Center for Watershed Protection and UMUC Receive Maryland Distance Learning Association Award
Summary
UMUC possesses the largest distance learning program worldwide, and had faculty who were interested in incorporating watershed curriculum into their environmental management classes.Karen Cappiella, Hye Yeong Kwon, and Anne Kitchell, with assistance from other Center staff, developed the course content in partnership with UMUC.The class contains numerous interactive elements, including delineation of a subwatershed, and intensive discussions among students on a variety of topics requiring critical thinking about their own watersheds.UMUC possesses the largest distance learning program worldwide, and had faculty who were interested in incorporating watershed curriculum into their environmental management classes.Karen Cappiella, Hye Yeong Kwon, and Anne Kitchell, with assistance from other Center staff, developed the course content in partnership with UMUC.The vision for distance learning was to enhance the watershed learning experience by providing a forum that has wider geographic coverage, convenient access, and flexibility to bring together a wider network of both trainers and trainees.While the Center worked to provide the content and Center Research Director Karen Cappiella taught the first course, it has since been led by UMUC faculty members numerous times and has continued to be offered by UMUC.