This weekend Jess and I went down to Gunnison, Colorado, for the Rocky Mountain Association of Experiential Education conference. This was the culmination of a semester-long project that I've been doing with the undergraduates in my Foundations Experiential Education class.
Throughout the semester we've been interviewing lifelong experiential educators who have worked with either NOLS or Outward Bound. We compiled the results into a presentation that we gave at the conference entitled "Exploring Experiential Education from the Vantage Point of Lifelong Outdoor Educators". The presentation centered on what students get out of an outdoor education experience and how those benefits are attained.
The conference room was packed! The students did such a good job presenting to about 30 people. I think it was a valuable learning experience for them. I gave the introduction, reviewed the methods, and concluded. They gave the meat of the presentation. So good.
Tom Zimmer, Jessie, and I also got to go climbing for a little bit. We did Otto's Route at Colorado National Monument, another desert tower. It was very cool. Four pitches, and exciting little move onto the summit, great hike in, and good times.
Tom Zimmer, Laurie Brown, Melissa Hough, Adrienne Cachelin, Jeff Rose, Wynn Shooter, and Keri Schwab also presented. The University of Utah represented itself pretty well. Good weekend.
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