On Jan 17, Dr. Paul Pickell discussed some of the benefits of teaching with video games, introduced the Gamification of Forestry project, and shared some recent examples of teaching with Minetest, a Free and Open Source Software clone of the popular Minecraft voxel-based sandbox video game. View the recording here.
The Teaching & Learning Lunch Seminar Series features extraordinary in-house and external speakers highlighting teaching & learning experiences or pedagogical research in UBC Forestry and beyond. The lunchtime forum invites the interactive participation of the public surrounding the speakers’ presentations and will open wider discussions about education in Forestry and undergraduate instruction in general.