Using Web-Accessible Large Ecological Data Sets for Student-Active Learning: Models,0pportunities & Challenges A Webinar presented by Dr. Tom Langen, Clarkson University Thursday, April 14, 2011, 3:00 pm Eastern Time, 75 minutes
In this webinar, Dr. Tom Langen will provide an orientation to some of the major data archives and original data sources that can be exploited for interesting undergraduate ecological exercises. He will provide an overview of the successes and challenges that he and his colleagues in the working group have had in developing and testing model exercises in the classroom. Dr. Langen will present in detail one exercise that he has developed and tested (Drivers of Avian Local Species Richness: Continental- Scale Gradients, Regional Landscape, or Local Land Cover?), and discuss how it can be adapted to the webinar participants’ classes. He will then make some summary suggestions on how webinar participants can develop their own exercises using publically-available data, and the potential challenges they should anticipate. To participate you will need a computer, a reliable internet connection, and a phone line. We’ll provide the rest! This webinar is brought to you through a partnership between ESA, the Science and Engineering Alliance (SEA), and NEON Inc. with support from the National Science Foundation. Register by March 21, 2011 to be considered Registration is free and only a limited number of applicants will be selected to participate in the webinar. Priority will be given to faculty currently teaching the ecological sciences. Faculty from minority-serving institutions, community colleges and primarily undergraduate institutions in the US are especially encouraged to attend. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.esa.org/education_diversity/fed/content/spring-2011-webinar or contact: Allison Kruk Education Intern Ecological Society of America alli...@esa.org 202-833-8773 x 213
