Studying an online college volcanology course
By Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
Japan
April 16, 2021 11:44pm CST
Where have I been recently? Well, I'm interested in learning more geology, so I'm taking an online college course through edX, on volcanic hazards and hazard mapping. It has been really interestingly timed. I did the first unit, which talks about fissure eruptions, at the same time Iceland's newest fissure eruptions opened up. I was creating a hazard map for an unexpected hypothetical eruption in New Zealand when La Soufriere started erupting in St. Vincent. This has all given a sense of reality rather than just "study" to this course that I wasn't quite expecting!
The colleges that have put the course together are the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and the University of Iceland.
Have you taken any online or correspondence courses recently? What did you think of them?
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Apr 21
That would have been a very strange feeling to have such events happening while you were studying something similar.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
18 Apr 21
I call it the "scratch n sniff" study mode. It happened in 2018, too, when I was at the volcano Sakurajima, smelling suffer, and watching live streams from the Hawaii eruption talking about the volcanic gases.
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 21
@petatonicsca That's a good term for it - scratch and sniff.
@kaylachan (84784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Apr 21
No. I was done with school after high school. I like doing my own thing rather than what others expect of me.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
18 Apr 21
The nice thing is that nobody expects this of me! And it doesn't matter if I pass or not (except I did pay for it).
@allen0187 (59761)
• Philippines
17 Apr 21
Good for you. Haven't taken any online course but I want to.
