[iris-bulk] AGU Session - ED10: Promoting the Use of Cyberinfrastructure in the Classroom

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Dear Colleagues,

We wish to encourage submission of abstracts to the following AGU  
session at the 2008 Fall Meeting in San Francisco (Dec 15-19).   
Abstract deadline is September 10.  Please be aware that you may  
submit an Education (ED) abstract in addition to a contributed or  
invited abstract for a limit of 2 submissions.

ED10:  Promoting the Use of Cyberinfrastructure in the Classroom:  
Challenges and Success Stories

The development of resources that facilitate digital data acquisition,  
management and visualization (cyberinfrastructure) has provided new  
opportunities to enhance scientific inquiry in everyday undergraduate  
teaching and learning. Egalitarian access to data resources provides a  
level playing field for educational institutions to engage students in  
exploration and participation in the scientific process. However,  
online data resources are often geared toward domain research and  
present challenges to both non-specialist instructors and students in  
how to develop teaching modules and reach learning goals,  
respectively. This session invites papers that provide detailed  
examples of how online resources are applied in the undergraduate  
classroom and the range of success attained in the various endeavors.


Conveners:
Karin A. Block
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY, USA  10964
845-365-8393
kblock at ldeo.columbia.edu

Kerstin A. Lehnert
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY, USA  10964
845-365-8506
lehnert at ldeo.columbia.edu

Jeffrey G. Ryan
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL, USA  33620
813-974-1598
ryan at shell.cas.usf.edu

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