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Title: COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE IN SAFETY JUDGEMENTS BY GROUPS OF SKIERS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Tim Dassler, Richard Fjellaksel, Michael Morreau
Description: Underestimating avalanche factors can give backcountry skiers a false sense of safety. In theory, aggregating the estimates of group members can enabl...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P11.11.pdf
Keywords: wisdom of crowds, risk assessment, avalanche education, avalanche course evaluation, trip planning, hazard management
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Title: TEACHING AVALANCHE KNOWLEDGE INDIRECTLY: INQUIRING EXPERIENCES FROM OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE WINTER MOUNTAINS IN NORWEGIAN HIGHER EDUCATION
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jannicke Høyem
Description: Avalanche courses are typically short, intensive, and loaded with field-specific knowledge. In contrast, higher education allows students for a span o...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O13.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, avalanche learning, avalanche teaching, practitioner inquiry, friluftsliv, out-door education
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Title: UNDERSTANDING GROUP DYNAMICS AND USE OF AVALANCHE FORECAST BEHAVIORS AFTER COMPLETING A RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE COURSE
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Kelly R. McNeil
Description: A growing number of people are venturing into the backcountry each year. Many of these individuals are participating in formal avalanche training. Ho...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O13.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, behaviors, group dynamics, avalanche forecast
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Title: CHALLENGES AND PRIORITIES IN AVALANCHE EDUCATION: A SEQUENTIAL MIXED-METHODS STUDY OF NORWEGIAN INSTRUCTORS´ PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Tim Dassler, Richard Fjellaksel, Linda Hallandvik, Andrea Mannberg, Tarjei Tveito Skille, Karin Elisabeth Sørlie Street
Description: Avalanche education is critical for safety in winter backcountry recreation, yet little is known about instructors´ perspectives on the teaching proc...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O13.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, learning goals, avalanche instructors, mixed methods, avalanche learning
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Title: SNOW INSTITUTE. A VIRTUAL INSTITUTE TO PROMOTE AVALANCHE AWARENESS EDUCATION TO YOUNGSTERS.
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Tamara Tschanhenz, Markus Isser, Peter Plattner, Matthias Pramstaller, Maximilian Riml, Daniela Tollinger, Thomas Wanner, Christoph Mitterer
Description: Snow plays an important economic role in the European Alps, especially for winter tourism. However, snow presents hazards, particularly in the shape ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O13.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche awareness, avalanche education, young avalanche victims, non-profit teaching and learning materials, educational environments
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Title: EXPERTS IN TEAMWORK: A MASTER COURSE FOSTERING STUDENT CREATIVITY FOR MAKING SNOWY MOUNTAINS SAFE
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Gerit Pfuhl, Håvard Engen
Description: The interdisciplinary course “Experts in Teamwork” (EiT) is mandatory for most master students at NTNU. The aim of the course is twofold, one is...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, interdisciplinary, virtual game, awareness campaign, radio play
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Title: REFLECTOMETER: A NOVEL TOOL TO BOOST LEARNING IN AVALANCHE COURSES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Richard Fjellaksel , Tim Dassler, Vetle Hofsøy-Woie, Tove I. Dahl
Description: Every avalanche educator wishes for course participants to learn. But do we really know when learning occurs for participants? What could we as inst...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, two-way learning, reflective practice, reflection-based learning, avalanche courses
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Title: UNIVERSITY SNOW SCIENCE COURSES - AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Sarah Valent, Nilas Tilo Mikkelsen, Jordy Hendrikx, Holt Hancock, Christopher D’Amboise, Louise Vick, Carly Faber
Description: The Department of Geosciences at UiT The Arctic University of Norway offers two snow and avalanche courses to its students. The bachelor course ‘Int...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.5.pdf
Keywords: snow & avalanche education, higher education, teaching methods, learning outcome
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Title: FINLAV – FINNISH AVALANCHE EDUCATION: A RECENTLY ESTABLISHED EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Eeva Mäkelä, Sini Lahti, Harri Lindfors
Description: Finns are active winter recreationists and backcountry skiing and freeriding has become a popular activity. Northern Finland has many fell areas which...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, education, finlav, finnish avalanche education, finland
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Title: BACKCOUNTRY GATE SURVEY PROGRAM AT JACKSON HOLE MOUNTAIN RESORT CATALYZES CONVERSATIONS ON HUMAN FACTORS OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND AVALANCHE EDUCATION
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Madeleine Johnson
Description: The Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) Foundation’s backcountry gate survey program in Jackson, Wyoming (WY) is a unique initiative for North A...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education; backcountry gate; grassroots initiative; volunteer program; human factors
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Title: LEARNING ON THE MOUNTAIN: WHAT GETS OUR ATTENTION AND HOW MIGHT REFLECTING ON THAT CHANGE OUR WAYS?
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Johanna Granaasen Jørstad, Tove Irene Dahl, Tim Dassler
Description: She sets her poles down, turns her skis, drops with a rush of adrenaline, and floats down the chute. Backcountry skiers in avalanche terrain navigat...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.12.pdf
Keywords: reflective learning, double-loop learning, avalanche education, dislocatory moments, wicked learning environment
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Title: BUILDING RESILIENCE TO AVALANCHES AND OTHER CLIMATE-DRIVEN GEOHAZARDS THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE FROM THE GEOMME PARTNERSHIP
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Yoichi Ito, Graham Gilbert, Dieter Issler, Callum Tregaskis, Louise Vick, Carly Faber, Christopher D’Amboise, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takahiro Tanabe, Ryoko Nishii, Hirofumi Niiya, Joon-Young Park, Tae-Hyuk Kwon, Enok Cheon
Description: The GEOMME international partnership for ‘Climate-driven GEOhazards Mitigation, Management, and Education’ fosters collaboration in research and ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.13.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, geohazards, resilience, education, international collaboration
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Title: HOW ACCURATE AND BIASED IS SLOPE PERCEPTION OF SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS?
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Gerit Pfuhl, Karen Ekman, Guang Rong, Lauri Ahonen, Ben Cowley, Audun Hetland, Matti Verkasalo
Description: Estimating the slant of a snow-covered mountain slope is a difficult task. Human perception is tailored for accurate perception of cardinal orientatio...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.16.pdf
Keywords: inclinometer, inclination measurement, avalanche education, backcountry skiing, cognitive biases
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Title: THE AIARE BACKCOUNTRY DECISION-MAKING GUIDE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW IT IS USED
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: R. Lee Frazer, J. Aaron Ball
Description: Many avalanche professionals find decision aids or support tools useful to avalanche risk assessment. By extension, avalanche educators often employ t...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.39.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, avalanche education, risk management, decision support tool, risk assessment, avalanche safety
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Title: AVALANCHE TRANSCEIVER USE AMONG BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS IN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, USA
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: John T. Unger
Description: Carrying an avalanche transceiver as part of standard avalanche safety gear during backcountry recreation or travel can increase the chances of rescue...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.44.pdf
Keywords: safety equipment, decision making, recreation, education
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