Mini short course: Teaching about Planning for Failure: Landslide Analysis for a Safer Society

Thursday March 11, 2021

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Landslide in Cusco, Peru. In this unit, students will study techniques needed to asses landslide sites that affect human systems and infrastructure, as shown in this image. From Wikipedia

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12-2 pm PT | 1-3 pm MT | 2-4 pm CT | 3-5 pm ET | 8-10 pm UTC

Registration is closed.

This course is part of the GETSI Virtual Mini Short Course Series.

Instructors

Bobak Karimi (Wilkes University)
Beth Pratt-Sitaula (UNAVCO)

Mini-course Description

This mini-course will give instructors a chance to learn about the Planning for Failure: Landslide Analysis for a Safer Society majors-level GETSI module as well as ideas for teaching it virtually and in-person. It will include interactive opportunities for instructors to actually work through parts of student exercises, discuss ideas with peers, and work on implementation planning. $50 stipend* for completion of the course and short implementation plan. All module units are online-ready or online-adaptable.

The module supports student learning of empirical methods of mass movement (landslide) hazard mapping and how to tie that to making smarter societal choices. Students explore landslide detection from digital topographic data, the distributive pattern of landslides in a region, and how predictive models (susceptibility maps) are developed and analyzed. This culminates in generating of a risk analysis report and management plan. Materials for student reading and preparation exercises, in-class discussions, lab exercises, group activities, and jigsaw experience are all provided, including teaching tips and suggestions for modifications for a variety of classes from geomorphology to geotechnical engineering.

Mini-course elements

• Watch ~7 minute video (MP4 Video 10.4MB Oct20 20) prior to the first mini-course you attend.
• Participate in the full 2-hour session.
  (If you are unable to attend the mini-course at its scheduled time, we recommend watching the webinar related to teaching the same module: Teaching Landslide Analysis to Undergraduates: Planning for Failure and a Safer Society.)
• Complete an Implementation Planning Form by the end of Sunday following the mini-course (expected time ~20-30 minutes; you will have some time near the end of the 2-hour session but may need to take a bit of additional time to complete your plan and feedback)
• $50 stipend* for participants who complete the Implementation Planning Form by the deadline (Sunday March 14) . Must be US citizen or permanent resident to receive a stipend; however, others are welcome to participate without compensation.

Audience

The mini-courses are intended for undergraduate instructors: college and university faculty (including adjunct), post-docs expecting to teach soon, and graduate students with teaching or TAing responsibilities. Secondary K-12 teachers are also welcome; the introductory level modules have been successfully adapted to K-12. You may attend multiple mini-courses and receive the $50 stipend for each. Maximum of 50 registrants per mini-course so please only sign up if you intend to attend.

If you attended the GETSI short course during AGU 2019 (Using Geophysics Data to Teach About Flooding, Landslides, and Climate Change in Undergraduate Majors Courses), you have already been introduced to this module.

Goals

Participants will:

• Learn about how lidar data can be used can be used for landslide analysis
• Access online teaching resources presented in the short course
• Practice using teaching resources
• Start implementation plan for use of teaching resources

Files for the course

All files are available in the Planning for Failure: Landslide Analysis for a Safer Society module. However for simplicity, we are providing a zipped bundle of files from student exercises we will be referring to.

• landslides-mini-course-file-bundle.zip (Zip Archive 931kB Mar10 21) - bundle of student exercises files more heavily referred to during the mini-course. We recommend downloading this zipped file for easy access during the course.
• Short video to watch (opt.): This animation overviews the the lidar method. If you are interested, we recommend watching it as well (this is in addition to the ~7 minute video that you should watch prior to the first mini-course you attend).
  • YouTube Video: How Lidar Works in Earth and Environmental Sciences (5 minutes)
• Teaching about Planning for Failure: Landslide Analysis Presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 15.1MB Mar11 21) - these slides were largely drawn from instructor presentations and other content already included in the module resources

Questions

Beth Pratt-Sitaula - prattsitaula AT unavco.org

*Must be US citizen or permanent resident to receive a stipend; however others are welcome to participate without compensation.
You may attend multiple mini-courses. Stipends will be compiled and sent out after the end of the term during which the mini-course was held.