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AN: ED41A-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Internet Lectures on Geophysical Modeling
AU: * Few, A A
EM: few@rice.edu
AF: Rice University, P O Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251, United States
AB: Advances in modeling software and presentation software now provide the instructor with the means to communicate over the Internet to a global student audience. Modeling in the broadest sense has always been a touchstone tool in geophysics ranging from a drawing of stratigraphy to a numerical climate model. At the undergraduate level even simple models provide insight in the behavior of geophysical systems. By coupling illustrated lectures with hands-on computer models that can be downloaded as a package from the Internet, the instructor can broadly support classroom instruction. The software, (isee Player) for viewing and manipulating working STELLA models is a free download from isee systems http:www.iseesystems.com. Both Keynote (Macintosh) and PowerPoint (Windows) support adding an audio track to slides, so the instructor can discuss the content and interpretation of slide information. When the lecture on a geophysical process is coupled with a working model the student then gets a hands-on opportunity to explore the responses of the geophysical system as modeled. Examples of STELLA models and coupled lecture and model are available at http:www.ruf.rice.edu/~few.
UR: http:www.ruf.rice.edu/~few
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly