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Engaging with Environmental Management: The Use of E-Learning for Motivation and Skills Enhancement

Engaging with Environmental Management: The Use of E-Learning for Motivation and Skills Enhancement

Jim Wright, Michael J. Clark, Sally J. Priest, Rizwan Nawaz
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781599049809|ISBN10: 1599049805|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925925|EISBN13: 9781599049816
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-980-9.ch006
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Wright, Jim, et al. "Engaging with Environmental Management: The Use of E-Learning for Motivation and Skills Enhancement." E-Learning for Geographers: Online Materials, Resources, and Repositories, edited by Philip Rees, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 100-115. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-980-9.ch006

APA

Wright, J., Clark, M. J., Priest, S. J., & Nawaz, R. (2009). Engaging with Environmental Management: The Use of E-Learning for Motivation and Skills Enhancement. In P. Rees, L. MacKay, D. Martin, & H. Durham (Eds.), E-Learning for Geographers: Online Materials, Resources, and Repositories (pp. 100-115). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-980-9.ch006

Chicago

Wright, Jim, et al. "Engaging with Environmental Management: The Use of E-Learning for Motivation and Skills Enhancement." In E-Learning for Geographers: Online Materials, Resources, and Repositories, edited by Philip Rees, et al., 100-115. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-980-9.ch006

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Abstract

There is an inherent antithesis between environmental management as professional practice and as concept or philosophy. Not only does this antithesis pose a problem in teaching environmental management, but also learners often have difficulty with the broad-based, multi-disciplinary nature of the subject and the value-laden nature of many environmental management decisions. Furthermore, field experience is an inherent part of environmental management and fieldwork is thus a necessary component of most environmental management modules. E-learning offers a mechanism through which to address these potential problems, through virtual practical experience and by serving as a virtual management laboratory. In this chapter, the undergraduate focus of a module on Upland Catchment Management and on environmental management is compared with e-learning for postgraduate delivery (a module on GIS for Environmental Management). The differing styles of delivery highlight the flexibility of e-learning as a vehicle for acquiring skills and knowledge, and underpin the claim that the result is an enhanced engagement with the practice of informed management.

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