Adventure+Learning

=__Adventure Learning__= Rhonda Baumgardner

Introduction
Adventure Learning is a combination of collaborative learning from the classroom with learning from researchers in real live time who are discovering real-world issues. By displaying for the students detailed journal entries of the environment or encounters, videos, photographs, and sounds; the students actually feel like they are on the adventure themselves. A curriculum is attached to each expedition, where students are presented with real-world problems to collaborate on to try and solve. There are also other collaborative opportunities for students to share their findings, pictures, perspectives with either the explorers, a person in the field (scientist or educator), or an expert around the world. Adventure Learning is also considered meaningful learning, which is a big benefit when it comes to retaining information. There are many adventure projects out there such as Go North! Greenland 2010, Earthducation, and Arctic Transect 2004. Usually the focus is on science, nature, or technology. The adventure learning projects are meant to supplement or enhance the school curriculum that teachers already use. Technological affordances occurs due to adventure learning through the collaboration aspect. It can also be looked as an affordance of enhanced opportunity for collaboration.

History
Dr. Aaron Doering is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. His interest is in distance learning and adventure learning environments. He defined adventure learning in 2006 and then refined it in 2009 with a colleague Charles Miller.

Application
Teachers in the K-12 classrooms can use adventure learning programs, which already have teacher lesson plans included, activities, and ideas. The internet is needed to accomplish the adventure learning.

Educational Example
http://www.polarhusky.com/support/adventure-learning/

Resources
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=what%20is%20adventure%20learning&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDkQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fciteseerx.ist.psu.edu%2Fviewdoc%2Fdownload%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.138.4400%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf&ei=HIuwTrvIHIn-qQHQi92uBQ&usg=AFQjCNEJzDmB_Re92z4jB8ZxtnQgTEJPMg&cad=rja http://www.cehd.umn.edu/adventure/ http://lt.umn.edu/earthducation/theoryIntoPractice.html http://lt.umn.edu/earthducation/assets/alEducationSocialTech.pdf

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