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Ecology
In-class presentations With the use of authoring systems such as Toolbook Instructor, the professor can design interactive learning modules that incorporate the professor' expertise and teaching approach. The interactive learning modules allow the student to learn independently while receiving guidance from the professor teaching expertise and approach that is hidden in the structure of the learning module. A benefit of this type of guided independent learning is that the professor can monitor and guide a student's learning outside of the classtroom. Furthermore, students will be better prepared prior to classroom sessions, which can then be used for discussion and teacher-student interaction.
Interactive multimedia lectures
This is the
first screen of an interactive multimedia lecture module on solar radiation. This module
covers the major areas of solar radiation, including the physics of the electronmagnetic
spectrum (wavelength and wavebands, energy, the solar spectrum), instrumentation and
radiation measurement, and how plants and animals have adapted to the difference parts of
the solar spectrum. This module contains text, scientific and conceptual graphs,
animation, video, and sound.
This is a
comprehensive interactive course module on the population dynamics of organisms.
Population dynamics is a subject of ecology that covers birth, death, and growth rates of
populations of species. It also explores the way populations grow, how population size and
resources in the environment interrelate, and the diversity and extinction of species. The
module combines text, animation, photographs, scientific and conceptual graphs, and video.
This
interactive instructional module introduces the concept and scope of biomes and branches
to separate modules on each major biome type, e.g., tundra, forest, shrubland, grassland,
and desert. The module includes distribution maps of the various niomes, photographs,
definitions, and suggested readings.
This
interactive multimedia lecture module explores the arctic/apline tundra biome. The
instructor can introduce or review any of the topics shown on the buttons. This multimedia
module contains hyptext with many branching and linked sections. Scientific and conceptual
graphs, text, digitized photographs, and digitized video clips are used to characterize
this circumpolar biome.