HR: 17:45h
AN: OS34A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Real-time Science and Educational Collaboration Online from the Indian Ocean
AU: * Wilson, R H
EM: rwilson@k12.co.us
AF: JOI Learning, 1201 New York Ave., NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005, Washington, DC 20005, United States
AU: Sager, W W
EM: wsager@tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography of Ocean Drilling Science, College Station, TX 77843-3146, United States
AB: During Summer of 2007, scientists and students (via the web) jointly participated in research during the Ninety East Ridge Expedition (cruise KNOX06RR) . Staff organizers from Joint Oceanographic Institutions" JOI Learning and the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program planned and implemented an interactive website to allow students to directly participate with scientists during the site survey aboard the R/V Roger Revelle. Dr. Will Sager and middle school teacher Rory Wilson collaborated daily during the scientific expedition with science team, ship crew and students. From the outset, students were involved and helped to guide the program; this included coming up with the website name and initial design work. Communication with students included the website, individual and group emails and video conferences with student groups. Seven secondary schools from the USA, Europe, India and Thailand participated actively in the project from June to August. Students viewed daily updates on the website, sent in answers for weekly science challenge questions, and interacted with scientists and crew. Student participants learned about navigation, geophysics and petrology, as well as ship operations and technology. Students and educators tracked the expedition's progress in a multi-media environment. Website statistics were recorded; participation began well and increased during the expedition as more people became engaged with the website. All of the crew and scientists wrote self-profiles to help students learn about the range of ocean careers; several of the scientists and graduate students on board wrote or co- authored website articles for students. During this presentation, we will explore and review the major features of the outreach program using the Sea90e website to demonstrate how this real-time interaction engages students in science learning. We will discuss the benefits of collaboration for science and education in our "classroom at sea."
UR: http://www.joilearning.org/sea90e
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
DE: 0840 Evaluation and assessment
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting