Workshop Format

Participants will be divided into five working groups each working with a resource expert. Each group will receive data related to one of the grand challenges and consider the following:

1. Questions related to use of NEON data by undergraduate educators:

• How do we use very recent, “uncanned” data available through NEON to teach students to think about large-scale ecology? How do we help them develop systems thinking?
• How can NEON data be used in the student-active undergraduate classroom?
• How can NEON data be used in independent undergraduate research?
  What skills would students need in field sampling or data validation or data analysis?
• How can ecological forecasting be incorporated into undergraduate education?
• How would student assessments need to be adapted for collaborative projects?

2. Questions related to use of NEON infrastructure by undergraduate educators:

• What considerations should be made for educational use of physical infrastructure?
• What considerations should be made for cyberinfrastructure (especially concerning data access and use of data by students)?
• What infrastructure characteristics would be needed to facilitate collaborations between undergraduates and faculty mentors at different institutions?