{"id":972,"date":"2016-02-18T16:48:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T00:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/?p=972"},"modified":"2016-02-18T16:48:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T00:48:31","slug":"hybrid-course-living-with-cascade-volcanoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hybridflc\/2016\/02\/18\/hybrid-course-living-with-cascade-volcanoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid course “Living with Cascade Volcanoes”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I plan\u00a0to develop a hybrid version of the GEO 305 course Living with Cascade volcanoes<\/em>.\u00a0This is a 3 credit baccalaureate core course for non majors, and is designed to provide students with an insight into\u00a0the processes that lead to the formation of volcanoes, the different types of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions, and the hazards that volcanoes can present to people and infrastructure. The typical enrollment is 40-60 students.\u00a0The focus of the class is on our “local” volcanoes of the Cascades such as Mount Hood and Mount St Helens, but we will also venture out to look at other volcanoes around the world – particularly in the developing world where volcano-related hazards can be much more acute. We’ll specifically use case studies from recent volcanic eruptions to understand volcanic processes and the hazards they represent (examples such as the Amero disaster in Columbia, Mount St Helens in 1980, Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland, Kilauea Hawaii and Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines).<\/p>\n

The course is being developed to be a “hybrid” class – with both face to face (‘f2f’) and online modalities. My\u00a0goal with a hybrid approach is to prioritize f2f time for discussions and other activities that reinforce learning, while using online activities and research to provide the initial knowledge, and also to take advantage of an existing rich environment of online resources regarding volcanoes and volcanic eruptions.<\/p>\n

Other\u00a0features I plan to build into the course:<\/p>\n