Designing Place-based Education for Online Teaching

Abstract

Online teaching for place-based experiential  learning is a rather new practice that can be used to create a  more engaging and comprehensive learning experience.  Though, it is a challenge to deliver experiential learning and  place-based education in online teaching. This paper reports  how we tackled this challenge in the pedagogical development  of an interdisciplinary course within the European University  Alliance for Global Health. In the present context, place-based  experiential learning was introduced to create opportunities  for interlinkages between the students’ local tangible situation, a public urban space in their neighbourhood and the global  environmental challenges. The paper describes and discusses the theoretical background, structure and the teacher role  proposed to motivate students to engage with their local case  and to connect and reflect upon their tangible experiences and  analysis in online interaction with teachers and fellow students.