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、支持网络的水文学教育模块，这些模块封装了真实世界的水文系统。该项目扩展了第一类CCLI试点研究的结果，并以三个大型自然水文系统(路易斯安那海岸、佛罗里达大沼泽地和犹他州的大盐湖盆地)为学习经验的基础。智力优势：该项目利用复杂自然系统监测和建模方面的最新研究进展，并综合它们来开发一套灵活、适应性强的基于网络的模块。选定的自然系统，每个系统都提出了一些独特的概念和物理环境，通过侧重于基本水文过程的动力学及其与气候驱动因素、生态系统的反应和水资源运行限制的联系，有助于重新定义水文学教学。该系统正在建立一套广泛的互动学习模块，并由教学界面、教师指南以及一套实施和适应程序提供支持。该项目采用以改进为重点的评估模式，采用迭代设计过程，包括设计、实施、评估和重新设计的多次迭代。更广泛的影响：为了促进广泛传播和适应，正在使用开放源码的地理空间网络技术和基于社区的数据发布和分析工具来实施该系统。该系统的体系结构支持增加由水文教育界其他成员开发的未来水文应用程序。参与的机构包括一所主要是非裔美国人的机构，一所女子学院，一所主要是西班牙裔的机构，以及一所少数民族高中。通过以设计为基础的研究方法，该项目正在确定和实施成功的战略，以便创新能够在不同的环境中进行调整和调整。

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.