Francis Jones

Retired as of January 2024, but volunteering as an honorary lecturer. As a geophysicist and geoscience educator my role has been more about "development" than "research", although publications, presentations, workshops and other scholarly contributions do emerge from our work. Recent areas of development and research have included:

• Supporting development of exhibits and outreach programming for the Pacific Museum of Earth, https://pme.ubc.ca/.
• Assessing current curriculum and establishing recommended pathways forward for enhancing quantitative geoscience degree programs. See the OCESE project website.
• Coordinator and development with the OCESE and QuEST projects within UBC's Dep't of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences.
• Project coordinator: curriculum development for the Earth and Environmental Sciences BSc at the University of Central Asia's Khorog campus in Tajikistan. See also https://blogs.ubc.ca/eescourses/.
• Developing interactive open-source resources and activities for learning and exploring the geosciences.
• Improving in-person and online courses, curriculum and instructional practices using proven and experimental pedagogies; http://blogs.ubc.ca/eoassei/
• Measuring geoscience learning and scientific thinking in undergraduate courses.
• As acting director of the Pacific Museum of Earth (PME), development of learning strategies and resources for schools and public, especially online resources (during COVID); https://pme.ubc.ca/
• Using EOAS courses and the PME to increase science literacy among non-science students.
• Transfer technology from geophysics research into industry and educational practice.