HR: 0830h
AN: ED31D-1184    [PDF]
TI: Using Data in the Classroom: Resources for Undergraduate Faculty
AU: * Manduca, C A
EM: cmanduca@carleton.edu
AF: Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057
AB: On-line access to geoscience data and tools for data visualization and analysis are creating exciting new opportunities for engaging undergraduate students with data. The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and DLESE both include access to data and tools as fundamental aspects of their vision and are currently striving to support faculty in using data in their courses. The Using Data in the College/University Classroom Workgroup at the 2003 DLESE Annual meeting brought together data providers, resource developers, and faculty to discuss issues surrounding data access and use in the undergraduate classroom. In order to improve understanding among these diverse viewpoints, workgroup participants created concept maps showing the relationships between data and education. These maps and other highlights of the working group discussion are available at http://swiki.dlese.org/ReportOut2003/26. The working group discussions built on substantial existing resources including: 2001 Report of the DLESE Data Access Working Group bringing together data providers and tool developers (www.dlese.org/documents/reports/meeting/Feb\_01/dawg20801 \_outcomes.html); 2002 Using Data in the Classroom workshop bringing together faculty from across the disciplines (serc.carleton.edu/research\_education/usingdata/workshop02/); 2003 Using Data in the Classroom report describing current uses of data in undergraduate science courses and faculty needs for data access and tools (serc.carleton.edu/ research\_education/usingdata/report.html); NSDL Using Data in the Classroom Portal providing access to data, tools, teaching materials, and a discussion of pedagogic and development issues and opportunites for community contribution to these collections (serc.carleton.edu/research\_education/usingdata/); Starting Point "Teaching with Models" site supporting faculty teaching at the entry level in using mathematical, statistical, and other types of models in their courses (serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/); Earth Exploration Toolbook providing step-by-step instructions for using Earth science datasets and software tools in educational settings. (serc.carleton.edu/eet/); and NSDL projects developing data access and tools including THREDDS (www.unidata.ucar.edu /projects/THREDDS/); Data Discovery Toolkit and Foundry (www.newmediastudio.org/DataDiscovery/index.html); Collection and Distribution of Geoscience (Solid Earth) Data Sets (atlas.geo.cornell.edu/nsdl/nsdl.html); and Atmospheric Visualization Collection (www.nsdl.arm.gov/index.shtml) These resources will be available for exploration at our poster.
UR: http://serc.carleton.edu
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting