(in Polish) MOVE - MANAGE & ORGANIZE VIRTUAL EXCURSIONS 2022 (4EU+)

elective courses

Before the course student should know the basics of general and structural geology. Student should have the skills of:

- recognition of rocks and tectonic structures,

- doing basic measurements using geological compass,

- geological mapping and to positioning using topographic map, compass and GPS.

Required classes:

- Kurs geologii ogólnej

- Kartowanie geologiczne

- Kurs kartowania geologicznego

- Geologia strukturalna

The course is organized according to the "MOVE" educational project launched as part of the 4EU + European University Alliance. MOVE is an innovative course to design online virtual geoscience excursion (including drone surveys) and foster the active participation of students. The course is carried out in the complex form of webinars, workshops and fieldwork with the assistance of academic teachers from all partner’s universities. The main aim of the course is to design hybrid field/virtual geoscience excursion, that will be performed on Sicily in 2022. The main topics of the course include geology of Sicily, active tectonics, volcanism, earthquakes, surface processes and their record in sedimentary successions. An additional aspect is an environmental impact of contemporary geological processes manifested by seismic hazards, air pollution as well as the presence of geothermal resources.

The course is organized according to the "MOVE" educational project launched as part of the 4EU + European University Alliance. The course is carried out in the complex form of webinars, workshops and fieldwork with the assistance of academic teachers from all partner’s universities. The main aim of the course is to design hybrid field/virtual geoscience excursion, that will be performed on Sicily in 2022. The main topics of the course include geology of Sicily, active tectonics and seismicity, sedimentary basins formation, volcanism. An additional aspect is the environmental impact of contemporary geological processes manifested by seismic hazards, air pollution as well as the presence of geothermal resources.

Students will work in small international teams of 4 to 5 members. The individual teams may be mixed at different stages of the course. Teams will conduct individual research including literature and geological maps analysis to define scientific topics, effective targets and shared tasks. Students will organize webinars with experts and elaborate film strategy (scenario/screencast) during webinars and workshops. During fieldwork students will recognize and classify rocks and tectonic structures occurring in the selected areas, perform measurements of basic parameters of the structures, classify the type of deformation of rocks and determine the relative dating of deformation events. Documentation of assembled data will be provided by measurements, notes, sketches, photographs and films, surveyed also by drone. Every day students will analyze assembled data and discuss the chosen topics after fieldwork. The short presentations of each team will be performed.

Students will design movie after processing of field and video materials. They will run the excursion. Students will have the opportunity to consult their progress with an academic teachers during the course.

Students will work in small international teams of 4 to 5 members chosen among students from 6 universities: Sorbonne University, Charles University, Heidelberg University, University of Copenhagen, University of Milan and University of Warsaw. The individual teams may be mixed at different stages of the course. Teams will conduct individual research including literature and geological maps analysis, research topics selection, outcrops localities preparation and planning, fieldwork based on geological and structural mapping, analysis of data from different sources and scientific discussion. The final effect of the course - virtual geoscience excursion will be distributed by YouTube platform.

Total hours of work during the course (180 hours) include (by estimation):

20 hours - preparation and planning of localities for fieldwork based on literature and geological maps,

50 hours - fieldwork planned for 6-7 days (June 12-18, 2022, Sicily)

40 hours - mid-term student exchange - workshops hosted by Charles University in Prague, elaboration on data assembled for fieldwork (April 19-23, 2022)

55 hours - processing of field and video materials

15 hours - webinars (Zoom platform)

It is possible for individual students to spend variable time on two activities: preparations and processing of localities for fieldwork and processing of field and video materials based on an agreement between members of the team.

After the completion of the course student:

- knows the geology and tectonics of the Sicily,

- understands tectonic processes and associated sedimentological processes,

- understands environmental impact of active geological processes,

- has knowledge of the management and organization of geological research for designing of virtual geological excursion,

- collects, analyzes, interprets the empirical data and formulates appropriate conclusions on the basis of collected data,

- is able to work individually and in a international group during the study and the interpretation of the results

The final grade is based on:

- student activity, individual work and ability to work in a group during the course (50% of the final grade),

- final project - film presenting virtual course of geology (50% of the final grade).

The full presence during the course is required. Corrective examination based on the final project.

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