Spiker Marie, Hege Amanda, Giddens Janice, Cummings Joanna, Steinmetz Jasia, Tagtow Angie, Bergquist Erin, Burns Lauren, Campbell Christina, Stadler Diane, Combs Elizabeth, Prange Nancy, Schwartz Aaron, Brown Katie, Sauer Kevin
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation, Chicago, IL, United States.
Nutritional Sciences Program and Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, United States.
Front Nutr. 2021 Mar 18;8:623336. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.623336. eCollection 2021.
Educating and training a multisectoral food systems workforce is a critical part of developing sustainable, resilient, and healthy food and water systems. This paper shares perspectives from a working group of educators, learners, and food systems subject matter experts that collaborated over the course of a year to develop, pilot test, and evaluate two interactive webinar series with a multi-site cohort of dietetics interns and graduate students. The three-part webinar series format included a training webinar, a practice activity, and a synthesis webinar. In reflecting on the effectiveness of this format, we provide direct assessments of student learning from subject matter experts alongside indirect assessments from pre- and post-surveys fielded with learners. Learners who participated in an interactive webinar series demonstrated skills in several dimensions of systems thinking and gained confidence in food systems learning outcomes. Learners also shared valuable feedback on the opportunities and challenges of using online platforms for this experience. As online learning opportunities become more common, it will become increasingly important for educators to prioritize strategies that effectively equip students with the higher-order thinking skills, such as systems thinking, needed to address the complexities of sustainable food systems. The interactive webinar series format described here provides an opportunity to leverage didactic webinars in combination with interactive experiences that enable learners to deepen their knowledge through practice with peers and subject matter experts. Though this format was piloted within dietetics education programs, many of the lessons learned are transferable to other food systems educational contexts.
培养和训练多部门粮食系统工作队伍是发展可持续、有韧性和健康的粮食与水系统的关键部分。本文分享了一个由教育工作者、学习者和粮食系统主题专家组成的工作组的观点，他们在一年的时间里合作开发、试点测试并评估了两个针对多地点的营养学实习生和研究生群体的互动网络研讨会系列。这个三部分的网络研讨会系列形式包括一次培训网络研讨会、一次实践活动和一次综合网络研讨会。在反思这种形式的有效性时，我们提供了来自主题专家对学生学习情况的直接评估，以及对学习者进行的前后调查的间接评估。参加互动网络研讨会系列的学习者在系统思维的几个维度上展示了技能，并在粮食系统学习成果方面获得了信心。学习者还分享了关于利用在线平台进行这种体验的机会和挑战的宝贵反馈。随着在线学习机会变得越来越普遍，教育工作者将越来越有必要优先考虑能有效培养学生应对可持续粮食系统复杂性所需的高阶思维技能（如系统思维）的策略。这里描述的互动网络研讨会系列形式提供了一个机会，可将讲授式网络研讨会与互动体验相结合，使学习者能够通过与同伴和主题专家的实践来深化他们的知识。尽管这种形式是在营养学教育项目中进行试点的，但许多经验教训可转移到其他粮食系统教育背景中。
