Mr David Gregory1 1Xcursion As our world faces massive technological and social changes, education has reached a pivotal juncture. Our current education system remains shackled by the ‘satanic mills’ of our distant industrial past. Just as the Industrial Revolution influenced...

Mrs Anne Goodman1 1 Batchelor Outdoor Education Camp, 2 Batchelor Area School How can Visible Learning (VL) enrich the experiences of your customers? Visible learning is a John Hattie research based approach to improving student outcomes in classrooms throughout the world. Originating...

Mr Leon Cossar1 1Gregory Terrace Outdoor Education Centre The presentation explores the following question: What is the ancestry and purpose of storytelling and how can we share story in powerful ways to create connection to the past and hope for...

Mr Nathan Burns1 1Survive First Aid This session investigates the logistical considerations and higher level decision making requirements of management-level outdoor professionals in unfolding emergencies. Areas of discussion include: management of mass-casualty incidents, inter-agency co-ordination, organisational review, designating team roles,...

Mr Lucas Bester1, Mr Brendon Munge2 1La Trobe University, 2 University of the Sunshine Coast This interactive session provides participants with a hands-on opportunity to gain an insight into the approaches of teaching and learning landscape-based navigation utilising an Augmented Interactive...

Mr Shawn Andrews1 1Indigicate Pty Ltd Indigenous Australian connection based education might possibly be the oldest form of Outdoor Education in the world. During this presentation, Shawn will take you on a journey of why he started the outdoor education...