Real-time Weather Education Through AMS Online Weather Studies Ira W. Geer American Meteorological Society Washington, DC Joseph M. Moran American Meteorological Society Washington, DC James A. Brey University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley Menasha, WI Elizabeth W. Mills American Meteorological Society Washington, DC Robert S. Weinbeck SUNY College at Brockport Brockport, NY William A. Porter Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, NC
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Real-time Weather Education Through AMS Online Weather Studies
Ira W. Geer
American Meteorological Society
Washington, DC
Joseph M. Moran
American Meteorological Society
Washington, DC
James A. Brey
University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
Menasha, WI
Elizabeth W. Mills
American Meteorological Society
Washington, DC
Robert S. Weinbeck
SUNY College at Brockport
Brockport, NY
William A. Porter
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC
What is Online Weather Studies?
• An introductory college-level, distance-learning course on the fundamentals of atmospheric science designed and serviced by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and licensed by undergraduate institutions for local offering
• Turnkey package with electronic and printed components; students learn about weather as it happens in near real-time
• Nationally implemented in the Fall 1999 Semester and licensed by 185 institutions
• Course idea came out of AMS Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Program (1994, 1995) participant recommendations and success of DataStreme Atmosphere precollege teacher enhancement course (implemented in 1996)
• Developmental work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education
• Pilot tested at 14 colleges in the Spring 1999 Semester by UFEP participants and DataStreme Atmosphere leaders
• Nationally implemented in the Fall 1999 Semester and evaluated by 23 course instructors after the Spring 2000 Semester
Online Weather Studies Evaluation
Question Average Response
My offering of Online Weather Studies was a success. 3.6
I would recommend Online Weather Studies to a colleague.
• Examines a specific critical thinking cognitive skill and an affective attribute that relate to each week's student investigations and describes an activity that models some aspect of critical thinking
• Applies critical thinking to diversity topics
Course Components – Faculty Materials
• Course design enables offering by experienced meteorology professors and those with no prior teaching experience nor formal training in atmospheric sciences
• Instructional settings range from traditional lecture-based to totally online
• Example: University of Wisconsin offerings– Traditional offering through UW – Fox Valley
– Completely online offering through UW Colleges
Offering Online Weather Studies
• Expand the offering of geoscience study opportunities to students who are members of groups underrepresented in the sciences, mathematics, and technology and increase the participation by minorities in science careers, including atmospheric science and science teaching
• Components – Minority serving institutions commit to offering Online
Weather Studies for at least one semester– Course instructors invited to workshops at National Weather
Service (NWS) Training Center and AMS Annual Meeting– Institutions partner with local NWS offices for academic
advising and mentoring for students who demonstrate interest and potential for further studies leading to possible careers in the geosciences
Geosciences Diversity Project
• Eligible Minority Serving Institutions– Historically Black Colleges and Universities
– Hispanic Serving Institutions
– Tribal Colleges and Universities
– Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
– Colleges and universities with a 30% or greater minority student population
• Support for 4.5-year period ending in 2006– NSF Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the
Geosciences
– NSF Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement – National Dissemination
Geosciences Diversity Project
Historically Black Colleges and Universities• Alabama A&M University (AL)• Bethune-Cookman College (FL)• Bluefield State College (WV)• Delaware State University (DE)• Elizabeth City State University (NC)• Fayetteville State University (NC)• Hampton University (VA)• Jackson State University (MS)• Livingstone College (NC)• Morehouse College (GA)• North Carolina Central University (NC)• Paine College (GA)• Prairie View A&M University (TX)• South Carolina State University (SC)• Talladega College (AL)• University of the Virgin Islands (VI)• Virginia State University (VA)• West Virginia State College (WV)
Hispanic Serving Institutions• Arizona Western College (AZ)• California State University, Bakersfield (CA)• California State University, Fresno (CA)• California State University, Northridge (CA)• Houston Community College-Southeast (TX)• Passaic County Community College (NJ)• Santa Ana College (CA)• Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TX)• University of Texas at Brownsville (TX)
Hispanic Serving Institutions (cont.)• University of Texas of the Permian Basin (TX)• Texas A&M International University (TX)• University of Houston-Downtown (TX)• University of Puerto Rico at Cayey (PR)• University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (PR)• Ventura College (CA)
Tribal Colleges and Universities• Blackfeet Community College (MT)• Little Big Horn College (MT)
Minority-serving institutions• Alaska Pacific University (AK)• Columbia Basin College (WA)• Cosumnes River College (CA)• GateWay Community College (AZ)• Laney College (CA)• Medgar Evers College of CUNY (NY)• Metropolitan Community Colleges (MO)• Prairie State College (IL)• Sacramento City College (CA)• Southside Virginia Community College (VA)• Tidewater Community College (VA)• Triton College (IL)• Tyler Junior College (TX)• University of California, Riverside Extension (CA)• Univ of North Carolina at Pembroke (NC)• University of North Dakota, Indians into the Geological
Sciences (ND)
Diversity Project Participants
• NWS Training Center Workshop– Presentations by NOAA experts
– Basic principles and special topics in meteorology
– Modes of offering Online Weather Studies
– Field trips
• AMS Annual Meeting Activities– One-day workshop on diversity
issues related to the course
– Instructors present posters and attend meeting sessions
Diversity Project Workshops
• By 2006, at least 100 minority-serving institutions will offer Online Weather Studies through the Geosciences Diversity Project and thousands of undergraduate minority students will be introduced to studies in meteorology.
• AMS will encourage more institutions with atmospheric and related science degree program to implement the course. These institutions tend to have large introductory weather classes.
• AMS will continue to enhance course components to improve and update the student learning experience.