Geobotany and Plant Geography are eminently integrative sciences that aim at recognising and studying the relationships between plant communities and the environment they live in. In this course we will focus on the factors (present and historical) that determine the distribution of plants in Earth and also on the methods used to study them. We will also try to understand how plant communities work, paying special attention to the relationships among plants (autoecology) and plant communities (synecology). Finally, we will analyse some of the most relevant plant and algae communities growing in Galicia and the Iberian Peninsula.
Contingency plan
Two different scenarios are considered in this contingency plan: (i) Adoption of a hybrid teaching method (Scenario 1) and (ii) adoption of a distance learning method under a complete lockdown (Scenario 2).
Scenario 1.
All fieldwork activities that require students transportation will be cancelled unless all Health and Safety regulations can be fulfilled. If cancelled, the percentage of the final grade assigned to these activities will be transferred to the final objective test.
A hybrid teaching method will be adopted for keynote lectures following the system approved by the Faculty of Sciences.
Scenario 2
1. Modifications to the contents
No changes will be necessary.
2. Methodologies
*Teaching methodologies that are maintained
All methodologies will be kept unless they require that students work outdoors (fieldwork and case study). In that case, this activities will be cancelled (fieldwork) or transformed (case study).
*Teaching methodologies that are modified
Keynote lectures: They will take place on an online environment using TEAMS.
Case study: all parts that require fieldwork will be substituted by vegetation data analysis using data provided by the teachers.
Laboratory practicals: They will be merged with the case study. They will also be related to the analysis of vegetation and plant chorology data.
3. Mechanisms for personalized attention to students
*Moodle
*Email
*Teams
Students will be able to use any of these tools to communicate with the teachers, with no specific temporalization. Moodle and Teams will be used by the teacher to make materials available to students.
4. Modifications in the evaluation
The final objective test will take place through Moodle or Microsoft Forms.
The percentage of the final grade assigned to fieldwork activities (5%) and the laboratory practicals (5%) will be transferred to the final objective test and the case studies, respectively. The final percentages will be as follows:
Final objective test: 55% of the total grade
Case studies: 45% of the final grade
*Evaluation observations:
All observations made in the ordinary teaching guide remain valid.
5. Modifications to the bibliography or webgraphy
No modifications are made.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.
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