T183 Efficient and Effective Practices in Using Web Sites and Technologies to Support and Manage Information, Student Learning and Recruitment, and Public Education

Tuesday, 18 October 2005
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  VIRTUAL COURSEWARE FOR GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION
  Mel Limson, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Bob Desharnais, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
  92708 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  DLESE TEACHING BOXES: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE CLASSROOM
  Shelley E. Olds, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO and Judy Scotchmoor, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA
  91229 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  GLACIERS ON-LINE: INTERNET BASED GLACIER EDUCATION
  Frank D. Granshaw, Portland Community College, Portland, OR and Andrew G. Fountain, Portland State University, Portland, OR
  93132 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  RAPID: REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE PERSONAL INFORMATION DISPLAY - BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE FIELD AND THE LABORATORY TO SYNTHESIZE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND FOSTER INTEGRATED AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
  Lenore P. Tedesco, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN and M. Pauline Baker, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN and Yvonne Rogers, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Bob E. Hall, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN and Joshua Hursey, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and William R. Hazelwood, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Kara Salazar, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
  97515 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  WEB-BASED VIRTUAL EXPLORATION OF VESUVIUS VOLCANO AS AN EXERCISE IN VOLCANIC HAZARD EDUCATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES
  Steven Carey, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI and Haraldur Sigurdsson, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI
  92413 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  USING SOFTWARE THAT SIMULATES AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE TO INVESTIGATE COMPOSITION AND TEXTURE OF ROCKS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Barbara M. Manner, Duquesne Univ, Pittsburgh, PA
  91168 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  USE OF SIMULATED MICROSCOPY INSTRUMENTATION IN EDUCATION
  Gary S. Casuccio, RJ Lee Group, Inc, Monroeville, PA and Stephen K. Kennedy, RJ Lee Group, Inc, Monroeville, PA and Kristy Anderson, RJ Lee Group, Inc, Monroeville, PA and Matt Gaydos, RJ Lee Group, Inc, Monroeville, PA
  95961 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  INTEGRATING GOOGLE EARTH IMAGERY AND CUBIC QTVR PANORAMAS INTO WEB-BASED VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCES
  Ronald C. Schott, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
  97756 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  EFFECTIVE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COURSE WEBSITES FOR ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION
  Caeryn M. Price, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
  93349 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  PERFORMANCE AND ATTRITION RATES OF STUDENTS IN ONLINE VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE PHYSICAL GEOLOGY COURSES
  Stan Dunagan, University of Tennessee at Martin Agr, Geosci, and Nat Res, Martin, TN and Ann Marie Lovelace, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN and Tommy Cates, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN
  92460 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  HOW TO DESIGN ONLINE GEOSCIENCE RESOURCES AND WEBSITES THAT MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL VALUE FOR STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC
  Christopher W. Thomas, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN
  93857 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  USING WEBGIS AT THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON: ON-CAMPUS AND OFF-CAMPUS EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION
  Elizabeth Rhodes, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Norman Levine, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Briget C. Doyle, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Robin Humphreys, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Steven C. Jaume, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and A.K. Fronabarger, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Eric Anderson, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK
  96550 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  EFFECTIVE USE OF WEB-BASED CHAT TOOLS TO FACILITATE LEARNING: PROVIDING AN ACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN AN ONLINE INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY COURSE
  Elizabeth Heise, Univ of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX and Amanda Palmer-Julson, Blinn College, Bryan, TX
  96648 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  CREATING AN ONLINE COURSE READER AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRADITIONAL TEXTBOOK: THE INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCE VIRTUAL TEXTBOOK
  Christopher G. DiLeonardo, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
  97699 (Technical Sessions)