ED53A:
Assessment and Research in Online and Virtual Science Learning Environments Posters


Session ID#: 8590

Session Description:
Science teaching in online and virtual learning environments has proliferated, largely in the absence of hypothesis-driven, controlled studies of the effectiveness of the modality and its effects on student learning. However, learning platforms and related technologies now offer access to copious real-time analytical data on knowledge and behaviors that can enable assessment and research studies involving large and diverse student populations.  This session is intended to feature current studies of teaching and learning effectiveness and student cognition in technologically mediated environments.
Primary Convener:  Steven Semken, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
Convener:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States and Steven Semken, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
Index Terms:

0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Astronomy for Astronomical Numbers - Education and Public Outreach with Massive Open Online Classes (Invited) (76733)
Chris Impey1, Sanlyn Buxner2, Matthew Wenger1 and Martin Formanek1, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
Education Through Exploration: Evaluating the Unknown (Invited) (78036)
Ariel D Anbar, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States; Arizona State University, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Tempe, AZ, United States and The ASU Center for Education Through eXploration (ETX) Research Team
Data-Driven Design: Learning from Student Experiences and Behaviors (83874)
Lev Horodyskyj1, Chris Mead2, Sanlyn Buxner3, Steven Semken1 and Ariel D Anbar4, (1)Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Arizona State University, Center for Education Through Exploration, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, (3)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)Arizona State University, Department of Chemistry, Tempe, AZ, United States
Design and Assessment of a General Science STEM Course with a Blended Learning Approach (72202)
Anna M. Bishop Courtier, University of Wisconsin Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, United States, Juhong Christie Liu, James Madison University, Libraries, Harrisonburg, VA, United States and Kristen K St John, James Madison Univ, Harrisonburg, United States
Using self-paced, `flipped' teaching to promote deep learning in an Earth Sciences programming course (69856)
Lara M Kalnins, University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh, EH9, United Kingdom
Developing and Incorporating Instructional Videos and Quizzes as a Blended and Online Learning Component in an Undergraduate Optical Microscopy Curriculum. (76320)
Samantha Tramontano, American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States, Guilherme A R Gualda, Vanderbilt University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nashville, United States, Lily L Claiborne, Vanderbilt University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nashville, United States and Cynthia Brame, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
Using Social Media to Expand Peer-to-Peer Discussion in an Online Course about Regional Climate Modeling (78872)
Morgan Brown Yarker, Yarker Consulting, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States and Michel dos Santos Mesquita, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway
Geo-Sandbox: An Interactive Geoscience Training Tool with Analytics to Better Understand Student Problem Solving Approaches (85429)
Nicholas Butt, Adam Pidlisecky, Heather Ganshorn and Rowan Cockett, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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