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Providing interactive and field laboratories while teaching university marine biology classes in an era of COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Cowles David L.,
Onthank Kirt L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
invertebrate biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.486
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1744-7410
pISSN - 1077-8306
DOI - 10.1111/ivb.12323
Subject(s) - biology , covid-19 , field (mathematics) , identification (biology) , workstation , marine invertebrates , marine biology , online teaching , ecology , medical education , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , mathematics , disease , pathology , pure mathematics , operating system
An entirely online upper‐division university marine invertebrates course modeled after a field experience‐intensive course that also provided interaction with live animals and research experience was offered at Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory in the summer of 2020. We describe online methods we used for providing field experiences to students participating online, as well as a workstation and interactive method for identification and detailed anatomical examination of live macroinvertebrates with students. Students were also involved as active participants in a field research project. Nearly all of the equipment involved is inexpensive or readily available in most university biology laboratories or classrooms.