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Same Program Different Delivery: Adapting the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program for a Virtual Era
Author(s) -
Scott Price Onjalé,
Luis Kelly,
Price André L.,
Harden Benjamin,
Howard Joniqua,
Valentin Luis E.,
Liles George,
Jearld Ambrose
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1539-6088
pISSN - 1539-607X
DOI - 10.1002/lob.10414
Subject(s) - internship , general partnership , medical education , covid-19 , engineering management , set (abstract data type) , political science , public relations , engineering , computer science , medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , programming language
Abstract The Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP) has provided a 10‐week residential summer internship program for underrepresented minorities since 2009. Six weeks prior to the planned 2020 residential program, the gravity of the COVID‐19 pandemic prompted the unanimous decision of the PEP leadership and staff to deliver a virtual program. However, this decision engendered a new set of considerations for a successful undergraduate research program. In this article, we discuss how PEP and its partner institutions galvanized around PEP's overarching goals and guiding principles to rapidly adapt its course, research projects, and supplementary activities for a virtual environment. Based on the insights and feedback from multiple sources, we offer insights and lessons learned for other summer internship programs adapting their programs for a virtual delivery.