Friday September 24, 2010 11th Annual Conference on Case Study Teaching in Science
Early Afternoon Session B Cyberlearning Resources
Online at click on Cyberlearning Resources
We are well aware that the Internet provides access to a nearly unimaginable treasure of resources for teaching. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to and will explore a wide variety of cyberlearning sources that can be linked to case studies and PBL problems. We will look at ways that case-based methodologies can set up and transition learners from lecture to case to lab or other inquiry. We will look at resources, such as Gapminder and Worldmapper, which are rich with data and offer ways to address issues affecting multiple disciplines. Participants will be invited to share some of their favorite internet "finds" and how they use them.
Example 1. Using a case to transition to resources
CASE: Oil and Alabama / Deepwater Horizon Oil spill - caseThe Challenge:
Using Maps to Evaluate Environmental Tradeoffs
Group work time / Link to the training exercise on using ESI maps Environmental Sensitivity Index
Page with lots of links to background info
Situation map - up to date daily
SCAT_Oil_Spill_Daily_Status_Map_061310_Map_ID_Mobile1_Letter.656619.pdf
Interactive google map with data New on June 14th from NOAA
Information about the interactive map
Shoreline assessment chartsHas links to several charts and image sets for assessing the amount and type of oil
Response methods A description of 28 different types of responses
handouts from the Alabama ESI maps (you have on your flashdrive)
Example 2. Using resources to intitiate a case and investigations
Worldmapper Ecological footprint maps
Ecological footprint simulations
This animation is animated
I like this one
Some other kinds of online resources
Available Libraries of Case Studies
NationalCenter for Case Study Teaching in Science (
BioQUEST’s Investigative Case Based Learning resources ( )
the University of Delaware PBL project (
Cases Online for K-20 education
Other libraries of good science stuff
The Science Education Resource Center
Mainly earth science resources
Cutting edge prof. devel.
OER Commons
AMSER Applied Math Science Education Repository
DLESE Digital Library for Earth Systems Education
Look at educator resources at NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, NOAA
Free software
Aipotu, formerly Molecular Genetics Explorer
Instructions for use
Virtual Genetics Lab
BioQUEST Library modules Click on the library link from the list of projects
CaseIT! Multimedia cases and software for simulate molecular biology cases
TerraViva Global data portal and free data viewer
Simulations
interactive simulations for several sciences
Data-based visualizations/ data sets
Gapminder
Worldmapper
Real time statistics
Quantitative Reasoning
Numbers Count data sets
Chemistry quantitative reasoning
Animations: Just google for them
Cell size and scale - great animation with scales!!!!!
PCR how it works and simulate it!
Cancer Quest great animations
A collection of photosynthesis animations
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) resources
UNESCO Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014
the “Toolkit” for ESD
Canada’s Learning for a Sustainable Future, The “theme” documents provide good summaries. The :”progression tables” are akin to standards.
U.S. Partnership for Sustainable Development
Teaching resources
National Starndards forEducation for Sustainability
Science Education for New Civic Engagements (SENCER) program Has “model” courses, many of which are multidisciplinary, focus on cases
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education resources
Margaret Waterman, 2010Page1bioquest.org/icbl