstone collaborative project, which integrated the use of ESRI online applications and field data collection, to produce thematic maps of their field trip experiences. These experiences included virtual data collection and visualization as well as in field data observations. The projects included: 1) the use of online, live data streams to monitor active volcanoes for a semester long volcano project, and 2) mapping the observed correlation of Mississippian karst units (Boone Formation) exposed in both NW Arkansas and extreme NE Oklahoma. The Boone Formation serves as a subsurface aquifer in the Picher, OK, Tar Creek Superfund Site of NE Oklahoma and is exposed as karst features in the surface in extreme NW Arkansas. Students collected data online and in the field to generate final presentations, report s and maps, as products of their learning experience. View story map here: http://arcg.is/uiqPy

ESRI apps which were integrated into the learning experience were: 1) ArcGIS online, 2) Collector, and 3) Story Maps. None of the learners in the Introduction to Geology Honors course were required to have GIST (geospatial information science and technology) courses or training to use these online resources for their projects.