Collaborative Learning and Global Education: Human-Environment Interactions in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Laura Brewington; Kim Engie; Stephen J. Walsh; Carlos Mena

doi:10.1080/00221341.2012.740066

Collaborative Learning and Global Education: Human-Environment Interactions in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Laura Brewington, Kim Engie, Stephen J. Walsh, Carlos Mena

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This article focuses on two innovative approaches to teaching human-environment interactions and international engagement in geography: (1) utilization of an agent-based model (ABM) at undergraduate levels to explicitly demonstrate complexity theories, and (2) implementation of a teaching experiment that connects students simultaneously enrolled in companion courses in North Carolina and in the Galápagos Islands through various multimedia and synthetic approaches to enrich a case study of conservation challenges to a World Heritage Site. Spatial simulation models are used to complement integrative geographic learning, to demand higher order skills of students and build critical thinking in college classes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	179-192
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Geography
Volume	112
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2012.740066
State	Published - Sep 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Galápagos Islands
agent-based model
human-environment interactions
scenario testing
student engagement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Earth-Surface Processes

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