Education and Public Engagement in OOI: Lessons Learned from the Field

Using Authentic Data from NSF’s Ocean Observatories Initiative in Undergraduate Teaching: An Invitation

“…From the outset, supporting undergraduate educational efforts was part of the OOI design (OOI Final Network Design, https://oceanobservatories.org/ planning-history/final-network-design/). During construction of the OOI, a small team within the project was dedicated to developing educational resources and tools to complement the scientific and engineering aspects of the program and provide a gateway for educators to use OOI data (McDonnell et al, 2018). A later effort, Data Explorations, curated and condensed several key data sets from the OOI database into easily accessible interactive data "widgets"-interactive data visualizations (e.g., Figure 2a)-to support data-based learning activities for undergraduates in oceanography (Tables 3 and 4).…”

An Advanced Technological Education Project for High Value Manufacturing: Lessons Learned

“…Table 1 shows some additional sample ATE projects funded by the NSF which have been able to make a positive impact on technician education [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Clearly, the projects span across a variety of domains accomplishing the goal of developing a skilled workforce which is critical for a nation to be competitive in the world.…”