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VcaIII  \nExperiences in an Outdoor Setting   \nAlice L.E.V. Cassidy  \nUniversity of British Columbia  \nW. Alan Wright  \nUniversity of Windsor  \nWilliam B. Strean University of Alberta  \nGavan P. L. Watson Western University  \nIn this paper, we use a day-long professional development workshop for higher education faculty conducted in an outdoor setting as the starting point for an examination of the value of such activities. We explore the potential benefits, in terms of learning and holistic well-being, of educational activities designed to provide participants with sessions either in the natural environment or the built (urban) environment beyond the four walls of the traditional classroom. Drawing on the literature of ‘place-based learning’, the well-established traditions of some conference organizations, the emerging trend to mount such pre-conference workshops in the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE: Canada) and the feedback of past participants, we explore the nature of these experiences and the various outcomes, grappling with the challenge of identifying tangible ‘takeaways’ at the individual and community levels. We conclude with directions for further analysis of the role of this type of session in terms of conference pedagogy and means of measuring impact on the well-being, outlook, and practices of instructors in higher education.  \nOrientation  \nMuch has been written about major  \ntransformations underway in higher education (Barr & Tagg, 1995; Brookfield, 2000; Cranton, 1994) . Articles and books are replete with studies, analysis, and commentaries concerning the failure of higher education, the crisis of financing universities, the crippling burden of student debt, and educational technologies transforming the learning experience to the point that the very existence of traditional face-toface classroom learning is said to be under threat.  \nSome examples describe a movement from someone in front of a large computer-generated image in a traditional lecture hall to that of an asynchronous learning experience whereby a lone student is face-toface with a computer screen. Yet, despite the transformations higher education is undergoing, common to both these experiences is a certain sense of place: the Internet or the lecture hall all have a feeling of ‘somewhere’ for those participating.  \nAlthough educational developers are among the first to acknowledge that experiential learning à la Kolb (1984) and practical internships help provide invaluable learning experiences for post-secondary students, conference pedagogy tends to be largely stuck in the age of historic presentation followed by question and answer, coupled in some instances with interactive conversation and small group activities. But even the more adventurous of conference sessions are, on the whole a homogeneous experience: conducted in traditional campus classroom settings,  \nwith the insistence on the provision of movable seating often the most ‘radical’ departure from the rows and rows of eager learners which is the traditional norm. Leaving a conference with any sense of the place often happens in spite of the formal learning.  \nFor several years a number of university professors and educational developers have conducted day-long workshops in outdoor settings on the preconference day of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE; see Table 1) .  \nTable 1  \nSummary ofSTLHE outdoor pre-conference sessions led by some or all ofthe authors  \n\n| Year | Host city | Paddling\u003Cbr>location | Conference theme |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2005 | Charlottetown,\u003Cbr>Prince Edward Island | North Rustico | A Fine Balance: The Student Experience of Learning |\n| 2006 | Toronto,\u003Cbr>Ontario | Harbourfront and Toronto Island | Knowledge and Its Communities |\n| 2007 | Edmonton, Alberta | Fort Edmonton Park | Evolving","cbCaijAU4RnNA95O","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijAU4RnNA95O","pdf",224728,"English","# Orientation\n## Transformations in Higher Education and Sense of Place\n## Conference Pedagogy Constraints\n## Outdoor Pre-Conference Workshops (STLHE)\n## Participant Feedback and Takeaways","[{\"question\":\"What is the paper’s starting point for evaluating outdoor professional development?\",\"answer\":\"A day-long professional development workshop for higher-education faculty conducted in an outdoor setting.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper frame the benefits of learning beyond the traditional classroom?\",\"answer\":\"It explores potential benefits for learning and holistic well-being when educational activities occur in natural or built environments beyond the four walls of the classroom.\"},{\"question\":\"What challenge does the paper address regarding workshop value?\",\"answer\":\"Identifying tangible “takeaways” at both individual and community levels, beyond relying on the satisfaction index.\"}]","The Interplay of Space, Place and Identity - Transforming Our Learning Experiences in an Outdoor Setting | PDF",1792087489]