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=== Announcements ===
=== Announcements ===
April 2011. Two meetings on teaching quantitative earth science skills and modeling are being held this summer. Check out th respective websites and apply for sponsorship
April 2011. Two meetings on teaching quantitative earth science skills and modeling are being held this summer. Check out websites and apply for sponsorship


1)[http://serc.carleton.edu/mathyouneed/workshop2011/index.html  The Math You Need, When You Need It 2011], July 27-29th for teaching faculty.
[http://serc.carleton.edu/mathyouneed/workshop2011/index.html| The Math You Need, When You Need It 2011], July 27-29th for teaching faculty.<br>
2)[SummerInstitute CSDMS/NCED Institute on Coastal Processes and the Dynamics of Deltaic Systems' Aug 10-19th, for graduate students and young faculty.
[SummerInstitute CSDMS/NCED Institute on Coastal Processes and the Dynamics of Deltaic Systems' Aug 10-19th, for graduate students and young faculty.


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Revision as of 08:21, 31 March 2011

Education and Knowledge Transfer (EKT) Working Group

Chair

Karen Campbell

Introduction

CSDMS plans on strong and fully integrated Education and Knowledge Transfer components. CSDMS EKT (currently 410 members) will focus its knowledge transfer efforts on three CSDMS end-user groups: researchers, planners, and educators. CSDMS will target:

  • Researchers with model and visualization tools for the testing of hypotheses in support of data interpretation, and development of field programs. The archiving of benchmark data sets, documented source code, and the ability to download models with user-friendly graphical interfaces are key components of the Center's knowledge transfer objective.
  • Planners with decision-making tools to run scenarios, and relate GIS output to environmental factors and land use while quantifying uncertainties.
  • Educators with pre-packaged models to help illustrate surface processes, tools to build intuition with “what-if”-type model runs, case studies that integrate field data and model simulations, and exploratory exercises for students.

Our principal education audiences are university students, especially undergraduates, faculty and teachers at the secondary school and college levels. CSDMS closely coordinates EKT activities with the EKT programs at the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED), a funded NSF Science and Technology Center devoted to developing a predictive, quantitative understanding of the processes that shape the Earth's Surface.

EKT WG quick links:

Announcements

April 2011. Two meetings on teaching quantitative earth science skills and modeling are being held this summer. Check out websites and apply for sponsorship

The Math You Need, When You Need It 2011, July 27-29th for teaching faculty.
[SummerInstitute CSDMS/NCED Institute on Coastal Processes and the Dynamics of Deltaic Systems' Aug 10-19th, for graduate students and young faculty.


September 2010: CSDMS is conducting a survey of modeling courses; please help us by filling out the questionnaire today!

Missed the last Education and Knowledge Transfer Working Group meeting? Please have a look at the group discussions or at Karen Campbell's talk.

Join

Do you want to become part of CSDMS? Please do so in joining a Working Group or Focus Research Group.