Collaborative Research: Development of Adaptable Web Modules to Stimulate Active Learning in Hydrology using Data and Model Simulations

这个合作项目正在创建基于案例的，网络支持的教育水文模块，封装现实世界的水文系统。该项目扩展了I型CCLI试点研究的结果，并使用三个大规模的自然水文系统（路易斯安那州沿海地区，佛罗里达大沼泽地和犹他州的大盐湖盆地）的学习经验。智力优点：该项目利用了复杂自然系统的监测和建模方面的最新研究进展，并将其综合起来，开发了一套灵活、适应性强的基于网络的模块。选定的自然系统，每个都提出了一些独特的概念和物理环境，有助于重新定义水文学的教学，重点是基本水文过程的动态及其与气候驱动因素，生态系统的反应和水资源的运作限制。 一套广泛的交互式学习模块正在纳入该系统，并得到教学界面、教员指南以及一套执行和调整程序的支持。该项目采用了一个以改进为重点的评估模型，其迭代设计过程包括设计、实施、评估和重新设计的多次迭代。更广泛的影响：为便于广泛传播和适应，该系统正在使用开放源码地理空间网络技术和基于社区的数据发布和分析工具加以实施。该系统的体系结构支持增加未来的水文应用程序开发的水文教育界的其他成员。 参与机构包括一所主要是非洲裔美国人的机构、一所女子学院、一所主要是西班牙裔的机构和一所少数民族高中。通过基于设计的研究方法，该项目正在确定和实施成功的战略，以便创新可以在不同的环境中进行扩展和调整。

This collaborative project is creating case-based, web-enabled educational hydrology modules that encapsulate real-world hydrologic systems. This project expands on the results of a Type I CCLI pilot study and grounds the learning experiences using three large-scale natural hydrologic systems (Coastal Louisiana, the Florida Everglades, and the Great Salt Lake Basin in Utah).Intellectual Merit: The project leverages recent research advances on monitoring and modeling of complex natural systems and synthesizes them to develop a suite of flexible, adaptable web-based modules. The selected natural systems, each presenting some unique concepts and physical settings, contribute to redefining the teaching of hydrology by focusing on the dynamics of fundamental hydrologic processes and their connections to climate drivers, ecosystems' response, and water resources operational constraints. An extensive set of interactive learning modules is being built into the system and is supported by an instructional interface, an instructor's guide, and a set of implementation and adaptation procedures. The project adopts an improvement-focused evaluation model with an iterative design process which includes multiple iterations of design, implementation, evaluation, and redesign. Broader Impacts: To facilitate wide dissemination and adaptability, the system is being implemented using open source geospatial web technologies and community-based tools for data publication and analysis. The architecture of the system supports the addition of future hydrologic applications developed by other members of the hydrologic educational community. The participating institutions include a primarily African American institution, a college for women, a primarily Hispanic institution, and a minority high school. Through a design-based research approach, the project is identifying and implementing successful strategies so that the innovations can be scaled and adapted in diverse settings.