Open Educational Resources

Margaret Waterman

Faculty Development Day

Jan. 12, 2012

Open Educational Resources

• Freely available materials for teaching and learning

• Many may be modified

• Many, many types– Books, lectures, courses, modules– Animations, data sets and visualization– Simulations, interactive maps– Real time data

http://bioquest.org/icbl

Using remote sensing to investigate the bay and teach hypothesizing, data analysis

and interpretationhttp://

mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/eyesonthebay/index.cfm

http://bioquest.org/icbl

http://bioquest.org/icbl Margaret A. Waterman, 2010

http://bioquest.org/icbl Margaret A. Waterman, 2010

Remote sensing Salish Seahttp://gecenter.comcastbiz.net/5_Publications/US_news_1999.jpg US News and World Report, July 1999

Green = tree cover, Black = developed areas

And in just a few years

Green = tree cover, Black = developed areas

MoSSea: Modeling the Salish Sea

http://faculty.washington.edu/pmacc/MoSSea/movies/SSS_daily_salish.mov

Investigating with an excel based model

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/107

Predict generally what changes you’d expect to see in the SIR model results with respect to S, I, and R individuals if you were to simulate the use of masks.

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Quantitative Skills and testing variables with an excel based model

http://bioquest.org/icbl

Simulation Results for Scenario 2 of Avian Influenza with 250 people (200 susceptible) and the use of masks with a 10% reduction in transmission.

Masks are used starting on day 30, when the epidemic has already nearly run its course.

http://bioquest.org/icbl

Simulation Results for Scenario 3 of Avian Influenza with 250 people (200 susceptible) and the use of masks with a 10% reduction in transmission.

Masks are used starting on day 10, when the epidemic is still in its growth phase.

http://bioquest.org/icbl

Footprints“I’m glad I don’t live on a 1200 acre farm like you,

Sam!” teased Sue as the two friends hurried into their Biology class.

“Why?” asked Sam, “Weren’t you just complaining about living in your parent’s downtown condo?”

“Well, that’s true,” Sue admitted, “But I was thinking about today’s class assignment on sustainability. I bet you have the biggest footprint in the whole class.”

Much to Sue’s surprise, Sam didn’t look all that concerned. He held out his hand and replied confidently, “I’ll take that bet!”

http://bioquest.org/icbl

Introduce an Online Simulation: a global resource used locally,

comparatively

• http://www.myfootprint.org/en/visitor_information/

The Results

Sue Sam

Online tools for data visualization

Used for interdisciplinarity, developing questions and hypotheses, examining relationships among variables, interpreting dataWorldmapperwww.Worldmapper.org

Gapminder: A Data Centered View of the World

www. Gapminder.org

Objective: Tools for Visualizing Data

www.worldmapper.org

Total Carbon emissions by country

www.worldmapper.org

Gapminder: redisplaying same data AND ??

http://bioquest.org/icbl

What else can affect life expectancy?

Exploring Gapminder

• www.gapminder.org

• Gapminder world

• “health and wealth of nations”

• What learning objectives could we achieve with this tool?