On-Line Weather Studies: Introduction to the Atmosphere Through the Use of Internet-Delivered Meteorological Information

美国气象学会（AMS）将开发和全国实施一个学期，介绍大学水平，在线远程学习课程的大气科学的基础知识，学生学习天气，因为它发生。该课程解决了日益多样化和非传统的学生群体对创新和具有成本效益的科学教育机会的需求。它正在开发使用与职前教师，让他们既了解气象原理，以及许多有用的课堂调查。 它将作为一个交钥匙包提供给学院和大学，其中包括电子和印刷部件。该课程将包括学习活动，其中包括编写成当前气象数据并通过互联网提供的内容。使用爱荷华州州立大学开发的模拟模块和天气预报模块是这一举措的一个组成部分。实时学习的经验将使学生能够协商大气及其过程的科学理解，同时实际跟踪大气系统的行为方式。将编制课程阅读材料、学生学习指南和教师资源手册。透过互联网网页提供最新的气象资料及相关的学习资料，将与《读者及学生研习指南》的内容互相配合。医疗辅助队计划的工作人员会制作课程的网上部分，并可供本地导师协助。该课程将在春季和秋季学期提供。预计将有多达100所本科院校通过其继续教育/外联办公室或学术部门提供该课程，在两年的发展阶段将招收约12 000名学生。预计该课程将在自我维持的基础上无限期地继续下去。

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) will develop and nationally implement a one-semester, introductory college-level, on-line distance-learning course on the fundamentals of atmospheric science in which students study weather as it happens. The course addresses the need for innovative and cost-effective science education opportunities for an increasingly diverse and non-traditional student population. It is being developed for use with pre-service teachers, giving them both an understanding of meteorological principles as well as numerous useful classroom investigations. It will be available to colleges and universities as a turn-key package with electronic and printed components. The course will contain learning activities with components written to current meteorological data and delivered via the Internet. Use of simulations modules and a weather forecasting module, developed at Iowa State University is an integral component of this initiative. The experience of real-time study will enable students to negotiate scientific understanding of the atmosphere and its processes while actually tracking the ways the atmospheric system behaves. A course Reader, Student Study Guide, and Instructor's Resource Manual will be developed. On-line delivery of current meteorological data and related learning materials via an Internet Homepage will be coordinated with the Reader and Student Study Guide contents. The AMS project staff will produce the on-line component of the course and be available to local instructors for assistance. The course will be offered in spring and fall semesters. It is expected that up to 100 undergraduate institutions will offer the course through their offices of continuing education/outreach or academic departments, and approximately 12,000 students will be enrolled during the two-year development phase. The course is expected to continue indefinitely on a self-sustaining basis.