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Teaching Soils Using Online, Flexible and Distance Education Techniques for the 21st Century.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 3:30 PM
Marriott Tampa Waterside, Florida Salon I-III, Second Level

Benjamin P. Wilson, School of Environmental Science, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia and Jason Condon, School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Innovative teaching methods which include online, flexible and distance learning are being utilised to teach soil science to students of agricultural and environmental science at Charles Sturt University, Australia.  We describe the methods used and discuss the positive and negative aspects from both the student and instructor perspectives.  We also present 9 years of student results and feedback regarding this form of teaching and compare it to feedback from students in the same programs studying via traditional face to face methods.
See more from this Division: SSSA Division: Soil Education and Outreach
See more from this Session: Symposium--Teaching of Soils in the 21st Century

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