HR: 1330h
AN: ED12B-0140 [PDF]
TI: Earth System Science Online: An Innovative Course for Non-traditional Students, Offered by Hampton
University
AU: * Robinson, D Q
EM: Dianne.Robinson@hamptonu.edu
AF: Hampton University, Interdisciplinary Science Center
PO Box 6142, Hampton, VA 23668 United States
AU: Kozusko, F
EM: Frank.Kozusko@hamptonu.edu
AF: Hampton University, Interdisciplinary Science Center
PO Box 6142, Hampton, VA 23668 United States
AU: Maggi, B H
EM: Barbara.Maggi@hamptonu.edu
AF: Hampton University, Interdisciplinary Science Center
PO Box 6142, Hampton, VA 23668 United States
AB:
Hampton University (HU), a historically black university, is currently offering an innovative online course, Earth System
Science Online, for teachers, future teachers, non-science undergraduate majors, and mature non-traditional students
continuing their education. Supported by NASA and offered by the Interdisciplinary Science Center at HU, this course targets
students interested in an asynchronous web-based learning environment. Often these students are working adults, such as
those in the HU religious studies program, or undergraduate athletes who need the flexibility of taking their courses online
in the evenings. Participants of this course earn three hours of science credit either graduate or undergraduate through
their online explorations of the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. The incorporation of specific problem-based case
studies, allows students to investigate weather phenomena, deforestation, and the various instruments and satellite data
systems that are used to collect and analyze this data.
This web-based course utilizes the unique capabilities of the web allowing students to work at a self-regulated pace and at
times most convenient to their schedules. The course delivers all lectures, text readings, and course assignments online.
Assignments are given on a weekly basis, and participants are expected to conduct independent research that will enrich their
online experience. The nature of the web allows the students to easily integrate text and graphics into their assignments
and have access to their classmate's work. Participants meet online weekly and interact as a team.
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting