Student information and course resources
Information for students
Welcome to the VIRTUE-s global classroom!
Webinars were held every Monday at 12.30 – 13.30
We used the ZOOM app for the webinars. If you were not allowed to download the app or register at ZOOM, yuo had to follow this instruction:
Zoominstruktion
As a student, you had to prepare for each seminar with a minor task. These are listed below:
Webinar 1: 2020-04-27 at 12.30 – 13.30 Student Preparations:
To prepare for this webinar you should watch these short videos on video production:
1. Introduction - Video as a language: https://youtu.be/yDqIALpTIX0
2. Shots: https://youtu.be/7z1EbEDC_J0
3. Storyboards: https://youtu.be/XHZyvya0G6M
4. Lights and location: https://youtu.be/9Gmf43juaTs
5. Sounds: https://youtu.be/bbjyrAZlfGo
During the group sessions you had to discuss these questions with your peers:
1. What would you consider being the most important thing to think about when making a video on a science topic?
2. What would you consider being the most problematic challenge when making a video on a science topic?
3. Come up with three questions your group would like to ask Dennis about video production.
Here you can find a booklet on videoproduction for your science project:
English version
German version
Spanish version
Catalan version
Swedish version
Webinar 2: 2020-05-04 at 12.30 – 13.30 Student Preparations:
To prepare for this webinar you had to look at this video and think about the question posed:
Here is another one to get you thinking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D69hGvCsWgA
You can also look at the links posted in the assignment 4 (optional):
4. Ecology and energy
Webinar 3: 2020-05-11 at 12.30 – 13.30 Student Preparations:
Prepare for this webinar by
1. Make an exploration online of biodiversity and how it can be defined in various ways.
2. Write down a couple of interesting examples of symbiosis, especially examples that you have seen yourself.
3. Describe how the VIRTUE-s Project helps promote an understanding of biodiversity
Webinar 4: 2020-05-18 at 12.30 – 13.30 Student Preparations:
To prepare for this webinar you should watch these short videos on ocean literacy:
1. Ocean Literacy by Sea Change project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPUufWMtabM
2. Ocean literacy principles by College of Exploration: https://vimeo.com/45536990
and you should also read this: /sites/default/files/english/oceanlitearcy_submon.pdf
Webinar 5: 2020-05-25 at 12.30 – 13.30 Student Preparations:
At this final webinar you had to give and get feedback from your fellow students on the work you have done.
To prepare for this you should browse through the material published on this webpage.
Assignments
During the whole period you were also assigned 1-2 larger tasks to perform. These you should start with right away!
For a diploma, you needed to participate on the webinars and finalize two assignments.
Your teacher decided which assignments you will work on from the list below and support you in the process.
List of assignments
1. Finalization of work already in progress.
2. Ecological succession
3. Biodiversity
4. Ecology and energy
5. Comparative analysis of VIRTUE discs
6. Virtue meets art
7. Teaching others
8. Ocean literacy principles
Deadline for these assignments were 20th of May 2020. You handed it in to your teacher.
In the final webinar you had to give and receive feedback on other students work on these assignments.
Information for teachers
Welcome to the VIRTUE-s global classroom!
The webinars were conducted by researchers in the VIRTUE-s project. You were all welcomed to participate and in the final webinar it was important for you to be part of the review process. Depending on the situation, schools and student groups might work with different assignments. However, within the frame of all the activities you were encouraged to use some time for peer feedback. The intention was to produce a diploma for those students who participate both in the webinars and in at least two of the assignments.
The list of assignments provided, were ideas, open for adjustments according to your need and situation. It was your responsibility to work out the details for your students and to support them in the process. Collaboration at school level were done at your local, school platforms and scheduled by you, teachers.
You were of course welcomed to contact any of the VIRTUE-s partners for help and support.
Deadline for all student work was 20th of May 2020.
You had to collect and send all student work no later than 22nd of May 2020 to the course leader.
Lecturers were responsible to prepare and lead their webinars. We suggested this basic structure:
1. Lecture (20 min).
2. Students meet in breakout rooms to discuss related topics and questions (20 min).
3. All meet, back in the main room for sharing results from the groups and summarise (20 min).
The webinars were hosted on the ZOOM platform using the Swedish university servers and accounts. This means a high security and that students can join the webinars through a browser without installing any app or registering an account. The link to the webinars should be sent through e-mail, not to be posted on social media. A guide to connect to the ZOOM classroom were found here: /sites/default/files/english/zoominstruction.pdf
If you have any questions on this program, please contact; virtue-s@bioenv.gu.se