Aaron Doering

Aaron Doering (chasingseals.com) is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, co-director of the Learning Technologies Media Lab, and an adventure learning pioneer. He has delivered free online education programs to millions of students worldwide through adventure learning projects such as Arctic Transect 2004, the GoNorth! Adventure Learning Series, Earthducation, and North of Sixty. Doering has a particularly long and rich connection to the Arctic, and has completed education-related dogsledding and pulking expeditions throughout the region at least annually since 2004, tied to issues such as climate change, sustainability, and Arctic culture. In addition to expeditions in the Arctic, Doering has been traveling to climate hotspots around the globe as part of the Earthducation project. His newest project, WeExplore (http://we-explore.com) allows learners to create and share their own adventure learning projects online.