Introduction to the Course with Dylan Walker

Course Outline

Module 1: Impacts and Benefits of Whale Watching

Module 2: What is Responsible Whale Watching?

Module 3: Guidelines and Responsible Whale Watching

Module 4: Let's Hear from Our Partners: What do we say about guidelines?

Chapter 1: Quiz

Module 1: Who is Your Audience?

Module 2: Let's Hear from Our Partners: Engaging your Audience

Chapter 2: Quiz

Module 1: What Information do I Share with Passengers?

Module 2: What and How Much do I Need to Know?

Module 3_Let's Hear from Our Partners: Some common (and some ridiculous) questions and how we answer them

Chapter 3: Quiz

Module 1: Whale Watching Framework: Three models for a trip

Module 2: Mulitple Intelligences and Multi-sensory learning

Module 3: Let's Hear from Our Partners! What we feel we do well!

Module 4: Tricks of the Trade_How to be a great guide

Module 5: Let's Hear from Our Partners: Challenges and tricks of the trade

Chapter 4: Quiz

Module 1: Sustainability Criteria: Environmental

Module 2: Sustainability Criteria: Social and Economic

Module 3: Let's Hear from Our Partners: Advice for novice and experienced whale watch guides

Chapter 5: Quiz

Final Project Description

References

WCA Global Best Practice Guidance Whale Watch_LowRes