River Conservation Introduction

Your Tasks Due Today:

1. At your convenience between now and the second class, please watch the videos provided below. There is no "quiz" associated with these videos, as this is the course introduction

2. In class today, I will go through this website, introduce myself, and ask each of you to introduce yourselves.

Educational content addessed in this chapter:

• Why you should take this class
• Course pedagogy
  • Course goal
  • SLOs
  • Prerequisites
  • Flipped class framework
• Course Content
  • Part 1: diagnosing problems
  • Part 2: solving problems
• Course website
• Course Learning management system (LMS)
• Introduction to river conservation
  • Species extinctions
  • Causes of extinctions
  • Philosophies underpinning Earth stewardship
  • Conservaiton biology definition and concepts

Assignment we will work on in class today:

• None.

Related web links:

• TBD

Video Podcast: Introduction to River Conservation - Part 1

This 33-minute presentation explains the course goal, student learning objectives, course content, and how a "flipped" class like this works. It also lays out what resources and activities will be a part of the class as well as the responsibility students have to drive their own learning, taking advantage of course content and activities.

• 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (294 MB file)
• 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (2.6 GB file)

Video Podcast: Introduction to River Conservation - Part 2

This 20-minute presentation lays out some of the evidence-based justificaiton behind the claim that the Earth's ecosystme is in a state of systemic collapse and it provides some basic ideas about conservation as a science.

• 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (137 MB file)
• 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (932 GB file)