Webinars
AGI hosts webinars on a variety of topics related to the geosciences including webinars about career development, topics of interest to support the success of geoscience academic departments, and discussions with geoscientists and decision makers regarding potential solutions to challenges at the interface of geoscience and society.
Upcoming Webinars
Unlocking the potential of your introductory geoscience courses
AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs Webinar Series
Friday, September 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
In this webinar, we will discuss the many important roles that introductory geoscience courses play and their potential to have a profound impact on students and instructors alike. We will share results from our recent curriculum development project focused on engaging students in the practices of science in a learning environment where all students feel they can contribute; these results include the impacts, the curricular materials themselves, and the conditions necessary for making substantial changes to these important courses. We will also share opportunities to be supported in making those changes in your own setting.
Presenters: Anne Egger, Central Washington University, and Karen Viskupic, Boise State University
Resources: TIDeS Teaching Materials, papers under review
Building geoscience workforce skills and awareness in your courses and programs
AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs Webinar Series
Friday, October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
In this webinar, we'll present results from our analysis of job ads and employer interviews about the knowledge, skills and dispositions that geoscience employers are seeking in applicants for entry-level geoscience jobs, and how they assess applicants for those qualities. In addition, we will share the resources we've developed to help instructors integrate workforce preparation into their courses and programs to support students in transitioning successfully to a job in the geosciences. Discussion will focus on how to build on what instructors are already doing to shift from implicit preparation of students for the workforce to the use of explicit strategies.
Presenters: Karen Viskupic, Boise State University, and Anne Egger, Central Washington University
Resources: Building Geoscience Workforce Skills and Awareness, Critical workforce skills for bachelor-level geoscientists: An analysis of geoscience job advertisements (Geosphere paper), other papers in review
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