Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum’–Cutleaf Japanese Maple

Welcome to the blog portion of this site, for the course EDST 565A: Educational Environments, to be taught in the Summer term 1, 2021, at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this course will be taught entirely online, with synchronous and asynchronous components. Despite these conditions, the course emphasizes site-based, experiential learning.

As the students enrolled in the course will be selecting their own sites of learning for their situated engagements with Educational Environments, I decided to do the same. My “site of learning” is the South area of the UBC Library Gardens. This blog section of the course site will contain my reflections and learning in relation to this site, over the course of the term and possibly beyond.

I have frequently visited this site over the years, often to photograph the trees in this cultivated “forest” on campus. On May 1, 2021, I went there to think about this course and to take some photos. I’ve posted some of these on my photography page in the photo essay “In the Library Garden”.  http://www.amyscottmetcalfe.com/photo-essays/in-the-library-garden

Looking forward to sharing more of my (un/re)learning about this site with you in upcoming blog posts.